Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: ReminiscencesMoore, Wilstach, Keys & Company, printers, 1858 - 640 pages |
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... received to induce his docile nature to bound over all legal barriers and take the prosecutor by the nose . All eyes were upon him , and as he closed , Judge Winchell roared out , " Capital ; I did not think it was in him ! " The jury ...
... received to induce his docile nature to bound over all legal barriers and take the prosecutor by the nose . All eyes were upon him , and as he closed , Judge Winchell roared out , " Capital ; I did not think it was in him ! " The jury ...
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... received my license to practice law from his hand , after a short examination in person . His remarks in signing the license made a deep impression upon me . My means were exhausted , and it was a question of life or death with me . The ...
... received my license to practice law from his hand , after a short examination in person . His remarks in signing the license made a deep impression upon me . My means were exhausted , and it was a question of life or death with me . The ...
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... received the hoe , but returned to Dr. Moffitt his warmest thanks for the present . Remington then called upon Dr. Moffitt for his pay for making the hoe . The Dr. refused to pay , on the ground that it was all a joke ; but Remington ...
... received the hoe , but returned to Dr. Moffitt his warmest thanks for the present . Remington then called upon Dr. Moffitt for his pay for making the hoe . The Dr. refused to pay , on the ground that it was all a joke ; but Remington ...
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... received a fatal stab with the knife , turned , rushed to the door , stepped out , and fell dead in the yard . Not a word was spoken . The next , young Caldwell , about twenty years of age , advanced , evidently not knowing the fate of ...
... received a fatal stab with the knife , turned , rushed to the door , stepped out , and fell dead in the yard . Not a word was spoken . The next , young Caldwell , about twenty years of age , advanced , evidently not knowing the fate of ...
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... Hugh Monroe was pardoned by the Governor and returned to North Carolina to his aged parents , where he was received like the returning prodigal . TRIAL OF A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER , ETC. 23 [ SATURDAY 22 EARLY INDIANA TRIALS .
... Hugh Monroe was pardoned by the Governor and returned to North Carolina to his aged parents , where he was received like the returning prodigal . TRIAL OF A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER , ETC. 23 [ SATURDAY 22 EARLY INDIANA TRIALS .
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