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Prairie defender : the murder trials of Abraham Lincoln / George R. Dekle, Sr.
Van Pelt Library KF368.L52 D45 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dekle, George R., 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Criminal defense lawyers--Illinois--Biography.
- Criminal defense lawyers.
- Trials (Murder)--Illinois--History--19th century.
- Trials (Murder).
- History.
- Illinois.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2017]
- 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780809335978
- 0809335972
- OCLC:
- 953985153
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