{"product_id":"9781584770121","title":"Curious Cases And Amusing Actions At Law","description":"Fascinating and entertaining tales of cases and trials from the Birmingham Court of Requests (such as \"The meek husband and the bouncing wife,\" \"The servant and his two masters\"); a witchcraft trial held before Sir Matthew Hale, 1664, taken down by an attendant at the proceedings; and six New England Salem witchcraft trials from 1692.\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART I.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCASES IN THE BIRMINGHAM COURT OF REQUESTS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. The Pleasures of Matrimony\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. The Sturdy Club \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. The Carrier \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. The Executor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. A Judge may Quit the Line of Justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVI. Match a Knave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVII. The Second-hand Wife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVIII. Defective Powers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIX. ABC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eX. The Servant and his Two Masters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXI. Warning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXII. The Meek Husband and the Bouncing Wife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXIII. The Lovers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXIV. Landlord and Tenant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXV. Queer Aspects \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXVI. The Privilege of a Cockade \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXVII. The Power of Beauty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXVIII. The Hundred-Pound Note\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXIX. The Merchant and the Button-Maker \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXX. The Fee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXI. The Reckoning \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXII. A Quarter too Late\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXIII. The Bastard \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXIV. \"TheTempest,\" as it was acted by their Majesties' Servants at the Theatre in Birmingham \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXV. The Female Contest \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXVI. The Hundred-Tongue Club\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXVII. Character \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXVIII. The Name Unknown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXIX. The Female Note\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXX. The Widowed Wife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXI. The Bench Stormed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXII. The Coat and many Owners \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXIII. The Cloud of Witnesses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXIV. A Club Conducted without a Man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXV. The Stamp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXVI. The Stumbling Wife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXVII. The Collector\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXVIII. The Hunted Jew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXIX. A Picture of Man from the Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXL. The Necessity of Marrying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXLI. The Necessity of Unmarrying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXLII. The Forsaken Fair\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXLIII. Betty John \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART II. WITCH TRIALS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Abstract of Mr. Perkins's Way for the Discovery of Witches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sum of Mr. Gaule's Judgment about the Detection of Witches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernard of Batcomb's \"Guide to Grand Jurymen\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRIALS OF THE NEW ENGLAND WITCHES \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. The Trial of G. B. at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held in Salem, 1692 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. The Trial of Bridget Bishop, alias Oliver, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held at Salem, June 2, 1692 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. The Trial of Susanna Martin, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by Adjournment at Salem, Jane 29, 1692 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. The Trial of Elizabeth How, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by Adjournment at Salem, June 30, 1692 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. The Trial of Martha Carrier, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by Adjournment at Salem, August 2, 162 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE TRIALS OF THE NEW ENGLAND WITCHES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA True Narrative, collected by Deodat Lawson, relating to Sundry Persons afflicted by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitchcraft at Salem Village in New England, from the 19th of March to the 5th of April,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1692 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemarks of Things more than Ordinary about the Afflicted Persons \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemarks concerning the Accused \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Further Account of the Trials of the New England Witches, sent in a Letter from thence to a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGentleman in London \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA TRIAL OF WITCHES BEFORE SIR MATTHEW HALE AT BURY ST. EDMUNDS, 1664 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART III. 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