Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... judges for his native county of Madison , N. Y. , and gave great satis- faction by his popular manners , personal courage ... Judge of the Madison courts , he one day visited the county prison in the character of an in- spector , and was ...
... judges for his native county of Madison , N. Y. , and gave great satis- faction by his popular manners , personal courage ... Judge of the Madison courts , he one day visited the county prison in the character of an in- spector , and was ...
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... judge appealed to the District Attorney to enter a nol . pros . , which that officer sternly declined , on the ground that the ac- cused had confessed his guilt , and that the ends of justice must be vindicated . " Well , then , " said ...
... judge appealed to the District Attorney to enter a nol . pros . , which that officer sternly declined , on the ground that the ac- cused had confessed his guilt , and that the ends of justice must be vindicated . " Well , then , " said ...
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... judge to be Governor of Nevada in 1861 , and then a Senator in Congress when the Territory became a State , beginning his term in 1865 and closing it in 1873. So that it may be said that in his case , at least , the best way to help ...
... judge to be Governor of Nevada in 1861 , and then a Senator in Congress when the Territory became a State , beginning his term in 1865 and closing it in 1873. So that it may be said that in his case , at least , the best way to help ...
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... judge of good horses , a personal friend of Breckinridge , and one of the most useful men in his State . But perhaps no Southern Governor was in more hearty ac- cord with secession than Thomas O. Moore , of Louisiana . He began early ...
... judge of good horses , a personal friend of Breckinridge , and one of the most useful men in his State . But perhaps no Southern Governor was in more hearty ac- cord with secession than Thomas O. Moore , of Louisiana . He began early ...
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John Wien Forney. threat of his arrest for disunion - how calmly posterity judges of all these tumultuous scenes ! Then the protest of Jackson against the censure of the Senate for the removal of the depos- its ; who that lived in those ...
John Wien Forney. threat of his arrest for disunion - how calmly posterity judges of all these tumultuous scenes ! Then the protest of Jackson against the censure of the Senate for the removal of the depos- its ; who that lived in those ...
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