Arguments of the Hon. Edward Stanly, of Counsel for the Receiver.

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Spectacular Deluxe Gilt Morocco Copy of a Rare San Francisco Legal Imprint on Early Jewish Pioneer History and Nativist Prejudice Stanly, Edward. Park, T[renor] W[illiam]. Naglee, Henry M[orris]. Cohen, Alfred A[ndrew]. Arguments of the Hon. Edward Stanly, of Counsel for the Receiver, and T.W. Park, Esq., of Counsel for Alvin Adams, with the Charge of the Court, at the Trial of Alfred A. Cohen on a Charge of Embezzlement, in the Case of Adams & Co., By H.M. Naglee, Receiver, Versus Alfred A. Cohen. San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co., 1856. Octavo. 88 pp. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4"; 219 mm x 146 mm. Contemporary pebble-grained black morocco, with light wear to spine. Front and rear boards feature an elaborately gilt decorated symmetrical panel design of floral and foliate scrollwork, with lattice corner ornaments enclosing a central vignette of a squirrel perched atop a basket of fruit, all within triple gilt fillet borders. A very good copy in an exceptional binding. $1,500. * A scarce mid-nineteenth-century California legal imprint documenting the high-stakes embezzlement trial of Alfred A. Cohen following the collapse of the express and banking firm Adams & Company. Cohen was a prominent early Jewish pioneer who arrived in California in 1850 and helped establish San Francisco's burgeoning Jewish mercantile and civic community. His arrest occurred during a period of intense nativism and economic depression, an era when Jewish financiers in the West frequently faced disproportionate public scrutiny, xenophobic scapegoating, and legal prejudice. This text records the sharp courtroom arguments of Edward Stanly and Trenor W. Park, which resulted in a massive $269,000 judgment against Cohen. Historically, this case had a profound impact on early California jurisprudence, serving as a landmark precedent that shaped the state's nascent receiver laws, corporate governance protocols, and the legal framework governing systemic financial panics in the West. Crucially, Cohen studied law while imprisoned on these controversial charges, overturned the verdict, and went on to become one of California's most successful attorneys and railroad tycoons. This volume serves as an essential piece of Western Americana, illustrating both Gold Rush financial instability and the challenges faced by minority pioneers in early San Francisco. OCLC locates onl.…

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Arguments of the Hon. Edward Stanly, of Counsel for the Receiver.
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Stanly, Edward; Park, T.W.
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1856
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