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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
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William Otter Woodall was an attorney who collected a few of the
more infamous trials in this collection. At this point in history
trials were not easy to research. Woodall prepared this book for
professionals in order that they could refer to them in their
research. Trials included are The trial of Abraham Thornton for the
murder of Mary Ashford, The appeal of murder and wager of Battle;
William Ashford vs Abraham Thornton, The trial of Josiah Phillips
for a libel on the Duke of Cumberland arising out of the Sellis
case, The trial of the action Smyth vs Smyth relating to the Ashton
estates, The trial of the Rev. William Bailey LLD for forgery, The
trial of John Tawell for poisoning, and The trial of Frere Leotade.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
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A solicitor with offices in Scarborough, William Otter Woodall
(1837-1914) was a prominent member of the local community. This
work, edited by Woodall and first published in 1873, brings
together reports of seven notable and intriguing nineteenth-century
civil and criminal trials as case studies for the benefit of the
legal profession. (It was intended as the first of a series, but no
further volumes were published.) The book includes the case of the
so-called 'Quaker' poisoner John Tawell, executed in 1845, who was
the first person to be arrested with the aid of the electric
telegraph and about whose fate several popular ballads were
written; that of Abraham Thornton in 1818 - for the murder of Mary
Ashford - who claimed the right to the ancient Norman tradition of
trial by battle; and that of Reverend William Bailey, transported
for life in 1843 to Van Diemen's Land for forgery. This colourful,
engaging work will appeal to anyone with an interest in the law or
true crime stories.
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