The correct, full and impartial report of the trial of Rev. Ephraim K. Avery before the Supreme Judicial Court of the state of Rhode-Island at Newport, May 6, 1833, for the murder of Sarah M. Cornell
The correct, full and impartial report of the trial of Rev. Ephraim K. Avery before the Supreme Judicial Court of the state of Rhode-Island at Newport, May 6, 1833, for the murder of Sarah M. Cornell.
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Good. Leather. 8vo. Marshall and Brown. 1833. 116 pgs. Lacks title page for the additional pamphlet laid in. Bound in 1/2 calf leather with marble paper covered cloth boards and gilt titles present to the spine. Leather worn along the extremities. Board rubbed and worn. Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Notes in pencil above bookplate. Foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. One of Rhode Island's most controversial trials. Late in 1832, a Fall River factory girl named Sarah Cornell was found dead in a barn, victim of an apparent suicide by hanging. Then a note was found among her possessions: "If I should be missing, enquire of the Rev. Mr. Avery of Bristol, he will know where I am." Avery was widely considered to be guilty of murder, but was acquitted. E-104; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 116 pages.
