Report of the Celebrated Trial in the Court of King's Bench, Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury, Wherein, Mary Fitzgerald, Was Plaintiff, and the REV. Thomas Hawkesworth, Defendant, for Breach of Marriage Contract. Damages Laid at .5000

Full Title: "Report of the Celebrated Trial in the Court of King's Bench, Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury, Wherein, Mary Fitzgerald, was Plaintiff, and the Rev. Thomas Hawkesworth, Defendant, for Breach of Marriage Contract. Damages Laid at .5000"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more. Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case, the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++MonographHarvard Law School LibraryDublin: Printed for John Cooke, No. 5, Upper Ormond-Quay, and to be Had of the Different Booksellers. 1804