Warren, Viola Lockhart. DRAGOONS ON TRIAL. Los Angeles, 1847. 1965 1st Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1965. First edition, one of only 250 copies printed. Interesting examination of jurisprudence in California during the brief period between the Bear Flag Revolt (1846) and the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (February 2, 1848), focusing on the proceedings of a military commission convened in Los Angeles to try two U.S. Army dragoons and a negro slave accused of stealing $640 from the quarters of two officers. The fifth volume in Dawson's Famous California Trials series. Bound in full blue cloth-covered boards, stamped in gilt. A fine copy. Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS010682I    inquire

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