Law.- Field (Barron) A Review of the late publications on Libel, of Messrs. George, Holt, Starkie, & Jones, only edition, lacking B8 (pp.29-30), staining to title, 1815; Hints to Witnesses in Courts of Justice, first edition, half-title, 1815 bound with J-D-C-L Anticipation, or Candidates for the New J__geships, first edition, 1812 and Incendiary Letter, & Arson. Report of the Trials of the Revd. Robert Bingham, Curate of Maresfield, Sussex..., [c.1811], together 4 works in 1 vol., Barron Field's copies with his bookplate, with annotations in ink to the first two items (?by Field), a few leaves soiled, contemporary sheep, worn, rebacked in calf, 8vo

⁂ Barron Field was an English judge who in 1811 published An Analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries for students. After practising in London, on the Oxford circuit, and at the Worcester and Stafford sessions, in 1816 he accepted a judgeship in New South Wales where his work is well documented. The first two works are ascribed to him and it is reasonable to assume that the annotations are in his hand.

The Bingham arson trial was something of a cause célèbre. The Rev. Robert Bingham, curate of Maresfield in Sussex, was tried for allegedly setting fire to his own house with intent to defraud the Union Fire insurance company. He was eventually acquitted.

All the items are rare, with Library Hub recording only the BL copy of the first two, 4 copies of the third (BL, Bodleian, Chetham's, National Trust) and none of the last although there are other published accounts of the trial.