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Lot #    14612
Auction End Date    6/13/2006 11:22:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    The case and appeal of James Ashley
Author    James Ashley
City    London
Publisher    by the Appelant
Publication Date    1753
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    vi, [2], 46 pp., octavo, 215:120 mm., wide margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in modern paper wrappers.
          
Detailed
Description		    Record of a case and appeal of a Polish Jew. The full title states, The case and appeal of James Ashley, of Bread-Street, London : addressed to the publick in general : in relation to I. The apprehending Henry Simons, the Polish Jew, on a warrant issued out against him for perjury, II. His trial and conviction of a capital misdemeanor, last lent-assizes, held at Chelmsford for the County of Essex, III. His second trial at the subsequent assizes, for the same offense, and surprising acquittal, IV. An action brought, and the cruel verdict obtained, against the said James Ashley, and others: interspersed throughout with many very uncommon particulars: to which is prefixed, a curious print of the person and dress of the said Henry Simons.

The text, entirely in English, consists of a preface to the publick in General from James Ashley who brought the charges against Henry Simmons. There is a table of contents listing the pamphlets twenty-one sections and the text of the case consisting of trial testimony and court summaries. Interestingly, there was another high profile case in the courts of London in 1998 concerning the shooting of an unarmed man of named James Ashley.

          
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Listing Classification
Period
  
18th Century:    Checked
  
Location
England:    Checked
  
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Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica