Author: TRIAL FOR MURDER.
Title: Trial of David F. Mayberry for the Murder of Andrew Alger; Before the Rock Co. Circuit Court—Judge Doolittle Presiding—July 10th & 11th, 1855. Containing the Arguments of the Attorneys, and a Full and Correct Account of his Death. By a Mob. Reported by Ira C. Jenks, Esq.
Description: Janesville, Wis.: Barker, Burnett & Hall, Printers & Publishers, 1855. First edition, 8vo (205 x 135 mm), 48pp., some light spotting, orig. green upper printed wrapper, lower wrapper missing, disbound. "Mayberry, knowing Alger was returning with a sum of money, met him on the road in Harmony, Wisconsin, and killed him with a hatchet while riding with him. Wisconsin had abolished the death penalty, and a mob seized Mayberry after his conviction and hanged him in the streets."—McDale. McDale, The Annals of Murder.

Keywords: LAW TRIAL MURDER JANESVILLE WISCONSIN HARMONY CRIME