Acquittal Of Edward Shippen, Esquire, Chief Justice, And Jasper Yeates And Thomas Smith, Esquires, Assistant Justices, Of The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania, On An Impeachment, Before The Senate Of The Commonwealth, January, 1805

Lancaster, PA: Printed By the Reporter. Good with no dust jacket. 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Law; Impeachment; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 491, 86 pages; REPORT OF THE TRIAL AND ACQUITTAL OF EDWARD SHIPPEN, ESQUIRE, CHIEF JUSTICE, AND JASPER YEATES AND THOMAS SMITH, ESQUIRES, ASSISTANT JUSTICES, OF THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, ON AN IMPEACHMENT, BEFORE THE SENATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH, JANUARY, 1805, by William Hamilton. Printed by the reporter, Lancaster, PA, 1805, Edward Shippen, 1729-1806; Jasper Yeates, 1745-1817; Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, defendants. Sabin 30039; Shaw & Shoemaker 9353. Edward Shippen, IV 1729-1806 was lawyer, judge, government official and prominent figure in colonial and post-revolutionary Philadelphia. In 1791, he was appointed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, serving with Jasper Yeates and Edward Burd, both kinsmen and former students. Shippen became chief justice in 1799, but in 1804 was impeached on flimsey, political grounds. The next year the Pennsylvania Senate acquitted him and his associates. 8vo, 491, 86 pp. The text is followed by a 96-pae appendix which cites numerous legal points in previous cases as they relate to this one. Bound in full period calf leather w/ red morocco leather spine label. Ink ownership fpep. Contents tight, hinges cracked. Slight loss of text due to printing/paper defect on page 48 of appendix. Part of a gold paper label on lower spine. Leather flaking, corners rubbed through, wear at spine head, leather on spine w/ small cracks. .