A full and accurate report of the trial for riot before the Mayor's Court of Philadelphia, on the 13th of October, 1831, arising out of a Protestant procession on the 12th of July, and in which the contending parties were Protestants and Roman Catholics
Subtitle: including the indictments, examination of witnesses, speeches of counsel, recorder's charge, verdict and sentences
By: taken in short-hand during the trial.
Contributors: Evans, Britton.; Reilly, Patrick, fl. 1831.; Philadelphia (Pa.). Mayor's Court.; Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: J. Harding, printer
Published: 1831
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Evans, Britton -- Trials, litigation, etc; Reilly, Patrick, fl. 1831 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Trials (Riots) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Riots -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Notes: Cohen, M.L.  Bib. of early Amer. law, 12171
Checklist Amer. imprints 8727
"This case involves two prosecutions, each for riot, in the nature of a charge, and cross charge; one being at the suit of the Roman Catholics against the Protestants, the other at the suit of the Protestants against the Roman Catholics"--P. [3].
First trial: Patrick Reilly et. al. vs. Britton Evans et. al. Cf. p. [1].
Reported summararily, not verbatim, by Henry Darley.