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Date: 1700-1799

• [1739] The tryal of a cause for criminal conversation, between Theophilus Cibber, Gent. plaintiff, and William Sloper, Esq; defendant. by Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758, plaintiff.
• [1742] A Letter to the secret committee : containing certain extraordinary practices of the late M---r, intended to have been laid before them in a private manner, and now submitted to their publick consideration by Unkown Author
• [1746] A genuine account of the behaviour, confession, and dying words, of the three Scots Rebels, viz. Donald MacDonald, James Nicholson; and Walter Ogilvie. (all officers in the Young Pretender's service) who were executed the 22d day of August 1746 for high treason by MacDonald, Donald, d.1746
• [1752] A memorial, or Humble petition presented to the judge in the High Court of Tournelle in Paris by the Honourable Edward Wortley Montagu esq. ... and Theobald Taaffe, esq. ... against Abraham Payba, alias James Roberts, and Louis Pierre, jeweller : appealing from the sentence given in favour of the said Roberts and Pierre, the 14th of June, 1752 ... / translated from the original printed at Paris. by Montagu, Edward Wortley, 1713-1776.
• [1758] The life and authentick trial of Doctor Hensey, for high-treason in giving intelligence to the French. by Hensey, Florence.
• [1758] The proceedings of a general court-martial : held in the council-chamber at Whitehall, on Wednesday the 14th, and continued by several adjournments to Tuesday the 20th of December 1757, upon the trial of Lieutenant-General Sir John Mordaunt, by virtue of his Majesty's warrant, bearing date the 3d day of the same month. by Mordaunt, John, Sir, 1697-1780.
• [1760] Genuine memoirs of the life, family and behaviour of Lawrence Shirley, Earl of Ferrers : who was executed ... for the murder of his steward, Mr. Johnston. by Shirley, Lawrence, d.1760.
• [1760] The trial of Lord George Sackville. by Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785, defendant.
• [1763] A genuine narrative of the life and actions of John Rice, broker. Interspersed with some curious anecdotes. Particularly of the Lord Mayor, and Bishop of Cambray. by Rice, John
• [1774] A genuine account of the bahavior, confession, and dying-words of William Hawke and William Jones, who were executed at Tyburn on the 1st of July, 1774 / by John Villette. by Villette, John, d. 1799.
• [1779] The trial of Humphry Finnimore, Esq. (reputed to be worth forty thousand pounds), who was tried at the quarter session holden for the county of Surrey in the Town-Hall, Southwark, on Thursday the 14th day of January 1779 and convicted of felony in stealing of five turkies, the property of Thomas Humphries. by Finnimore, Humphry, 18th cent.
• [1781] Lord Chedworth : Two actions brought by John Howe, esq. (afterwards Baron Chedworth) against George Lewis Dive, esq. / Published by Mr. Howe, at the request of his Friends. by Howe, John.
• [1786] An account of the arguments of counsel, and the directions of the court, on a plea of auterfois acquit : pleaded by James Foy at the Summer Assizes 1786, holden for the county of Mayo at Ballinrobe, on the fifth day of June : to an indictment for procuring, stirring, and provoking Andrew Creagh, otherwise Craig and others, to slee and murder Patrick Randal M'Donnell, Esquire and Charles Hipson, with the pleadings in that case by Foy, James.
• [1786] The trial of John Motherhill, for committing a rape on the body of Miss Catharine Wade. Tried at the assize holden at East Grinstead for the county of Sussex, on Tuesday the 21st of March, 1786, before the Hon. Sir. William Henry Ashhurst / John Motherhill by Motherhill, John.
• [1786] The trials of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq., Timothy Brecknock, James Fulton, and others, for the murder of Patrick Randal McDonnell, and Charles Hinson, Esquires : also, the trial of John Gallagher and others : for the assault on George Robert Fitzgerald, in the Goal of Castlebar. by Fitzgerald, George Robert, 1746-1786, defendant.
• [1787] The whole proceedings on the trials of two informations ... against George Gordon, esq., commonly called Lord George Gordon: one for a libel on the Queen of France and the French Ambassador, the other for a libel on the judges, and the administration of the laws in England. Also of Thomas Wilkins, for printing the last-mentioned libel. Tried in the Court of King's Bench ... the 6th of June, 1787, before the Hon. Francis Buller, esq. ... Taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney. by Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793, defendant.
• [1789] The genuine trial of Francis Sykes, esq. for criminal conversation with the wife of Capt. Parslow of the 3d regiment of Dragoons. by Sykes, Francis.
• [1789] The trial of William Weldon, and Richard Weldon alias Dodson : before Baron Thompson, at Oakham, on Saturday the 14th of March, 1789, for the murder of Mr. John Freeman, of Edith-Weston and an account of the murder of Mr. Lumley, goaler at Oakham. by Weldon, William.
• [1790] The intent of capital punishment : a discourse delivered in the city of New-Haven, October 20, 1790 : being the day of the execution of Joseph Mountain, for a rape / by James Dana, D.D., pastor of the First Church in said city. by Dana, James, 1735-1812.
• [1791] The Case of Miss Gunning impartially stated and discussed: in a letter from a barrister addressed to the Marquis of Blandford. by Gunning, Miss (Elizabeth), 1769-1823.
• [1792] The life of Dick En-l--d, alias Captain En-l--d; or turf memory. With notes and illustrations. by Unknown Author
• [1793] An account of the trial of Thomas Muir, esq. younger, of Huntershill, before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh. On the 30th and 31st days of August, 1793, for sedition. by Muir, Thomas, 1765-1798, defendant.
• [1793] Proceedings of the French National Convention on the trial of Louis XVI, late King of France and Navarre; to which are added several interesting occurrences and particulars attending the treatment, sentence, and execution of the ill-fated monarch; the whole carefully collected from authentic documents, and republished with additions, from the paper of the World. By Joseph Trapp. by Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, defendant.
• [1793] The proceedings, on the trial of Daniel Isaac Eaton : upon an indictment, for selling a supposed libel, "The second part of the Rights of man, combining principle and practice" by Thomas Paine, at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey before the recorder of London by Eaton, Daniel Isaac, d. 1814.
• [1793] A remarkable narrative of Whiting Sweeting; who was executed at Albany, in the state of New-York, for murder... by Sweeting, Whiting, d.1791.
• [1793] The trial of Thomas Muir, Esq., younger of Huntershill, before the High Court of Justiciary, upon Friday and Saturday the 30th and 31st days of August 1793, on a charge of sedition / the whole accurately taken down in shorthand ; with an elegant portrait of Mr. Muir ; to which is annexed an appendix, containing all the papers referred to in the course of the trial by Muir, Thomas, 1765-1798.
• [1793] The trial of Thomas Paine, for a libel, contained in the second part of Rights of man. Before Lord Kenyon, and a special jury, at Guildhall, December 18, 1792. With the speeches of the attorney general and Mr. Erskine at large. by Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, defendant.
• [1793] The whole proceedings on the trial of an information exhibited ex officio by the king's attorney-general against Thomas Paine for a libel upon the revolution and settlement of the crown and regal government as by law established; and also upon the Bill of Rights, the Legislature, Government, Laws, and Parliament of this Kingdom, and upon the King. by Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, defendant.
• [1794] The declaration and confession of Robert Watt, / written, subscribed & delivered by himself, the evening before his execution, for high treason, at Edinburgh, October 15. 1794. ; Attested by the Reverend Dr. Baird ... and the Reverend T.S. Jones ... by Watt, Robert, d. 1794?
• [1794] A full report of the trial at bar in the Court of King's Bench, in which the Right Hon. Arthur Wolfe ... prosecuted, and A.H. Rowan was defendant, on an information filed ex officio against the defendant for having published a seditious libel, January 29, 1794 by Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834, defendant.
• [1794] A remarkable narrative of Whiting Sweeting : who was executed at Albany, in the state of New York for murder. by Sweeting, Whiting, d. 1791.
• [1794] Report of the trial of Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Esq. on an information, filed, ex officio, by the attorney general, for the distribution of a libel : with the subsequent proceedings thereon : containing the arguments of counsel, the opinion of the court, and Mr. Rowan's Address to the Court, at Full. by Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834.
• [1794] The trial of John Frost for seditious words : in Hilary term, 1793 / taken in short hand by Ramsey. by Frost, John, 1750-1842.
• [1794] The trial of Maurice Margarot, delegate from London to the British Convention : before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 13th and 14th of January, 1794, for sedition / taken in shorthand by Mr. Ramsey. by Margarot, Maurice, d. 1816.
• [1794] The trial of Richard Vining Perry, esq. for the forcible abduction, or stealing of an heiress, from the boarding-school of Miss Mills, in the city of Bristol; with all the arguments of the Counsel, before Vicary Gibbs, esq. the recorder thereof. On Monday the 14th of April, 1794. by Perry, Richard Vining, defendant.
• [1794] The trials at large of Robert Watt, and David Downie, for high treason, : at the session of Oyer and Terminer, at Edinburgh, August 27, September 3d, and September 5th, 1794. At which they were both found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered, on the 15th of October. Taken in short hand by an English barrister. by Watt, Robert, d. 1794?
• [1794] The whole proceedings on the trial of indictment against Thomas Walker of Manchester : merchant, Samuel Jackson, James Cheetham, Oliver Pearsal [sic] Benjamin Booth, and Joseph Collier : for a conspiracy to overthrow the constitution and government, and to aid and assist the French, (being the King's Enemies) in case they should invade this Kingdom. by Walker, Thomas, 1749-1817, defendant.
• [1794] The whole proceedings on the trial of indictment against Thomas Walker of Manchester : merchant, Samuel Jackson, James Cheetham, Oliver Pearsal [sic] Benjamin Booth, and Joseph Collier : for a conspiracy to overthrow the constitution and government, and to aid and assist the French, (being the King's Enemies) in case they should invade this Kingdom. by Walker, Thomas, 1749-1817, defendant.
• [1796] The trial at large on an action for damages, brought in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer before the Right Hon. Lord Chief Baron Yelverton and a jury of citizens, on Saturday the 20th of February, 1796, by the Right Hon. George Fred. Earl of Westmeath, against the Honourable Augustus Cavendish Bradshaw, for adultery with the Right Hon. Mary Anne, Countess of Westmeath. by Westmeath, George Frederick Nugent, 7th earl of, 1760-1814.
• [1796] The trial of Lieutenant O'Halloran for defamation of the character of Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Howe Showers. by O'Halloran, Joseph.
• [1797] Christianity vindicated, in the admirable speech of the Hon. Tho. Erskine, in the trial of J. Williams, for publishing Paine's Age of reason, 24th June, 1797. by Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823.
• [1797] The narrative of Whiting Sweeting : who was executed at Albany, the 26th of August, 1791. : Containing, an account of his trial before the Supreme Court of Judicature of the state of New-York, at the July term, 1791, for the murder of Darius Quimby by Sweeting, Whiting, d. 1791.
• [1797] The narrative of Whiting Sweeting : who was executed at Albany, the 26th of August, 1791. : Containing, an account of his trial before the Supreme Court of Judicature of the state of New-York, at the July term, 1791, for the murder of Darius Quimby by Sweeting, Whiting, d. 1791.
• [1797] The trial of John Young for the murder of Robert Barwick : one of the Deputy Sheriffs, New York, taken by means of short-hand for the benefit of the citizens of New York / by William Green. by Young, John.
• [1797] The trial of Thomas Bennett for forging a bill of exchange, &c. by Bennett, Thomas.
• [1799] Three letters, written, and originally published, under the signature of A South Carolina planter. The first, on the case of Jonathan Robbins ... The second, on the recent captures of American vessels by British cruisers ... The third, on the right of expatriation. By Charles Pinckney, esquire, senator in Congress, for South-Carolina. To which is added, an appendix, containing sundry documents concerning Jonathan Robbins. by Pinckney, Charles, 1758-1824.

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