The Martha Washington case in the Circuit Court of the United States for Ohio
Contributors: Chapin, Amasa
Publisher: The defendants
Published: 1853
Place of publication: Ohio?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Trials (Arson); Insurance fraud; Martha Washington (Steamboat)
Notes: Caption title.

"Indictment for conspiracy to burn the steamboat Martha Washington, with intent to defraud underwriters. Verdict of acquittal ... The defendants ... publish the preliminary statement of Mr. Walker and the charge of Judge McLean."

The defendants were William Kissane, Amasa and Lorenzo Chapin, and others.