Arrest of Atzerodt

[jonathan]

Wouldn't moving here as a child have benefitted Atzerodt in this respect? Isn't it often true that these kinds of things are more easily learned when we're younger? I just find it hard to believe that, after having lived here for most of his life, he would have any kind of real problem with the language. That's not to say he would have understood every word of the courtroom legal-speak and all of the nuances that attorneys use to try and defend their clients, but that's no different than those who were born here. Though I suppose that kind of thing wouldn't have been nearly as bad in those days, or at least I'd like to think not.