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Robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania in 1798 : the trial in the Supreme Court of the state of Pennsylvania : upon which the president of that bank, the cashier, one of the directors (who was an alderman) and another person who was the high constable of Philadelphia, were sentenced to pay Patrick Lyon twelve thousand dollars damages, for a false and malicious prosecution againgst him, without either reasonable or probable cause / reported from notes by T. Lloyd.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1808 Lyo Ap808.B218
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lyon, Patrick, 1769-1829 25723
Contributor:
Fox, Samuel M. (Samuel Mickle), 1763-1808
Lloyd, Thomas, 1756-1827
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lyon, Patrick, 1769-1829--Trials, litigation, etc.
Lyon, Patrick.
Fox, Samuel M. (Samuel Mickle), 1763-1808--Trials, litigation, etc.
Fox, Samuel M.
Bank of Pennsylvania--36529.
Bank of Pennsylvania.
Trials (False imprisonment)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Trials (False imprisonment).
Bank robberies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Bank robberies.
Physical Description:
184 p. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for the publishers, 1808.
Notes:
"Trial of Samuel M. Fox ... Jonathan Smith ... John C. Stocker ... and John Haines ... At the suit of Patrick Lyon, to recover damages for false imprisonment on a charge of robbing the Bank of Pennsylvania"--p. [1].
Signatures: n[superscript 2]A-Z[superscript 4].
Local Notes:
2 ms. letters by Alexander J. Dallas referring to trial inserted.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
HSP in LCP.
Cited in:
Shaw & Shoemaker 15447

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