Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: ReminiscencesMoore, Wilstach, Keys & Company, printers, 1858 - 640 pages |
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... Rariden and James T. Brown for the prisoner . The facts of the case were these : Young was a justice of the peace of Rush county , who had a beautiful and beloved daughter , about seventeen years of age . Points was a fine - looking ...
... Rariden and James T. Brown for the prisoner . The facts of the case were these : Young was a justice of the peace of Rush county , who had a beautiful and beloved daughter , about seventeen years of age . Points was a fine - looking ...
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... 5,000 , and such verdicts in aggravated cases of slander . The court came on , my case was called . " A rule for a plea , " says I. " Plead instanter , " says James Rariden for defendant . " Hand the plea SLANDER CASE . 19.
... 5,000 , and such verdicts in aggravated cases of slander . The court came on , my case was called . " A rule for a plea , " says I. " Plead instanter , " says James Rariden for defendant . " Hand the plea SLANDER CASE . 19.
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... Rariden and Chas . H. Test called to the witness - stand a girl that had lived with my client at one time , but had been discharged some time before the trial . She swore positively that my client had killed two hogs in the woods ...
... Rariden and Chas . H. Test called to the witness - stand a girl that had lived with my client at one time , but had been discharged some time before the trial . She swore positively that my client had killed two hogs in the woods ...
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... Rariden , James T. Brown , and myself . Hugh Monroe was a native of North Carolina , but had resided some time in Rush county . He and the deceased had been for several months on bad terms , when they met at a shooting - match . While ...
... Rariden , James T. Brown , and myself . Hugh Monroe was a native of North Carolina , but had resided some time in Rush county . He and the deceased had been for several months on bad terms , when they met at a shooting - match . While ...
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... which I was engaged as counsel , my principal witness to sustain the case was a woman by the name of Elizabeth Blackstone . She had sworn positively to the facts of the case . Messrs . Test and Rariden KEEPING ORDER IN COURT , ETC. 25.
... which I was engaged as counsel , my principal witness to sustain the case was a woman by the name of Elizabeth Blackstone . She had sworn positively to the facts of the case . Messrs . Test and Rariden KEEPING ORDER IN COURT , ETC. 25.
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