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TRIAL OF DAVID S. TERRY BY THE COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE, SAN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco: R. C. Moore & Co., Printers, Alta California Newspaper Office, 1856. 8vo. 75 pp. Rebound in later cloth, light dampstaining to text, otherwise a very good clean copy. One of the few printed records of an extra-legal murder trial in the United States. Terry was charged with an attempted murder of a police officer of the committee, and with four counts of assault. The committee found him guilty but decided instead of the "usual punishments" to free him with the recommendation that he resign from the State Supreme Court. Terry declined this advice and in 1857 became Chief Justice. COWAN p. 633, EBERSTADT 105:78, GRAFF 4104, GREENWOOD 772, HOWES T 106, HOWES-HARTLEY T 107, SABIN 94889.
Offered for US$ 650.00 by: Almagre Books - Book number: 14859
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