Trial Of Charles M Jefferds For Murder At New York December 1861

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ... Q. What is his name? A. James Warren. Q. What does it contain? A. A copy of the statement in the book, I believe. Q. Was it made after the pencil corrections? A. Yes, the corrections were made by him. Q. Have you had this copy in your possession since ypu gave it to me? A. No, sir; I have never seen it since, except while you have had it here in court. Q. Is there anything private in that book? A. There are some other matters in it, but they are of no consequence. Q. Have you any objection to leaving it in the Recorder's possession. A. None. THOMAS W. THORNE, .1 witness on the part of the People, sworn by the Clerk, and examined by Mr. Waterbury: Q. What is your business? A. I am captain of the Fourth Ward Police. Q. Do you remember the night of the 16th of November? A. I do. Q. Did you go to Mr. Walton's place, 32 New Bowery, that night? A. I did. Q. What induced you to go there? A. Sergeant Williams came and told me--Mr. Brady: Wait a moment. Mr. Waterbury: You went in consequence of what Sergeant Williams said to yon? A. Yes. Q. When you got there, did you see Mr. Walton? A. I knew none of the parties. Mr. Walton, the prisoner, and a man I found to bo officer Moore, were there. Q. Where were they? A. In the private office. Q. You knew neither of the parties previously? A. Don't know that I ever saw either of the parties previously. Q. Where were these parties? A. In the private office. Q. Where did you stand? A. I stood in the store, one or two steps down, at an opening where the cash was passed through into the office. Q. Cbuld you see all the parties from where you stood? A. I could. Q. Did you hear the prisoner say anything? A. I heard that gentleman there (pointing to the prisoner) say to Mr. Walton, ', I shot your brother." Q....

Marke, Julius J., Editor. A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University With Selected Annotations. New York: The Law Center of New York University, 1953. xxxi, 1372 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-19939. ISBN 1-886363-91-9. Cloth. $195. * Reprint of the massive, well-annotated catalogue compiled by the librarian of the School of Law at New York University. Classifies approximately 15,000 works excluding foreign law, by Sources of the Law, History of Law and its Institutions, Public and Private Law, Comparative Law, Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, Political and Economic Theory, Trials, Biography, Law and Literature, Periodicals and Serials and Reference Material. With a thorough subject and author index. This reference volume will be of continuous value to the legal scholar and bibliographer, due not only to the works included but to the authoritative annotations, often citing more than one source. Besterman, A World Bibliography of Bibliographies 3461.