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Front cover of a pamphlet. In the center of the cover is a head and shoulders, left pose of Jennie E. Cramer.
Titlepage of The beautiful victim of the Elm City: Being a full, fair, and impartial narrative of all that is known of the terrible fate of the trusting and unfortunate Jennie E. Cramer: Giving all the evidence that led the jury to hold James Malley, Jr. as her murderer, and to denounce Walter E. Malley and Blanche Douglass as aiders and abettors in this terrible social tragedy.
Head and shoulders, left pose engraved portrait of a woman.
Head and shoulders, left pose engraved portrait of a man.
An engraving of the discovery of the body. In the background are the docks at West Haven.
An engraving of Malley’s store building, a large four storey building on a city street corner.
An engraving of the front of the Malley mansion. In the forefront are three people. A man and a woman are sitting while another woman stands to their left.
Frontispiece featuring an illustration of Lucretia P. Cannon and her gang firing at the slave dealers and pamphlet cover with an illustration of Cannon throwing an infant into a fire, a summary of the trial, and print and publishing information.
Pamphlet cover with a summary of the trial, print and publishing information, and a library stamp from the Surgeon General’s Office Library.
Printed cover giving the title, information about the court, the printer’s information and the price (two shillings).
The cover of a pamphlet with a summary of the contents and statement: “…the whole published for the satisfaction of the public.”
Pamphlet cover with a summary of the contents, a decorative figure, and a library stamp from the Surgeon General’s Office Library.
The cover of a pamphlet containing reprinted correspondence and the statement “The original copy of this letter…for the satisfaction of the public, is left with the Publisher.”.
Pamphlet cover with a summary of the contents and a library stamp from the Surgeon General’s Office Library.

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Pamphlet cover with a summary of the contents and a library stamp from the Surgeon General’s Office Library.

The Trial of Katharine Nairn & Patrick Ogilvie…, 1765

The trial of Katharine Nairn and Patrick Ogilvie, for the crimes of incest and murder: containing the whole procedure of the High Court of Judiciary, upon the 5th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th days of August 1765. 134 pp. (Edinburgh–London, 1765).

About the Case
In January 1765, in the town of East Miln, Scotland, nineteen-year-old Katharine Nairn married forty-year-old Thomas Ogilvie. She soon fell in love with his younger brother Patrick. In June 1765, Thomas Ogilvie died, after a sudden terrible illness. Katharine and Patrick were arrested and convicted of murder by poisoning. Patrick Ogilvie was hanged, but Nairn’s hanging was delayed when she was found to be pregnant. She took the opportunity to escape from prison and fled to Holland.

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MedlinePlus Health Topic: Poisoning