A new and complete collection of trials for adultery : or, A general history of modern gallantry and divorces : containing all the most remarkable trials heard and determined in the courts of Doctors' Commons, the King's Bench, &c., &c., for adultery, fornication, cruelty, incest, and other criminal conversation, impotency, &c., from the year 1780 to the middle of the year 1797 : together with the substance of the evidence on each cause and the correspondence between the amorous parties : including also the most remarkable trials for adultery, &c., in Wales, Ireland and Scotland during the said period : being a work comprehending select reports of the Court of Doctors' Commons, &c., and which will include a complete history of the private lives, intrigues and amours of many characters in the most elevated spheres of life, as every scene and transaction, however ridiculous, whimsical, or extraordinary, will be fairly represented, as becomes a faithful historian, who is determined not to sacrifice truth at the shrine of guilt and folly : interspersed with some of the most remarkable and curious trials for crim. con. &c., prior to the above period / the whole taken in short hand from the records of the courts of Doctors' Commons, the King's Bench, &c., and arranged for publication with reflections upon the numerous cases by a Civilian of Doctors Commons.
1796
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A new and complete collection of trials for adultery : or, A general history of modern gallantry and divorces : containing all the most remarkable trials heard and determined in the courts of Doctors' Commons, the King's Bench, &c., &c., for adultery, fornication, cruelty, incest, and other criminal conversation, impotency, &c., from the year 1780 to the middle of the year 1797 : together with the substance of the evidence on each cause and the correspondence between the amorous parties : including also the most remarkable trials for adultery, &c., in Wales, Ireland and Scotland during the said period : being a work comprehending select reports of the Court of Doctors' Commons, &c., and which will include a complete history of the private lives, intrigues and amours of many characters in the most elevated spheres of life, as every scene and transaction, however ridiculous, whimsical, or extraordinary, will be fairly represented, as becomes a faithful historian, who is determined not to sacrifice truth at the shrine of guilt and folly : interspersed with some of the most remarkable and curious trials for crim. con. &c., prior to the above period / the whole taken in short hand from the records of the courts of Doctors' Commons, the King's Bench, &c., and arranged for publication with reflections upon the numerous cases by a Civilian of Doctors Commons.
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London : Printed for the proprietors by J. Gill ..., 1796.
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4 volumes : illustrations, portraits.
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Making of modern law. Trials, 1600-1926.
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"Embellished with an elegant set of plates, representing the most striking scenes described in the work, whether humorous, ridiculous, whimsical, or amorous."
Reproduction of the original from Harvard Law School Library.
Reproduction of the original from Harvard Law School Library.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2007. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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