Full Particulars of the Trial and Sentence of T B Birkett (Farmer)..

1859. London: Taylor, Printer, 1859. 5-1/2" x 4. London: Taylor, Printer, 1859. 5-1/2" x 4" "So Much for the Game Laws!" [Trial]. Birkett, Thomas B, Defendant. Full Particulars of the Trial and Sentence of T.B. Birkett (Farmer) For the Murder of William Watmore at Barnby-in-the-Willows. With a Copy of Verses and an Account of the Dreadful Murder of Will- Stevenson, At Sibsey, In Lincolnshire. [(London): Taylor, Printer, 93, Brick Lane, Bethnat Green, (1859)]. 8 pp. Quarto (5-1/2" x 4"). Uncut, untrimmed, and unsewn chapbook. Moderate toning, light soiling, moderate edgewear, partial tears along fold lines. Rare. $250. * Only edition. Birkett shot and killed Watmore after a heated dispute about the placement of rabbit traps. Upon receiving his sentence, Birkett exclaimed: "So much for the game laws!" A poem at the end of the account blames obsolete game laws for Birkett and Watmore's fateful confrontation. Rare. OCLC and Library Hub locate 2 copies, both at the British Library.