The trial of Robert W. Houston, versus General John Dicks, and others, members of a court martial, Nathaniel W. Sample, brigade inspector, Molton C. Rogers, Esq. judge advocate, and Daniel Moore, Deputy Marshal. Being an action of trespass, instituted in the Court of Common Pleas, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. : Containing the proceedings and opinion of the said court. Also, the arguments of counsel before the Supreme Court, at a special session, held at Lancaster, on the 6th March, 1817. And the opinions of the judges of said court, delivered on the 19th May, 1817, reversing the opinion of the court below. By George B. Porter, Esq.

ID	21361
Title	The trial of Robert W. Houston, versus General John Dicks, and others, members of a court martial, Nathaniel W. Sample, brigade inspector, Molton C. Rogers, Esq. judge advocate, and Daniel Moore, Deputy Marshal. Being an action of trespass, instituted in the Court of Common Pleas, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. : Containing the proceedings and opinion of the said court. Also, the arguments of counsel before the Supreme Court, at a special session, held at Lancaster, on the 6th March, 1817. And the opinions of the judges of said court, delivered on the 19th May, 1817, reversing the opinion of the court below. By George B. Porter, Esq.
Contributors	Houston, Robert W. (Author) Porter, George Bryan (Author) Dicks, John (Author) Bailey, Lydia R. (Printer) Moore, Daniel (Copyright Holder)
Signed Author	By George B. Porter, Esq.
Pseudonym
Firms	Lydia R. Bailey (Printer)
Self-published	No
Volumes	1
Pagination	144
Date of Publication	1817
Edition Statement
Edition Number	1
Date of First Publication	1817
Imprint	Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, no. 10, North Alley
Colophon
Copyright Statement	DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT: BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the twenty-second day of May, in the forty-first year of the Independence of the United States of America, A.D. 1817, Daniel Moore, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book , the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: The trial of Robert W. Houston, versus General John Dicks, and others, members of a court martial, Nathaniel W. Sample, brigade inspector, Molton C. Rogers, Esq. judge advocate, and Daniel Moore, Deputy Marshal. Being an action of trespass, instituted in the Court of Common Pleas, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. : Containing the proceedings and opinion of the said court. Also, the arguments of counsel before the Supreme Court, at a special session, held at Lancaster, on the 6th March, 1817. And the opinions of the judges of said court, delivered on the 19th May, 1817, reversing the opinion of the court below. By George B. Porter, Esq. In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the Unites States, intitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the rights of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to an act intitled, "An act supplementary to an Act, entitled, 'An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the rights of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, etching, and engraving historical and other prints." D. Caldwell, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania.
Location of Printing	Philadelphia US

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Sources	American Antiquarian Society: 299327 America's Historical Imprints II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819: 42327
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Notes	From AAS: "Appendix."--p. [1]-25, 2nd count. "Sketch of Mr. Hopkins's argument."--p. [26]-54, 2nd count. Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, Cohen, M.L. Bibliography of early American law, Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey, Condition reviewed
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Houston, Robert W., Porter, George Bryan, Dicks, John. The trial of Robert W. Houston, versus General John Dicks, and others, members of a court martial, Nathaniel W. Sample, brigade inspector, Molton C. Rogers, Esq. judge advocate, and Daniel Moore, Deputy Marshal. Being an action of trespass, instituted in the Court of Common Pleas, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. : Containing the proceedings and opinion of the said court. Also, the arguments of counsel before the Supreme Court, at a special session, held at Lancaster, on the 6th March, 1817. And the opinions of the judges of said court, delivered on the 19th May, 1817, reversing the opinion of the court below. By George B. Porter, Esq.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 21361, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/21361. Accessed 2024-11-22.

Houston, Robert W., et al. The trial of Robert W. Houston, versus General John Dicks, and others, members of a court martial, Nathaniel W. Sample, brigade inspector, Molton C. Rogers, Esq. judge advocate, and Daniel Moore, Deputy Marshal. Being an action of trespass, instituted in the Court of Common Pleas, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. : Containing the proceedings and opinion of the said court. Also, the arguments of counsel before the Supreme Court, at a special session, held at Lancaster, on the 6th March, 1817. And the opinions of the judges of said court, delivered on the 19th May, 1817, reversing the opinion of the court below. By George B. Porter, Esq. Philadelphia: 1817.

Houston , R.W., & Porter , G.B., & Dicks , J. (1817). The trial of robert w. houston, versus general john dicks, and others, members of a court martial, nathaniel w. sample, brigade inspector, molton c. rogers, esq. judge advocate, and daniel moore, deputy marshal. being an action of trespass, instituted in the court of common pleas, of lancaster county, pennsylvania. : containing the proceedings and opinion of the said court. also, the arguments of counsel before the supreme court, at a special session, held at lancaster, on the 6th march, 1817. and the opinions of the judges of said court, delivered on the 19th may, 1817, reversing the opinion of the court below. by george b. porter, esq. Philadelphia:

Houston, Robert, W., George B. Porter, and John Dicks. The trial of Robert W. Houston, versus General John Dicks, and others, members of a court martial, Nathaniel W. Sample, brigade inspector, Molton C. Rogers, Esq. judge advocate, and Daniel Moore, Deputy Marshal. Being an action of trespass, instituted in the Court of Common Pleas, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. : Containing the proceedings and opinion of the said court. Also, the arguments of counsel before the Supreme Court, at a special session, held at Lancaster, on the 6th March, 1817. And the opinions of the judges of said court, delivered on the 19th May, 1817, reversing the opinion of the court below. By George B. Porter, Esq. Philadelphia: 1817.

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