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

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

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
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson
President
Law
Women's History
Sexuality

Showing 2 of 2 records

GLC07516.01
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

GLC07516.02
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

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