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Page 19
... judge left his headquarters at Springfield and went to the various county seats to try any case which was ready . His stay at each point might be as short as a couple of days or as long as a week or more . While the local lawyers were ...
... judge left his headquarters at Springfield and went to the various county seats to try any case which was ready . His stay at each point might be as short as a couple of days or as long as a week or more . While the local lawyers were ...
Page 46
... judge had been wrong ; he had given an erroneous instruction to the jury . He had told the jury that the defendant was entitled to a verdict unless it " appears the horse died through bad usage . " This is not so . The plaintiff was not ...
... judge had been wrong ; he had given an erroneous instruction to the jury . He had told the jury that the defendant was entitled to a verdict unless it " appears the horse died through bad usage . " This is not so . The plaintiff was not ...
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... Judge to give the Courts therein more than a nominal attend- ance . " He believed that the country had outgrown its ... judge of his practicing days and his campaign manager ; his very good friend , the senator from Illinois , Orville ...
... Judge to give the Courts therein more than a nominal attend- ance . " He believed that the country had outgrown its ... judge of his practicing days and his campaign manager ; his very good friend , the senator from Illinois , Orville ...
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