A CORRECT REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM HOLDEN, JAMES ASHCROFT THE ELDER, JAMES ASHCROFT THE YOUNGER, DAVID ASHCROFT, AND JOHN ROBINSON .......

Softcover. 1st Edn. c.1817.... For the Murder of Margaret Marsden and Hannah Partington; and for Robbery in the Dwelling-House of Mr. Thos. Littlewood, At Pendleton: Before Sir Richard Richards, Kt. Lord Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer; At Lancaster Assizes, On Friday, the Fifth of September, 1817. A scarce item with an account of the trial and a note recording that the defendants paid the forfeit of their lives protesting their innocence to the end. With engraved Frontis. showing Mr Littlewood's house, and a map of the area within the text (opposite p.32) + Appendices. 56pp. A slim volume (8.5"x5.5")in original paper wraps. V. fragile state, covers rubbed and chipped, with a little damage to the last 2pp., but complete. A reading copy but obviously an extremely rare account. Fair only.