His Grace the Duke of Beaufort Against John Crawshay Bailey and..

1863. [Trial]. Bailey, John Crawshay, Primary Defendant. Somerset, Henry Charles FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Beaufort [1824-1899], Plaintiff. In the Common Pleas. His Grace the Duke of Beaufort Against John Crawshay Bailey and Others. For Trespass on Cwmdu Hill, In the Parish of St. Michael Cwmdu, Breconshire. Report of the Trial Before Mr. Justice Mellor and a Special Jury, At Brecon, On the 21st, 23d, And 24th of March, 1863. Watkins, Hooper, Baylis, And Baker, 11 Sackville Street, London, Solicitors for His Grace. [London: Printed by Strangeways & Walden, (1863)]. iv, 284, [2] pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6-1/4"; 24.5 x 15.5 cm). Later green pebbled cloth, printed paper label to spine, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and minor shelfwear, moderate toning to interior, negligible light foxing and soiling to a few leaves, presentation inscription "C. Lloyd Esq./ With Mr. Baker's Compliments/ 30 March 1868" to front endleaf. $300. * Somerset, the 8th Duke of Beaufort, was a British peer, military officer and Conservative politician. This case centered on trespassing by members of the public on some of his vast property holdings (totalling some 51,000 acres in all) in Wales. The defendants, nearby farmers, alleged that the portions of the land in question were part of their estates, but the court found for the Duke. This copy was presented by Charles Baker, one of the Duke's attorneys in the case. This is a scarce title. OCLC locates 3 copies in North American law libraries (Columbia, Harvard, Jenkins Law Library).