John Watkins

The Important Results of an Elaborate Investigation into the Mysterious Case of Elizabeth Fenning: Being a Detail of Extraordinary Facts Discovered Since John Watkins

Publisher Marketing: Full Title: "The Important Results of an Elaborate Investigation into the Mysterious Case of Elizabeth Fenning: being a Detail of Extraordinary Facts Discovered Since her Execution, Including the Official Report of her Singular Trial, now First Published, and Copious"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more. Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case, the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++MonographNew York City BarLondon: Printed for William Hone, 55, Fleet Street. 1815. Contributor Bio:  Watkins, John John Watkins is Professor of English, Italian Studies, and Medieval Studies at the University of Minnesota. He is the author most recently of Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England: Literature, History, Sovereignty.