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The case and appeal of James Ashley,
The first instance of a new trial being granted in a criminal case in Great Britain.
Ashley is appealing his prior conviction for apprehending Henry Simons, a Polish Jew, and illegally detaining him in custody. Henry Simons arrived in London in 1751, and while in the city he was robbed by James Ashley. His attempt to sue the robber was unsuccessful, and following it Simons himself was charged with assault and robbery as well as giving false testimony. Eventually Simons was acquitted and released.
The publication should be seen in the historic context of the often antisemitic nature of the debates that surrounded the passage of the Jewish Naturalization Act in 1753 and its consequent repeal in 1754.
Apparently, the frontispiece portrait of Henry Simons by Thomas Worlidge, is the first engraving portraying a Polish Jew ever printed in England. See: Portrait of Anglo-Jewry 1656-1836, in: Transactions (Jewish Historical Society of England), Vol. 19, pp. 16-17.
ESTC lists two issues of the first edition.
First edition. 8vo, modern half-calf with gilt title to spine, engraved frontispiece with a small closed tear and staining to inner margin; vi, [2], 46, pp.
Ashley is appealing his prior conviction for apprehending Henry Simons, a Polish Jew, and illegally detaining him in custody. Henry Simons arrived in London in 1751, and while in the city he was robbed by James Ashley. His attempt to sue the robber was unsuccessful, and following it Simons himself was charged with assault and robbery as well as giving false testimony. Eventually Simons was acquitted and released.
The publication should be seen in the historic context of the often antisemitic nature of the debates that surrounded the passage of the Jewish Naturalization Act in 1753 and its consequent repeal in 1754.
Apparently, the frontispiece portrait of Henry Simons by Thomas Worlidge, is the first engraving portraying a Polish Jew ever printed in England. See: Portrait of Anglo-Jewry 1656-1836, in: Transactions (Jewish Historical Society of England), Vol. 19, pp. 16-17.
ESTC lists two issues of the first edition.
First edition. 8vo, modern half-calf with gilt title to spine, engraved frontispiece with a small closed tear and staining to inner margin; vi, [2], 46, pp.
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The first instance of a new trial being granted in a criminal case in Great Britain.
Ashley is appealing his prior conviction for apprehending Henry Simons, a Polish Jew, and illegally detaining him in custody. Henry Simons arrived in London in 1751, and while in the city he was robbed by James Ashley. His attempt to sue the robber was unsuccessful, and following it Simons himself was charged with assault and robbery as well as giving false testimony. Eventually Simons was acquitted and released.
The publication should be seen in the historic context of the often antisemitic nature of the debates that surrounded the passage of the Jewish Naturalization Act in 1753 and its consequent repeal in 1754.
Apparently, the frontispiece portrait of Henry Simons by Thomas Worlidge, is the first engraving portraying a Polish Jew ever printed in England. See: Portrait of Anglo-Jewry 1656-1836, in: Transactions (Jewish Historical Society of England), Vol. 19, pp. 16-17.
ESTC lists two issues of the first edition.
First edition. 8vo, modern half-calf with gilt title to spine, engraved frontispiece with a small closed tear and staining to inner margin; vi, [2], 46, pp.
Ashley is appealing his prior conviction for apprehending Henry Simons, a Polish Jew, and illegally detaining him in custody. Henry Simons arrived in London in 1751, and while in the city he was robbed by James Ashley. His attempt to sue the robber was unsuccessful, and following it Simons himself was charged with assault and robbery as well as giving false testimony. Eventually Simons was acquitted and released.
The publication should be seen in the historic context of the often antisemitic nature of the debates that surrounded the passage of the Jewish Naturalization Act in 1753 and its consequent repeal in 1754.
Apparently, the frontispiece portrait of Henry Simons by Thomas Worlidge, is the first engraving portraying a Polish Jew ever printed in England. See: Portrait of Anglo-Jewry 1656-1836, in: Transactions (Jewish Historical Society of England), Vol. 19, pp. 16-17.
ESTC lists two issues of the first edition.
First edition. 8vo, modern half-calf with gilt title to spine, engraved frontispiece with a small closed tear and staining to inner margin; vi, [2], 46, pp.
