Select Trials for Murders, Robberies, Rapes, Sodomy, Coining, Frauds - 1734-1735

Title

Select Trials for Murders, Robberies, Rapes, Sodomy, Coining, Frauds, And Other Offences: At the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey. To Which are Added, Genuine Accounts of the Lives, Exploits, Behaviour, Confessions and Dying-Speeches of the Most Eminent Convicts.

Year

1734-1735

Publisher

J. Wilford, London

Description

This set comprises reports of trials held at the Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery for London and Middlesex (the Old Bailey), arranged chronologically from 1720 to 1732. Issued for a popular readership, the proceedings combine legal record with sensational detail, reflecting contemporary interests in crime, punishment, and morality. They now serve as primary sources for the legal practices and social history of the early Georgian period.

Vol 1: [4], 479 pp.

Vol 2: [8], 500 pp., [8]

Condition

Rubbing to covers; small loss to bottom corner of p.171, Vol. I, without affecting text; more pronounced chipping and rubbing to top right corner of Vol. II cover. Occasional spotting throughout.