Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge, Counsellor at Law, Before the Hon..

1807. Paul Revere Was a Member of the Jury [Trial]. Selfridge, Thomas O. [d. 1816], Defendant Lloyd, T[homas], Reporter, Caines, Geo[rge], Reporter. Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge, Counsellor at Law, Before the Hon. Isaac Parker, Esquire. For Killing Charles Austin, On the Public Exchange, In Boston, August 4th, 1806. Taken in Short-Hand...And Sanctioned by the Court, And Reporter to the State. Boston: Published by Russell and Cutler, Belcher and Armstrong, And Oliver and Munroe, [1807]. 168, [3] pp. Woodcut map. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Publisher boards, spine reinforced with cloth tape at an early date, hand-lettered title to spine, untrimmed edges. Moderate rubbing, front pastedown loose, front free endpaper lacking, rear hinge starting, minor worming to rear pastedown. Light browning to interior, light foxing in a few places. A good copy. $35. * Second and final edition. "The killing of Austin by Selfridge arose out of a political dispute between Selfridge and the victim's father. The grand jury refused to indict him for murder; the charge was manslaughter. The case was long an authority on the law of self-defense. Paul Revere was a member of the jury which acquitted Selfridge" (McDade). Other editions of this trial were published in 1807 and 1808. McDade, The Annals of Murder 860.