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A FULL AND ACCURATE REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM P. DARNES, ON AN INDICTMENT FOUND BY THE GRAND JURY OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, AT THE SEPTEMBER TERM, 1840, OF THE CRIMINAL COURT OF SAID COUNTY, ON A CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE THIRD DEGREE, FOR THE DEATH OF ANDREW J. DAVIS, (LATE OF NORTHBORO', MASS.) IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, ON THE FIRST OF JUNE, 1840. SECOND EDITION by Nelson, Thomas S - 1841

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A FULL AND ACCURATE REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM P. DARNES, ON AN INDICTMENT FOUND BY THE GRAND JURY OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, AT THE SEPTEMBER TERM, 1840, OF THE CRIMINAL COURT OF SAID COUNTY, ON A CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE THIRD DEGREE, FOR THE DEATH OF ANDREW J. DAVIS, (LATE OF NORTHBORO', MASS.) IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, ON THE FIRST OF JUNE, 1840. SECOND EDITION by Nelson, Thomas S - 1841

A FULL AND ACCURATE REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM P. DARNES, ON AN INDICTMENT FOUND BY THE GRAND JURY OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, AT THE SEPTEMBER TERM, 1840, OF THE CRIMINAL COURT OF SAID COUNTY, ON A CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE THIRD DEGREE, FOR THE DEATH OF ANDREW J. DAVIS, (LATE OF NORTHBORO', MASS.) IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, ON THE FIRST OF JUNE, 1840. SECOND EDITION

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Boston: Printed by Tuttle, Dennett & Chisholm, 1841. Original printed wrappers [worn along spine], disbound. 269pp. Light scattered foxing, faint blindstamp. Except as noted, Very Good. The first edition was printed in St. Louis in 1840. This second edition includes the added 'Introductory Notice to the Boston Edition', observing "that the unhappy victim of the crime was a native, and formerly a citizen, of our own well-governed commonwealth." In contrast to Massachusetts, Missouri appears to be governed by Frontier Justice, "the dangerous tendency of those licentious doctrines, which are disseminated in some parts of our country, as the code of honor." Darnes, a local politician, attacked Davis, proprietor of the Argus newspaper in St. Louis, with an "iron cane" and killed him. Darnes had taken umbrage at an Argus news report which, he concluded, had slandered him. The "closing argument for the defence will be acknowledged, one of the most ingenious and effective apologies for CLUB LAW, ever spoken." He was convicted of fourth-degree manslaughter and paid a fine. Cohen 1294. AI 41-1445 [5].

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