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Prairie defender : the murder trials of Abraham Lincoln

Title
Prairie defender : the murder trials of Abraham Lincoln / George R. Dekle, Sr.
Author
Dekle, George R., 1948-
Publication
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2017]

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Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries) MsSM
Description
xiv, 231 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"The conventional wisdom says that most of Lincoln's practice involved collecting debt and representing railroads; that he only practiced law as a platform for his political career; that criminal law was only a minuscule part of his practice; and that he was particularly bad at defending homicide cases. A survey of Lincoln's murder cases demonstrates that he was first and foremost a trial lawyer, that the trial of criminal cases was an important part of his practice, and that he was not only a very good criminal trial lawyer, he was very capable of defending murder cases. Dekle devotes a chapter to each of Lincoln's well-documented criminal cases, paying particular attention to homicide cases. He consolidates cases for which we have little reference material into a single chapter and ends with an overall assessment of Lincoln as a criminal trial lawyer"--
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Legend of Lincoln the Lawyer -- PEOPLE versus HENRY B. TRUETT, October 13, 1838 -- PEOPLE versus WILLIAM FRAIM, April 23, 1839 -- PEOPLE versus SPENCER TURNER, May 23, 1840 -- PEOPLE versus ARCHIBALD AND WILLIAM TRAILOR, June 18, 1841 -- Various Criminal Cases, 1845-46 -- PEOPLE versus JAMES AND GEORGE DENTON, June 12, 1846 -- Various Criminal Cases, 1850-53 -- PEOPLE versus MOSES LOE, May 19, 1853 -- PEOPLE versus DAVID LONGNECKER, June 3, 1856 -- Lincoln's Pardon Practice -- PEOPLE versus JANE AND THEODORE ANDERSON, November 28, 1856 -- PEOPLE versus ISAAC WYANT, April 4, 1857 -- PEOPLE versus JOHN BANTZHOUSE, October 2, 1857 -- PEOPLE versus MELISSA GOINGS, October 10, 1857 -- PEOPLE versus DUFF ARMSTRONG, May 7, 1858 -- PEOPLE versus TOM PATTERSON, April 21, 1859 -- PEOPLE versus PEACHY QUINN HARRISON, September 3, 1859 -- The Legacy of Lincoln the Lawyer.
Call Number
JFE 17-6502
ISBN
  • 9780809335978
  • 0809335972
LCCN
2016042467
OCLC
953985153
Author
Dekle, George R., 1948- author.
Title
Prairie defender : the murder trials of Abraham Lincoln / George R. Dekle, Sr.
Publisher
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2017]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries) MsSM
Research Call Number
JFE 17-6502
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