83 Criminology. The Trial Between Mr. Henry Wright, and Mr. Braham, for Criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife, at the Court of Common-Pleas, Guildhall, before Sir Vicary Gibbs, and a Special Jury, on Tuesday, July 23, 1816. pp. 16, 8vo. boards, leather back, uncut. London, n. d. $5.00
One of the most sensational trials of the period.
84 Criminology. The World's Famous Prisons, and Romance of Crime. An Account of the State of Prisons from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, with the History of Celebrated Cases, by Major Arthur Griffiths. Numerous full-page photogravure illustrations, printed in two states, i. e.—one set on Japan vellum, the other on Whatman paper, of which one set of the frontispieces are finely colored by hand. 12 vols. 8vo. New ¾ crushed green levant morocco extra, gilt paneled backs, with emblematic design inlaid in red levant, gilt tops, uncut. London: Grolier Society. Printed for subscribers only. $65.00
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There is no other work extant that covers the history of Prisons and their criminal inmates more extensively than these volumes do.
Contents: England—Chronicles of Newgate, from the Eighteenth Century to its Demolition; A Sketch of the Tower, 2 vols.; Milbank Penitentiary, an Experiment in Reformation, 1 vol.; German and Austrian Prisons; Prisons of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Austria-Hungary; The Fortresses of Magdeburg and Spielberg, 1 vol.; Oriental Prisons—Prisons and Crime in India; The Adaman Islands; Burmah, China, Japan, Egypt, Turkey, 1 vol.; Modern French Prisons—Bicétre, St. Pelagie, St. Lazare, La Force, The Conciergerie, La Grande and La Petite Roguettes, Mazas, La Sante, 1 vol.; Russian Prisons—St. Peter and St. Paul, The Schlusselberg, The Ostrog at Omsk, The Story of Siberian Exile, Tiumen, Tomsk, Sachalien, 1 vol.; Spanish Prisons—The Inquisition at Home and Abroad; Prisons Past and Present, 1 vol.; Early Vincennes—The Bastile, Loches, The Galleys, Revolutionary Prisons, 1 vol.; Italian Prisons—St. Angelo, The Piombi, The Vicaria, Prisons of the Roman Inquisition, 1 vol.; Non-Criminal Prisons—English Debtors, Prisons and Prisoners of War, French War Prisons, with Reference to those of Other Lands, 1 vol.; Prisons Over Seas—Deportation and Colonization, British and American Prisons of To-day, 1 vol.
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85A Criminology. Trials for Adultery; or, The History of Divorces. Being Selected Trials at Doctors Commons, for Adultery, Cruelty etc., etc., from the year 1760 to 1779-80. Together with the Letters, etc., that have been intercepted between the amorous Parties. 2 vols. 8vo. contemporary calf (broken.) London: Printed for S. Bladon, 1729-30. $20.00