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American State Trials, Volume 2

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"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our government to the present day". To the general public this series will certainly appeal as the most interesting and instructive work which has been published in this country for many years. The trial of judicial causes has even more charms than biography and history, for it is a drama of real life. We enter the halls of justice, the judges and jurors are before us, the criminal is brought in, we behold him surrounded by an eager and excited populace; the whole scene passing before the mind's eye as a living and moving picture. There is nothing in the Grecian drama that surpasses, in touching pathos, scenes in the trials and prosecutions of these men and women, sometimes innocent and sometimes guilty, but always awaiting with trembling the verdict of the jury which is to send them back to their families and friends or to the scaffold or prison. Here are the poor and ignorant confronted with their accusers but relying upon their advocates; there the rich and powerful surrounded by a host of counsel and braving even the power of the government to convict them. Sometimes the mere report of the evidence in the case and the verdict gives a complete picture of the crime and criminal but in most cases the full dramatic effect cannot be shown in a narrative, but stands out broadly and as vividly as the actual trial when the witnesses, the counsel, the judge and the prisoner are suffered to speak for themselves. in many cases the great points of interest are the eloquent arguments at the bar by the advocates, and in this collection will be included all the great forensic efforts which have been made in trials in all the States by the orators and leaders of the American Bar from the beginning of American Courts down to the present time. When it is considered how prone our people are to litigation, what a vast number of causes are decided every year, how eagerly the public attention is directed to many of them, what an amount of learning and talent are centered in the legal profession, greater perhaps than in any other, how fond American people are of attending courts, and especially the magnitude of many causes that are tried, it is extraordinary that there should not have appeared up to this time in the country a series of American State Trials. - Summary by Introduction (41 hr 25 min)

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Trial of Robert Stakes for cruelty to animals, New York City, 1822

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 1

26:52

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 2

40:03

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 3

45:38

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 4

30:31

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 5

50:17

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 6

50:21

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 7

36:07

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 8

30:30

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 9

30:18

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 10

18:56

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 11

39:10

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 12

36:29

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 13

2:57

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Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for treason, Rhode Island, 1844 Part 14

13:17

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Trial of John Degey for disturbing divine worship, New York City, 1823

8:03

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Trial of Bathsheba Spooner, William Brooks, James Buchanan and Ezra Ross for th…

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Trial of Bathsheba Spooner, William Brooks, James Buchanan and Ezra Ross for th…

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Trial of Bathsheba Spooner, William Brooks, James Buchanan and Ezra Ross for th…

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Trial of Teunis Van Pelt for bigamy, New York City, 1816

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 1

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 2

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 3

35:01

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 4

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 5

37:12

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 6

41:47

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 7

50:23

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 8

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 9

30:27

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 10

27:45

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 11

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 12

35:46

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 13

33:49

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 14

25:48

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 15

35:27

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 16

28:36

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 17

38:31

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 18

25:18

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 19

31:10

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 20

29:46

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 21

36:16

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 22

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 23

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 24

23:00

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Trial of Nathaniel Childs, Jr., for embezzlement, St. Louis, Missouri Part 25

48:00

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Trial of John Johnson for the murder of James Murray, New York City, 1824 Part 1

25:14

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Trial of John Johnson for the murder of James Murray, New York City, 1824 Part 2

30:18

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Trial of John Johnson for the murder of James Murray, New York City, 1824 Part 3

22:25

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Action of George Spence and wife against Barney Duffy for false imprisonment, N…

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

22:54

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

43:25

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

26:38

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

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Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge for the killing of Charles Auston, Boston, Massach…

36:45

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Trial of John Morris for assault and battery, New York City, 1816

21:31

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Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes for the murder of Tamzen Parsons, Cleveland, Ohio, …

27:45

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Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes for the murder of Tamzen Parsons, Cleveland, Ohio, …

30:05

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Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes for the murder of Tamzen Parsons, Cleveland, Ohio, …

23:10

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Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes for the murder of Tamzen Parsons, Cleveland, Ohio, …

15:08

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Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes for the murder of Tamzen Parsons, Cleveland, Ohio, …

37:26

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Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes for the murder of Tamzen Parsons, Cleveland, Ohio, …

29:04

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Trial of Alfred S. Pell for assault and battery, New York City, 1816

6:41

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Trial of David F. Mayberry for the murder of Andrew Alger, Janesville, Wisconsi…

39:18

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Trial of David F. Mayberry for the murder of Andrew Alger, Janesville, Wisconsi…

38:18

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Trial of David F. Mayberry for the murder of Andrew Alger, Janesville, Wisconsi…

30:14

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Trial of David F. Mayberry for the murder of Andrew Alger, Janesville, Wisconsi…

17:47

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Trial of Diana Sellick for the murder of Hetty Johnson, New York City, 1816 Par…

11:45

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Trial of Diana Sellick for the murder of Hetty Johnson, New York City, 1816 Par…

24:38

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Trial of Charles Gill for opening another person's letter, New York City, 1818

12:43

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Trial of Thaddeus P. French for larceny, Boston, Massachusetts, 1827

6:10

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Trial of Alexander Arbuthnot for inciting Indians to war, Florida, 1818 Part 1

30:51

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Trial of Alexander Arbuthnot for inciting Indians to war, Florida, 1818 Part 2

39:16

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Trial of Alexander Arbuthnot for inciting Indians to war, Florida, 1818 Part 3

21:26

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Trial of Robert C. Ambrister for inciting Indians to war, Florida, 1818

26:40

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Action of Patrick Duffey against George E. Matthewson and others for assault an…

7:00

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Trial of Elizabeth Southard for the murder of William P. Walker, Richmond, Virg…

24:50

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Trial of John Dayton and Thomas Dyer for larceny, New York City, 1817

6:57

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