Report of the Evidence & Arguments of Counsel at the Trial of Levi and Laban Kenniston, Before the Supreme Judicial Court, on an Indictment for the Robbery of Major Elijah Putnam Goodridge, on the evening of the 19th December, 1816

  • Boston: J.T. Buckingham, 1817
By [WEBSTER, Daniel] KENNISTON, Levi and Laban
Boston: J.T. Buckingham, 1817. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); disbound; 63pp. Light foxing, first signature starting to separate but still holding, else Very Good and sound. One of three published accounts of the trial of Levi and Laban Kenniston, falsely accused of robbery. Daniel Webster served on the defense team and his address to the jury is included here (pp. 40-56). See Clifford B. Clapp, "The Speeches of Daniel Webster: A Bibliographical Review," in "The Papers of the Bibliographical Society" (1919), pp. 21-2. SABIN 37455; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 41954.

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Report of the Evidence & Arguments of Counsel at the Trial of Levi and Laban Kenniston, Before the Supreme Judicial Court, on an Indictment for the Robbery of Major Elijah Putnam Goodridge, on the evening of the 19th December, 1816

Author

[WEBSTER, Daniel] KENNISTON, Levi and Laban

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Publisher

J.T. Buckingham: Boston

Date

1817

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First Edition


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