Coale, Edward J.:

$500 · Offered by William Reese Company

TRIALS OF THE MAIL ROBBERS, HARE, ALEXANDER AND HARE.... A famous criminal case of the time, this is a complete and thorough report of the trial of robbers who stole U.S. mail in a hold-up near Havre de Grace, Maryland. The report takes the trial from initial inquest to guilty verdict. The case is also notable as one of the early important cases for David Hoffman, who defended the accused. "Hoffman's scholarly interests led to his appointment in 1814 as professor of law in the embryonic University of Maryland, a state institution he had helped to establish in 1812. For three years he worked on a suitable curriculum, which he published in 1817 as A COURSE OF LEGAL STUDY. Immediately acclaimed by reviewers in the United States and abroad, Hoffman's COURSE provided students with a comprehensive bibliographical guide to every branch of Anglo-American law, as well as substantial references to Roman law and modern Continental jurisprudence" - ANB.

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