Charge of Chief Justice Hosmer, to the Grand Jury of the First Judicial District, M.T., delivered, December 5th, 1864

by Hezekiah L. Hosmer

$4,000 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Virginia City, Montana: 1864 . Bifolium, 12¼ x 7¾ 31 x 19.5 cm ; single page of text in triple column; embossed seal at the top of the first column; small scallop tear at the top of the third column, barely touching 1 letter; all else very good. Streeter IV, 2211: This previously unrecorded one-page charge to Montana's first grand jury ... marks the beginning of legal administration of justice in Montana. It is likewise the second Montana broadside. Justice Hosmer discusses

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