[Wedderburn (Alexander), first Earl of Rosslyn] The Argument of Alexander Wedderburn, Esq;...
[Wedderburn (Alexander), first Earl of Rosslyn] The Argument of Alexander Wedderburn, Esq; His Majesty's Solicitor General, in the Cause of Lord Pomfret against Smith; which was tried at the bar of the Court of King's-Bench, Westminster... November 1772, by a Special Jury of the County of York...1773, [York?], privately printed, 4to; vi including title and Advertisement plus pp. 49, in later three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, t.e.g. Boards and joints a little rubbed, upper hinge a little tender, light scattered marginal foxing to text. Self-promotion for Wedderburn (seemingly at the expense of the defendant Smith), posing as champion of the individual against powerful interests. Wedderburn became Lord Chancellor in 1793. The case, concerning disputed ownership claims to a lead mine in Swaledale by George Fermor, Earl of Pomfret, was tried first at York, in 1770. A rare tract