Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: ReminiscencesMoore, Wilstach, Keys & Company, printers, 1858 - 640 pages |
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... witnesses of the truth of his reminiscences . He proposes to confine himself to the Third Judicial Circuit of the State , and to the time when the Hon . Miles C. Eggleston was Presiding Judge of the circuit , The Third Judicial Circuit ...
... witnesses of the truth of his reminiscences . He proposes to confine himself to the Third Judicial Circuit of the State , and to the time when the Hon . Miles C. Eggleston was Presiding Judge of the circuit , The Third Judicial Circuit ...
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... witnesses from the woods , from the door of the court building , and their ability to run down and catch offenders . The most important personages in the country , however , were the young lawyers , universally called " squires " by old ...
... witnesses from the woods , from the door of the court building , and their ability to run down and catch offenders . The most important personages in the country , however , were the young lawyers , universally called " squires " by old ...
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... witness - stand sat Jemmy O'Regan , the prosecu- ting witness a small , rather good - looking Irishman with a flaming red head , and one eye that looked as if it had been put in with red putty ; the other eye had long taken leave of his ...
... witness - stand sat Jemmy O'Regan , the prosecu- ting witness a small , rather good - looking Irishman with a flaming red head , and one eye that looked as if it had been put in with red putty ; the other eye had long taken leave of his ...
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... witness . He went on to identify the watch ; gave the number and maker's name , and then with tears in his eyes , " It is the same watch me ould mother gave me when I left Ireland , peace to her sowl . " The identity of the watch was ...
... witness . He went on to identify the watch ; gave the number and maker's name , and then with tears in his eyes , " It is the same watch me ould mother gave me when I left Ireland , peace to her sowl . " The identity of the watch was ...
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... witness by Dr. Burr . Dr. Moffitt , who sat by me , whispered in my ear , " I have him now ; I can prove by a witness in court , that her husband died before I got there . " The jury failed to agree and was discharged ; the case ...
... witness by Dr. Burr . Dr. Moffitt , who sat by me , whispered in my ear , " I have him now ; I can prove by a witness in court , that her husband died before I got there . " The jury failed to agree and was discharged ; the case ...
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