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• Statutory torts in Massachusetts (Little, Brown, 1906), by Waterman L. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)

• The proceedings of a general court-martial, held at Cambridge, on Tuesday the twentieth of January; and continued by several adjournments to Wednesday the 25th of February, 1778: upon the trial of Colonel David Henley. (Boston: : Printed by J. Gill, in Court-Street., M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]), by David Henley and United States. Continental Army. Court-martial (Henley : 1778) (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The proceedings of a general court-martial, held at Cambridge, on Tuesday the twentieth of January; and continued by several adjournments to Wednesday the 25th of February, 1778: upon the trial of Colonel David Henley. (Boston: : Printed by J. Gill, in Court-Street., M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]), by David Henley and United States. Continental Army. Court-martial (Henley : 1778) (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Defence of the use of the Bible in the public schools : argument of Henry F. Durant, Esq., in the Eliot School case. (Ticknor and Fields, 1859), by H. F. Durant and Massachusetts. Police Court (Boston) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The law of damages in Massachusetts (E. W. Hildreth, inc., 1943), by Arthur W. Blakemore (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report of the Special commission to study the method of assessing damages in actions for death under chapter 40, Resolves of 1941. December 31, 1942. (Wright & Potter printing co., 1943), by Massachusetts. Special commission to study the method of assessing damages in actions for death (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Report of the proceedings at the examination of Charles G. Davis. (White & Potter, Printers, 1851), by Charles G. Davis, United States. Circuit Court (Massachusetts), and United States. District Court (Massachusetts) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Product liability : verdicts in Massachusetts for 1983-85 : report to congressional requesters (The Office, 1990), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the Special Commission Relative to Abolishing the Defences of Contributory and Imputed Negligence in Cases of Injury to Children Under Seven : Resolves of 1941, chapter 24. January, 1943. (Wright & Potter Printing Co., legislative printers, 1943), by Massachusetts. Special Commission on Abolishing the Defences of Contributory and Imputed Negligence in Cases of Injury to Children Under Seven (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The FBI's controversial handling of organized crime investigations in Boston : the case of Joseph Salvati : hearing before the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, May 3, 2001. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United State House Committee on Government Reform (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of allegations of law enforcement misconduct in New England (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by United State House Committee on Government Reform (page images at HathiTrust)

• Frauds against the elderly Boston, Mass. : a briefing (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by United States Select Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Frauds against the elderly : Boston, Mass. : a briefing (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by United States Select Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)

• A defence of the merchants of Boston against aspersions of the Hon. John Z. Goodrich, ex-collector of customs (Little, Brown, and Co., 1866), by Samuel Hooper (page images at HathiTrust)

• Appendix to the exposition of the pretended claims of William Vans on the estate of John Codman (S.N. Dickinson, 1837), by John Codman, Francis Codman, and Charles Russell Codman (page images at HathiTrust)

• The trial and acquittal of Ezra Haskell for the charge of forgery. (Boston, 1833), by T. Towndrow, Ezra Haskell, and Massachusetts. Court of Common Pleas (Middlesex County) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Last words and dying speech of Samuel Smith, who was executed at Concord, in the county of Middlesex, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the 26th of December, A.D. 1799, for the crime of burglary. ([Boston] : [Printed by Benjamin Edes] To be sold at Mr. Reuben Bryant's book-store, Concord.----Also at the printing-office, in Kilby-Street, Boston., [1799]), by Samuel Smith (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The trial and acquittal of Ezra Haskell for the charge of forgery. (Boston, 1833), by T. Towndrow, Ezra Haskell, and Massachusetts. Court of Common Pleas (Middlesex County) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Some recipients neglect to report U.S. savings bond holdings (The Office, 1989), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Review of a report to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the case of William Vans. With observations upon the dispensing power of the Legislature, and upon a decision of the Supreme Judicial Court, "nullifying" the said power. (The Publisher, 1833), by David Lee Child and Massachusetts House of Representatives (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hetty H. Robinson, in equity, vs. Thomas Mandell, et al. : arguments of Hon. T. D. Eliot, and T. M. Stetson, esq. for respondents (A. Mudge, 1867), by Thomas D. Eliot, Thomas M. Stetson, Hetty Howland Robinson Green, and Thomas Mandell (page images at HathiTrust)

• Holden slave case (Printed by Colton & Howland, 1839), by Samuel Stratton, Mass.) Holden Anti-Slavery Society (Holden, and Massachusetts. Court of Common Pleas (Worcester County) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Insurance of state vehicles and operating employees. (Wright & Potter print. co., Legislative printers, 1956), by Massachusetts. General Court. Legislative Research Bureau and Massachusetts. General Court. Legislative Research Council (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Review, of the report of the case of the Commonwealth versus David Lee Child, for publishing in the Massachusetts Journal a libel on the honorable John Keyes. (J. H. Eastburn, Printer, 1829), by David Lee Child and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preliminary memorandum as to proposed libel suits against the Boston Transcript (New York, 1922), by Walter Nelles, Boston Evening Transcript (Firm), and American Civil Liberties Union (page images at HathiTrust)

• Trial of Moore & Sevey for a libel on Samuel D. Greene, in the Municipal Court, Boston, July term, 1833. (Moore & Sevey, 1833), by Charles W. Moore, Charles H. Locke, Samuel D. Greene, Edwin Sevey, and Massachusetts. Municipal Court (Boston) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trial: Commonwealth vs. J.T. Buckingham, on an indictment for a libel, before the municipal court of the city of Boston, December term, 1822 ... (Published by J.T. Buckingham., 1830), by Joseph T. Buckingham and Massachusetts. Municipal Court (Boston) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The state of the action brought by William Fletcher against William Vassall, for defaming him: tried in the Superior Court at Boston, August term, A.D. 1752, and now pending by appeal to His Majesty in Council. (Boston: : [s.n.], Printed in the year, 1753), by William Fletcher, William Vassall, Massachusetts. Superior Court of Judicature, and Massachusetts. Inferior Court of Common Pleas (Suffolk County) (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The libel suit of Knowles v. Douglass, 1748 and 1749 (J. Wilson, 1897), by John Noble (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the arguments of the attorney of the commonwealth, at the trials of Abner Kneeland, for blasphemy : in the Municipal and Supreme courts, in Boston, January and May, 1834. (Printed by Beals, Homer & Co., 1834), by Samuel Dunn Parker, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and Massachusetts. Municipal Court (Boston) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An introduction to the defence of Abner Kneeland, charged with blasphemy : before the Municipal Court, in Boston, Mass. at the January term, in 1834. (Printed for the publisher, 1834), by Abner Kneeland and Massachusetts. Municipal Court (Boston) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the arguments of the attorney of the commonwealth, at the trials of Abner Kneeland, for blasphemy : in the Municipal and Supreme courts, in Boston, January and May, 1834. (Printed by Beals, Homer & Co., 1834), by Samuel Dunn Parker, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and Massachusetts. Municipal Court (Boston) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An introduction to the defence of Abner Kneeland, charged with blasphemy : before the Municipal Court, in Boston, Mass. at the January term, in 1834. (Printed for the publisher, 1834), by Abner Kneeland and Massachusetts. Municipal Court (Boston) (page images at HathiTrust)

• A notable libel case : the criminal prosecution of Theodore Lyman, Jr. by Daniel Webster in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, November term 1828 (Boston, Mass. : C.E. Goodspeed, 1904., 1904), by Josiah H. Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trial of Moore & Sevey for a libel on Samuel D. Greene, in the Municipal Court, Boston, July term, 1833. (Moore & Sevey, 1833), by Charles W. Moore, Charles H. Locke, Samuel D. Greene, Edwin Sevey, and Massachusetts. Municipal Court (Boston) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A correct statement and review of the trial of Joseph T. Buckingham for an alledged libel on the Rev. John N. Maffit, before the Hon. Josiah Quincy, judge of the Municipal court, Dec. 16, 1822. (W.S. Spear, 1822) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trial: Commonwealth vs. J.T. Buckingham, on an indictment for a libel, before the municipal court of the city of Boston, December term, 1822 ... (Published by J.T. Buckingham., 1830), by Joseph T. Buckingham and Massachusetts. Municipal Court (Boston) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trial of William Beals & Charles G. Greene : for an alleged libel, published in the Boston Morning Post, on Alfred W. Pike : preceptor of the Topsfield Academy, at the November term of the Sup. J. Court, at Salem, before His Honor Judge Putnam (Printed by Beals & Greene, 1835), by Alfred W. Pike, Charles G. Greene, William Beals, and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (page images at HathiTrust)

• Preliminary memorandum as to proposed libel suits against the Boston Transcript (New York, 1922), by Walter Nelles, Boston Evening Transcript (Firm), and American Civil Liberties Union (page images at HathiTrust)

• Privacy and student records : a report with recommendations and guidelines. (Governor's Commission on Privacy and Personal Data, 1974), by Massachusetts. Governor's Commission on Privacy and Personal Data (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A compilation of Massachusetts law relating to privacy and personal data (Security and Privacy Council], 1976), by Massachusetts, Marjorie Suisman, Jonathan Brant, and Massachusetts. Security and Privacy Council (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Privacy in Massachusetts : your rights under the law (The Commission, 1974), by Massachusetts. Governor's Commission on Privacy and Personal Data (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A compilation of Massachusetts law relating to privacy and personal data (Governor's Special Commission on Privacy and Personal Data, 1974), by Massachusetts, Stuart Becker, Jonathan Brant, and Massachusetts. Governor's Commission on Privacy and Personal Data (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A compilation of Massachusetts law relating to privacy and personal data (Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Governor's Special Commission on Privacy and Personal Data, 1974), by Massachusetts, Jonathan Brant, and Massachusetts. Governor's Commission on Privacy and Personal Data (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Trial : Commonwealth va. J.T. Buckingham : on an indictment for a libel, before the Municipal court of the city of Boston, December term, 1822. (Published at the office of the New-England Galaxy, 1822), by Joseph T. Buckingham, John Newland Maffitt, and Massachusetts. Municipal Court (Boston) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cheever's defence (Leavitt, Lord, & Co., 1836), by George B. Cheever and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trial of the case of the Commonwealth versus David Lee Child, for publishing in the Massachusetts Journal a libel on the Honorable John Keyes : before the Supreme Judicial Court, holden at Cambridge, in the County of Middlesex (Dutton and Wentworth, printers, 1829), by David Lee Child, John Winslow Whitman, John Keyes, and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trial, Commonwealth vs. J. T. Buckingham, on an indictment for a libel on John N. Maffitt : before the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, December term, 1822. (T. D. Walker, 1832), by Joseph T. Buckingham, John Newland Maffitt, and Massachusetts. Municipal Court (Boston) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The state of the action brought by William Fletcher against William Vassall, for defaming him: tried in the Superior Court at Boston, August term, A.D. 1752, and now pending by appeal to His Majesty in Council. (Boston: : [s.n.], Printed in the year, 1753), by William Fletcher, William Vassall, Massachusetts. Superior Court of Judicature, and Massachusetts. Inferior Court of Common Pleas (Suffolk County) (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Report of the Special Commission Relative to Abolishing the Defences of Contributory and Imputed Negligence in Cases of Injury to Children Under Seven : Resolves of 1941, chapter 24. January, 1943. (Wright & Potter Printing Co., legislative printers, 1943), by Massachusetts. Special Commission on Abolishing the Defences of Contributory and Imputed Negligence in Cases of Injury to Children Under Seven (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Report of the Special commission to study the method of assessing damages in actions for death under chapter 40, Resolves of 1941. December 31, 1942. (Wright & Potter printing co., 1943), by Massachusetts. Special commission to study the method of assessing damages in actions for death (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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