State Trials, Volume II
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State Trials, Volume II

The Public Conscience

  1. 260 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

State Trials, Volume II

The Public Conscience

About this book

State Trials, Volume II (first published in 1972) contains cases concerned with witchcraft, the scandals of the prisons, and colonial administration gathered from the full edition of State Trials completed in 1826. The author has selected some of the most interesting and important trials for this volume.

The book includes a general introduction, explaining the significance of State Trials as a whole. Each selected case is then introduced by a short essay, which explains the events surrounding the trial and its importance in relation to legal history.

State Trials will always be one of the most vivid and fascinating accounts of English life in all documentary literature. Tales of murder, treason, bigamy, adultery, political conspiracy, the scandals of the prison system, and the brutality of imperial conquest are told through the words of the great and the humble. Murderers, pornographers, conquerors, and heroes, all come alive in their own words. This book will be a fascinating read for students and researchers of law and history, and general readers interested in the topic.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781032861715
eBook ISBN
9781040193464
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Dedication
  8. Contents
  9. Illustrations
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter One A Trial of Witches: Bury St Edmunds and Salem (1665 and 1692)
  12. Chapter Two The Trial of John Huggins (1729)
  13. Chapter Three The Trial of Thomas Picton (1806)