[Rarebooks] FS: 1859 Trial of teacher striking his Catholic student for refusing to recite the Ten Commandments according to King James

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REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF MCLAURIN F. COOKE, SUB-MASTER OF THE  ELIOT
SCHOOL  ...  FOR AN ASSAULT ... UPON THOMAS J. WALL, A PUPIL.  Boston:
A.  M.  Lawrence & Co. [1859]. ...WITH THE ARGUMENTS OF  COUNSEL,  AND
THE  OPINION  OF  THE COURT REPORTED IN FULL.  CAREFULLY  REVISED  AND
CORRECTED.  Disbound, sewn wraps; 86 pages. Cooke was found Not Guilty
of  striking his Catholic student as punishment for refusing to recite
the  Ten Commandments "according to the version in the Common  English
or  Protestant Bible." Sabin 16326. Owner name of R. R. Bishop at  the
top of the title page. Very Good                               $125.00

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