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10-31-2013, 08:33 AM
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Edwin Stanton had set the stage for a temporary insanity plea in 1859, when he successfully pleaded that for Dan Sickles's case for murdering Philip Barton Key.

I haven't checked the links that Gene and Karin supplied, but for some reason I think that her lawyer ended up marrying Miss Harris after the trial. The Victorians enjoyed juicy murder cases as much as the media and the public does today.
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Civilian Courts in DC - KateH. - 10-30-2013, 03:59 PM
RE: Civilian Courts in DC - L Verge - 10-30-2013, 06:50 PM
RE: Civilian Courts in DC - Rick Smith - 10-30-2013, 08:01 PM
RE: Civilian Courts in DC - irshgrl500 - 10-31-2013, 02:08 AM
RE: Civilian Courts in DC - L Verge - 10-30-2013, 08:11 PM
RE: Civilian Courts in DC - Gene C - 10-30-2013, 09:02 PM
RE: Civilian Courts in DC - L Verge - 10-31-2013 08:33 AM
RE: Civilian Courts in DC - Gene C - 10-31-2013, 09:07 AM
RE: Civilian Courts in DC - L Verge - 10-31-2013, 09:25 AM
RE: Civilian Courts in DC - irshgrl500 - 10-31-2013, 12:39 PM
RE: Civilian Courts in DC - L Verge - 10-31-2013, 01:40 PM
RE: Civilian Courts in DC - RJNorton - 10-31-2013, 02:17 PM

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