Memorial. To the legislature of Massachusetts [electronic resource]
- Bib ID:
- 3727317
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Austin, Benjamin, 1752-1820
- Online Version:
- http://opac.newsbank.com/select/shaw/15529
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- Description:
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- [Boston : s.n., 1808]
- 11, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 15529.
- Notes:
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- "Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The committee to which was referred the memorial of Benjamin Austin, relative to a charge delivered to the Grand Jury of the county of Suffolk, Nov. Term, A.D. 1806, by the Hon. Theophilus Parsons, Esq. chief justice of the commonwealth, have maturely considered the subject and beg leave to report the result of their deliberations."--p. [7]-11.
- Caption title.
- Last page blank.
- Memorial, praying that the doctrine of suspicion be banned as a means of reducing a murder charge to a lesser offence, and the report of the legislature in response.
- Signed on p. 5: Benjamin Austin. Boston, February 15, 1808.
- Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
- Cited In:
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- Shaw & Shoemaker 14390
- Shaw & Shoemaker 15529
- Reproduction:
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 15529).
- Subject:
- Place:
- United States Massachusetts Boston.
- Other authors/contributors:
- Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1820
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1808
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