Civilian Courts in DC

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Rick,

That is exactly what many historians have said in support of the military trial of the conspirators and also that the crime happened in a city where martial law had been enforced and which had come under enemy attack when Jubal Early's forces reached the outermost limits of the city. Also, the war was still going on at the time of the assassination.

BTW: The civilian case that I referred to above was the trial of Mary Harris in Washington, DC during the summer of 1865. Miss Harris killed her lover in the Treasury Building. If you look it up, you will see some familiar names from the assassination story - Judge Wylie, Carrington, and others. It was an early case of temporary insanity based on sexual tones. I have even read that Mary Lincoln sent flowers to Miss Harris while she was in jail.