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Atrocious judges lives of judges infamous as tools of tyrants and instruments of oppression
- Title
- Atrocious judges [microform] : lives of judges infamous as tools of tyrants and instruments of oppression / compiled from the judicial biographies of John Lord Campbell ... ; with an appendix, containing the case of Passmore Williamson, ed., with an introduction and notes, by Richard Hildreth.
- Author
- Campbell, John Campbell, Baron, 1779-1861.
- Publication
- New York : Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | no. 3-7 | Text | Use in library | Sc Micro F-15393 no. 3-7 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 432 p.; 19 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Lives of judges infamous as tools of tyrants and instruments of oppression.
- Subjects
- Note
- Passmore Williamson was imprisoned for contempt of court in refusing to answer to a writ of habeas corpus, issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, commanding him to produce the bodies of Jane, Daniel and Isaiah Johnson, slaves of John H. Wheeler. He petitioned the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied.
- Master microform held by: LCP.
- Reproduction (note)
- Microfiche.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Roger Le Brabancon -- Robert Tresilian -- Thomas Billing -- John Firzjames -- Thomas Fleming -- Nicholas Hyde -- John Brampston -- Robert Heath -- Robert Foster -- Robert Hyde -- John Kelynge -- William Scroggs -- Robert Heath -- Robert Foster -- Robert Hyde -- John Kelynge -- William Scroggs -- Francis North -- Edmund Saunders -- George Jeffreys -- Robert Wright -- Appendix.
- Call Number
- Sc Micro F-15393
- LCCN
- nuc87397369
- OCLC
- 25273633
- Author
- Campbell, John Campbell, Baron, 1779-1861.
- Title
- Atrocious judges [microform] : lives of judges infamous as tools of tyrants and instruments of oppression / compiled from the judicial biographies of John Lord Campbell ... ; with an appendix, containing the case of Passmore Williamson, ed., with an introduction and notes, by Richard Hildreth.
- Imprint
- New York : Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856.
- Reproduction
- Microfiche. Louisville, Ky. : Lost Cause Press, 19--.
- Added Author
- Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865.Williamson, Passmore.
- Added Title
- Lives of judges infamous as tools of tyrants and instruments of oppression.
- Other Form:
- Original (DLC) 28011693
- Research Call Number
- Sc Micro F-15393