August Spies et al., Plaintiffs in Error, vs. the People of the State of Illinois, Defendants in Err

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Following the Haymarket affair of 1886, August Spies and seven other anarchists were tried and sentenced to death for their alleged involvement in the bombing. This book provides a detailed account of the trial, including court transcripts and newspaper articles. Hunt argues that the trial was a political and legal farce, and that the men were unjustly convicted.