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A complete collection of state-trials, and proceedings for high treason, and other crimes and misdemeanors; from the reign of King Richard II to the reign of King George II / With two alphabetical tables to the whole.
Emlyn, Sollom, 1697-1754.Date: 1742
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The Beggar's opera: on trial for robbery, Captain Macheath stands in shackles in Newgate prison, while two of his lovers (Polly Peachum and Lucy Lockit) plead for his life. Engraving by W. Blake after W. Hogarth, 1st July 1790.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 July 1790Reference: 579429i
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A full and impartial account of the discovery of sorcery and witchcraft, : practis'd by Jane Wenham of Walkerne in Hertfordshire, upon the bodies of Anne Thorn, Anne Street, &c. The proceedings against her from her being first apprehended, till she was committed to gaol by Sir Henry Chauncy. Also her tryal at the assizes at Hertford before Mr. Justice Powell, where she was found guilty of felony and witchcraft, and receiv'd sentence of death for the same, March 4. 1711-12.
Bragge, Francis, 1664-1728.Date: 1712
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Report of the jury trial, the North British Insurance Company against the executors of the late Mrs Ralston of Warwickhill, in Ayrshire. Tried at Edinburgh, on Friday, 21st July 1837.
Date: 1837
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A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1848Reference: 26030i
Part of: The drunkard's children
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Médicamens composés et dragées confisqués : sentence du siege de la police du baillage de Rouen, qui condamne le nommé Le Marié, marchand mercier & parfumeur en cette ville, en dix livres d'amende envers le roi, et aux dépens, & les marchandises sur lui saisies déclarées confisquées au profit de l'Hôtel-Dieu, pour la contravention par lui commise aux statuts et réglemens des marchands apothicaires-epiciers-grossiers-ciriers-droguistes & confiseurs de la ville, fauxbourgs & banlieuë de Rouen : fait défenses audit le Marié & à tous autres de récidiver, sous plus grandes peines : du huitième jour de mai mil sept cent cinquante-six ... / signés, Varnier & Mathez.
Date: 1756
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Tom Delolme, a medical student, gives evidence as a witness in Bow Street magistrates' court, London: the magistrate and his clerk are seated on the left. Etching after G. Cruikshank, 1844.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: [1844]Reference: 31647i
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Trials and behaviour of the five unfortunate men, who were executed this day, on Penenden Heath, pursuant to their sentence at the late Maidstone assizes : with a mournful copy of verses.
Date: [1822?]
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The trial of William Lord Russell, 1683. Mezzotint after G. Hayter.
Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871.Date: [between 1820 and 1829?]Reference: 2969771i
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Saint Paul: with his hands in chains, he pleads his case at Caesarea before the Roman procurator of Judea, Antonius Felix. Engraving by W. Hogarth after himself, 1752.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: publish'd as the Act directs Feb 5 1752Reference: 8678i
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The trial of soul after death in the court of Yama. Chromolithograph.
Reference: 26690i
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King Charles I on trial in Westminster Hall: the gold head of his cane spontaneously falls to the ground. Engraving by C. Dubosc after P. Angellis.
Angellis, Pieter, 1685-1734.Date: [1728]Reference: 2897018i
Part of: Ten curious prints of the most remarkable transactions of the reign of King Charles 1st
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A man kneeling in front of a judge at a Chinese court of justice. Wood engraving after E. Vaumort.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 579717i
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A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1848Reference: 26039i
Part of: The drunkard's children
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Jean Calas says farewell to his wife before he is executed. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801.Date: [1789?]Reference: 29008i
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A young man (William Booth) stands before a table at which sit a magistrate and his clerk; a boy whispers something into the magistrate's ear. Engraving by J. Saunders after S. de Wilde.
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832.Date: Nov. 2 1793Reference: 31641i
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Ethiopia: King Sahle Selassie sitting in judgment in his palace. Coloured lithograph by P. Herwegen after J.M. Bernatz.
Bernatz, Johann Martin, 1802-1878.Date: [1852-1855]Reference: 3017236i
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Trial, sentence and execution of Robert Cooper at Newgate for the murder of Anne Jane Barnham, at Isleworth.
Date: [1862]
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Report of the proceedings under a brieve of idiotry, Peter Duncan against David Yoolow, tried at Coupar-Angus, 28-30 Jan., 1837 : with an appendix of relative documents, and an introduction / by Ludovic Colquhoun.
Duncan, Peter, active 1837.Date: 1837
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The Newgate calendar; comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters who have been convicted of outrages on the laws of England since the commencement of the eighteenth century; with occasional anecdotes and observations, speeches, confessions, and last exclamations of sufferers / By Andrew Knapp and William Baldwin.
Knapp, Andrew.Date: 1824-
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Assize kalendar, Aug. 1820 : prisoners in the gaols of Durham, Newcastle, and Morpeth, who are to take their trials before the Hon. Sir John Bayley, and the Hon. Sir James Allan Park, Knights.
Date: 1820
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The trial of Jane Butterfield for the wilful murder of William Scawen, Esq; : at the assizes held at Croydon for the County of Surry on Saturday the 19th of August, 1775, before the Right Honourable Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe, Knt. Lord Chief Baron of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer. Published by permission of the judge. / Taken in short-hand, by Joseph Gurney and William Blanchard.
Butterfield, Jane.Date: MDCCLXXV
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Some famous medical trials / by Leonard A. Parry.
Parry, Leonard A. (Leonard Arthur)Date: 1927
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A report of the proceedings on the trial of Mr. Samuel Waller, for misdemeanour & nuisance, by street-preaching, at Ashton-under-Lyne. : Before the Rev. W. R. Hay, Chairman of the Salford Quarter Sessions, on Monday, the 23d of July, 1821.
Date: 1821
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The trial of Shama Charan Pal : an illustration of village life in Bengal / [with an introduction by Miss Orme].
Date: 1897

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A complete collection of state-trials, and proceedings for high treason, and other crimes and misdemeanors; from the reign of King Richard II to the reign of King George II / With two alphabetical tables to the whole.

The Beggar's opera: on trial for robbery, Captain Macheath stands in shackles in Newgate prison, while two of his lovers (Polly Peachum and Lucy Lockit) plead for his life. Engraving by W. Blake after W. Hogarth, 1st July 1790.

Report of the jury trial, the North British Insurance Company against the executors of the late Mrs Ralston of Warwickhill, in Ayrshire. Tried at Edinburgh, on Friday, 21st July 1837.

A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Tom Delolme, a medical student, gives evidence as a witness in Bow Street magistrates' court, London: the magistrate and his clerk are seated on the left. Etching after G. Cruikshank, 1844.

Trials and behaviour of the five unfortunate men, who were executed this day, on Penenden Heath, pursuant to their sentence at the late Maidstone assizes : with a mournful copy of verses.

The trial of William Lord Russell, 1683. Mezzotint after G. Hayter.

Saint Paul: with his hands in chains, he pleads his case at Caesarea before the Roman procurator of Judea, Antonius Felix. Engraving by W. Hogarth after himself, 1752.

The trial of soul after death in the court of Yama. Chromolithograph.

King Charles I on trial in Westminster Hall: the gold head of his cane spontaneously falls to the ground. Engraving by C. Dubosc after P. Angellis.

A man kneeling in front of a judge at a Chinese court of justice. Wood engraving after E. Vaumort.

A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Jean Calas says farewell to his wife before he is executed. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

A young man (William Booth) stands before a table at which sit a magistrate and his clerk; a boy whispers something into the magistrate's ear. Engraving by J. Saunders after S. de Wilde.

Ethiopia: King Sahle Selassie sitting in judgment in his palace. Coloured lithograph by P. Herwegen after J.M. Bernatz.

Trial, sentence and execution of Robert Cooper at Newgate for the murder of Anne Jane Barnham, at Isleworth.

Report of the proceedings under a brieve of idiotry, Peter Duncan against David Yoolow, tried at Coupar-Angus, 28-30 Jan., 1837 : with an appendix of relative documents, and an introduction / by Ludovic Colquhoun.

Assize kalendar, Aug. 1820 : prisoners in the gaols of Durham, Newcastle, and Morpeth, who are to take their trials before the Hon. Sir John Bayley, and the Hon. Sir James Allan Park, Knights.

Some famous medical trials / by Leonard A. Parry.

A report of the proceedings on the trial of Mr. Samuel Waller, for misdemeanour & nuisance, by street-preaching, at Ashton-under-Lyne. : Before the Rev. W. R. Hay, Chairman of the Salford Quarter Sessions, on Monday, the 23d of July, 1821.

The trial of Shama Charan Pal : an illustration of village life in Bengal / [with an introduction by Miss Orme].