A Correct account of the trials of Charles M'Manus, John Hauer, Elizabeth Hauer, Patrick Donagan, Francis Cox, and others; at Harrisburgh -- June Oyer and Terminer, 1798. For the murder of Francis Shitz, on the night of the 28th December, 1797, at Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Containing, the whole evidence, and the substance of all the law arguments in those celebrated trials.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

M'Manus, Charles, -1798

Pennsylvania. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Dauphin County)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[2], 163, [1] p. ; 8°.

Place of Publication:

[Harrisburgh] : Printed at Harrisburgh [Pa.] by John Wyeth, 1798. (Entered according to law)

Notes:

Half-title: Trials and confessions of John Hauer, Charles M'Manus, &c. for the murder of Francis Shitz.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

"The following is the last speech and dying confession of Charles M'Manus .."--p. 161-163.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 34040; McDade, T.M. Murder, 663