Legal Reputation of Abraham Lincoln according to Judge Caton

[RJNorton]

(05-04-2020 12:21 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  Six years later on Wednesday, May 3, 1865 (one hundred fifty-five years ago, yesterday), Judge Caton publicly stated that “[Lincoln] was equally potent before the jury as with the court.” What was the location and occasion for this statement?

I think the location was Ottawa, Illinois. Judge Caton, who used to be Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, made a speech in which he formally announced the death of Abraham Lincoln to the court.

I will try to find the "important litigation" case but do not know it now.