The Trial of Mrs. Ann Nisbett, Wife of Walter Nisbett, Esq; Of Grafton Street, Berkeley Square, and of Kirkby, in the County of York, for Committing Adultery with Thomas Totty, Esq; (A Captain in the Navy, and Commander of His Majesty's Ship The...

Full Title: "The Trial of Mrs. Ann Nisbett, Wife of Walter Nisbett, Esq; of Grafton Street, Berkeley Square, and of Kirkby, in The County of York, for Committing Adultery with Thomas Totty, Esq; (A Captain in the Navy, and Commander of his Majesty's Ship The Sphynx) A"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more. Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case, the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++MonographHarvard Law School LibraryLondon: Printed for The Author, and Sold by S. Bladon, Pater-Noster-Row; G. Lister, Old Bailey; and all other Booksellers in Town and Country, c.1785