The Law of Homicide, Together with the Trial for Murder of Judge..

1882. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1882. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1882. Account of a Kentucky Case that Explores the American Law of Homicide, This Copy Owned by a Notably Kentucky Judge Carlton, A[mbrose] B[olivar] [1825-1901]. The Law of Homicide, Together with the Trial for Murder of Judge Wilkinson, Dr. Wilkinson and Mr. Murdaugh, Including the Indictments, Evidence and Speeches of Hon. S.S. Prentiss, Hon. Benjamin Hardin, E.J. Bullock, Esq., Judge Rowan, Col. Robertson, And John B. Thompson, Esq., Of Counsel in Full. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1882. 412 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind frames to boards, raised bands and red and black lettering pieces to spine. Light rubbing to boards, minor worming to rear board, moderate rubbing to extremities, front joint starting at foot, corners bumped and lightly worn, hinges cracked, "Property/ of/ D.N. Cull,/ Barbourville,/ Kentucky" to front pastedown, later owner bookseller stamp of Benjamin A. Maslan to rear pastedown, moderate toning to interior. $250. * Only edition. Carlton uses a detailed examination of a notable Louisville, Kentucky case, which involved a dispute that ended in two murders committed in the name of "honor," to illustrate the principal features of the American law of homicide. Newspapers.com and Ancestry.com identifies D.N. Cull as Daniel N. Cull [b.1844], a Kentucky judge. He became nationally famous in 1889 for his personal role, while a sitting judge, in the defeat of a criminal gang as the member of a posse. Benjamin A. Maslan [1901-1979] was a prominent Seattle attorney and bibliophile who created an important collection of Bibles that was later donated to the American Jewish University, Los Angeles. See McDade, The Annals of Murder 1094 (summary of case). Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) I:337.