[Edward Christian, Cambridge Law Professor, And Philip Manington, Governor Of Prince Of Wales' Islad (Penang).] Parts Of Signed Autograph Documents By The Two Men, Regarding A Case Of 'Combination And Confederacy. Edward Christian (1758-1823), Cambridge Law Professor, Elder Brother Of Fletcher Christian Of The Mutiny On The Bounty; Philip Mannington (D.1806), Governor Of Prince Of Wales' Island (Penang)

See Christian's entry in the Oxford DNB. (He was the newly-created Downing Professor of the Laws of England at Cambridge from 1788 to his death.) 1p, landscape 8vo. On one half of a 4to leaf that has been torn in two. In fair condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of tape at the right-hand edge, and two punch holes at the left-hand edge of Manington's side. ONE (Christian): Conclusion of autograph draft legal document, numbered '(9)' and signed at bottom left 'Ed. Christian'. With several deletions. Relates to 'Jno Hutchings & Son', who deny 'Combin[ation] & Confederacy &c'. TWO (Manington): Concluding seven lines of an autograph legal document, with large bold signature at bottom-right 'Philip Manington'. Presumably relating to the same case. The 'Def[endan]ts deny all manner of unlawful Combinatn & Confederacy' and 'humby pray to be hence dismissed with their reasonable Costs & Charges in this behalf most wrongfully sustained'. See Image.