Treatise Spotlight: Judicial Puzzles, Gathered from the State Trials by John Paget

The following is a guest post by our cataloger, Ann.

While barcoding a section of books, I came across this little gem.  It is not in the best of condition so I am moving it to the rare book room where it will have an easier life.  It is indeed small, measuring 7" by 4 1/2" and has been repaired using tape that would make an archivist cringe.  It has multiple ink stamps and came from the State Library when we received the legal collection.

Title:  Judicial Puzzles : Gathered from the State Trials
Author:  John Paget
Publisher:  San Francisco, Sumner Whitney & Co., 1876

 

From the preface:

“These narratives and reviews of five most interesting State trials were published in “Blackwood’s Magazine” in 1859-60, and subsequently reprinted, among other contributions of the same author, in a volume entitled Paradoxes and Puzzles.”

The publishers present the American edition with the belief that it will prove attractive to general readers as well as the legal profession and add a pleasant variety to the series of “Legal Recreations.”  January, 1876

[Editors' Note:  A copy of Judicial Puzzles once owned by the Boston Library Society has been digitized and is available via Google Books.]