An Impartial Account of the Trial of the Lord Conwallis. London, 1679

1679. A Drunken Night Gone Wrong [Trial]. Cornwallis, Charles, 3rd Baron [1655-1698], Defendant. An Impartial Account of the Trial of the Lord Conwallis [sic]. London: [s.n.], 1679. [ii], 12 pp. Folio (11-1/4" x 7-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent printed wrappers. Light edgewear and chipping to fore-edge and spine. Light toning to interior, occasional light foxing and soiling, small tear to bottom-edge of final leaf not affecting text. $250. * Only edition. While drunk and disorderly, Cornwallis and a friend harassed and threatened a sentry. After failing to ruffle the sentry despite threats ranging from the physical to the sexual, their attention turned to some boys passing by. The friend attacked one of them and broke the boy's neck. Cornwallis was tried as an accomplice and acquitted, although several jury members voted to convict him of manslaughter. OCLC locates 2 copies of this title in law libraries (Harvard, Library of Congress). English Short-Title Catalogue R7670.