Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Legal documents: motion filed, with instructions to jury [decimalized]

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Collection Summary

Legal documents. Lincoln defended Sturgeon who was accused of calling Alsop a "Whore."

Collection Details

GLC#: GLC07516
Type: Header Record
Date: 1850/05/23
Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title: Legal documents: motion filed, with instructions to jury [decimalized]
Place Written: Various Places
Pagination: 2 items Height: 31 cm, Width: 18.5 cm

Time Period

Primary time period: National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860

Sub-Era: Age of Jackson

Subjects

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Collection Item

Autograph document signed

Motion filed in case of Sarah Alsop v. John Sturgeon

[1850/05/23]

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Motion "in arrest of Judgment" (an appeal) on grounds of jury convicting on wrong definition of adultery. Lincoln defended Sturgeon who was accused of calling Alsop a "Whore." Signed "Ficklin & Lincoln."

GLC07516.01

Collection Item

Autograph document

Instructions to the jury in Sarah Alsop v. John Sturgeon

circa May 23, 1850

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Lincoln defended Sturgeon who was accused of calling Alsop a "Whore." Signed "Ficklin & Lincoln."

GLC07516.02

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Legal documents: motion filed, with instructions to jury [decimalized]

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