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Early Bench and Bar Reflections from Judge Caton Narrative
The account recounts a 1830s Illinois case in Hennepin County where a young attorney defends Pierce from larceny charges. He uses a cross examination of the accuser Thompson and relies on new witnesses, a doctor, and a nurse to establish Pierce’s innocence, while describing courtroom dynamics and local figures during the trial.
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Werry Republica
Legal News
John Dean Caton
Supreme Court of Illinois
Ortom
Chicago
Hennepin l Fellin
Thomas Hartzell
Geo B. Willis
Ilinois
Ottawa
David Walker
John Hamlin
Pooria
Hennepin
Thomas Atwater
Larcony
Lkelihood
Broose
Willis
Broese
Utica
N. Y
Pierce
Janes Grant
Judge Grant
Davenport
Iowa
Counsal
Prisoénor
Atwater
Cohen
Wuli
Thompson
Cincinnati
Mr_Grant
Mr. Pierce
Mr Great
Pierde
Pany
Futore
Jerco
Caton
Plarco
Fitzgerald
Grant
Putnam County
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Pioerce