FOX, John. Trial of John Fox, for the Murder of John Henry, at the Special Term of the Middlesex over and Terminer, at New-Brunswick, N.J., May, 1856.
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AUTHOR: FOX, John.
TITLE: Trial of John Fox, for the Murder of John Henry, at the Special Term of the Middlesex over and Terminer, at New-Brunswick, N.J., May, 1856, Containing the Testimony of the Witnesses, the Speeches of the Counsel, the Charge to the Jury by Judge Vredenbergh, the Verdict, and the Sentence of the Prisoner.
PUBLISHER: New-Brunswick: Published at the Fredonian and Daily New-Brunswicker Office, 1856.
DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 10-15/16" x 6-3/8", [1], 52, 16, [I]pp., complete, faint rubber stamp on title page, upper hinge of first and last page just starting, Errata at base of last page, SCARCE, still a GOOD+ copy.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: "Fox murdered Henry in New Brunswick by cutting his throat and leaving the body so that it froze in the ice. He revealed his guilt by knowing too much before the crime was discovered" [McDade].
Found guilty, he was sentenced to death by hanging. "The New Jersey Supreme Court subsequently affirmed the conviction at 25 New Jersey Law Reports 566" [Cohen].
McDade 317. Cohen 12574. Felcone Collection 1369.
According to RBH the last copy to appear at auction was 1968.
