PPT-LINCOLN AND THE LAW

A COMMUNITY HISTORY PROJECT Thorpe v Thorpe The case of adultery Eliza Thorpe hires Lincoln and Herndon to sue her husband Moses for his acts of infidelity She stated that he committed adultery with Emily Cox and Eliza used her as evidence Moses denied the charge claiming that Eliza verbally abused him and drove him into divorce He presented witnesses including his sonfrom previous marriage but the case was later dismissed. Backwoods . Rail-Splitter . or Political Elite?. In . May of 1860, Lincoln rode to Decatur, Illinois. Thirty years after living there, Lincoln returned to the small town for a Republican convention. It was here that John Hanks, Lincoln’s elder cousin, and Isaac Jennings, a  Decatur carpenter, interrupted the political convention with a surprise. . By: Nick Schindler. Illinois v. Overholt & Squier. Created/Published;. January 29, 1857. Christian County, Illinois. Notes. :. Autograph document. . Lawyer. . Lincoln. issues a receipt for "fifty dollars, in full of my fee, both in Circuit and Supreme Court, in the case with Overhold & Squier.. More Than a President. By Barb Baumann. 2009. Childhood Jobs in Kentucky. While Abraham Lincoln was at Sinking Springs, Kentucky, he was so young that he was unable to help with household chores. . By:Tiarra Scott . Item Title. Decree in Runyon v. Dresser, [Law papers].. Author/Creator. Author:. . Lincoln, Abraham. Created/Published. November 23, 1843. Sangamon County, Illinois. Notes. Appears to be in Lincoln's hand.. Samson . Callear. Pearl v. Pearl . http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lprbscsm.scsm1571. . Summary: Graham and twenty other men broke into a grocery store owned by Frederick Pearl and Sylvester Pearl and destroyed everything, including large amounts of liquor. Pearl and Pearl sued them in an action of trespass and requested $5,000 in damages. Graham retained Lincoln and pleaded not guilty because the grocery was actually a disorderly house where "drunkenness, idleness, quarrelling, profane swearing, obscenity, and other offensive acts" occurred. Graham and the other defendants claimed that they were peaceful citizens who became annoyed at the public nuisance and destroyed the liquor to stop the problem. Pearl and Pearl motioned for a change of venue, and the case moved to the Woodford County Circuit Court. Once in Woodford County, Lincoln motioned the court to change the venue again, and the case returned to the Tazewell County Circuit Court. Pearl and Pearl decided not to prosecute four defendants. The jury found eleven defendants not guilty, six defendants guilty, and awarded Pearl and Pearl $50 in damages. Lincoln received $25 for defending this suit and the criminal suit (People v. Sickler et al.).. By: Brandon Kronethal. Issues of the Nation. Following the Civil War there were major problems regarding the split between the Northern and Southern states. There were people within the government that went against the thoughts and ideas of Lincoln. Unit Overview (1844-1877). Big Picture. As Abraham Lincoln slipped into the District of Colombia to take the presidential oath of office, seven states had already slipped out of the union that his newly elected office presided over. Abraham Lincoln arguably would face the tallest order of all presidents: to preserve the union and ultimately resolve the slavery issue. . American Deliberative Rhetoric. Lincoln. Kennedy. Obama. Australian Epideictic Rhetoric. Keating. Gillard. Middle Eastern Forensic Rhetoric. Netanyahu . Loach. Abraham, Barack, and John. American Deliberative Rhetoric. .. Promoting and Protecting the Health of Lincoln County for 100 Years . Lincoln County . Health Department. Provide . services to residents promoting optimal health and safety through prevention, . ♦Who was Abraham Lincoln?♦. Abraham Lincoln was a important man. He had a bad education , but it . did not . affect . him. He . b. ecame . the president, and He helped abolish slavery.. ♦Childhood♦ . At the onset of the election of 1860, people were still reeling over John Brown’s raid and execution and the ever-present question about what would happen with . slavery. . . The issue of government control rose up in conjunction with the Dred Scott decision and the Fugitive Slave Act. . By Barb Baumann. 2009. Childhood . Jobs in Kentucky. While Abraham Lincoln was at Sinking Springs, Kentucky, he was so young that he was unable to help with household chores. . While at Knob Creek Farm, Lincoln was age 2 ½ to almost 8. It was here that he was first able to help his parents, and he did so by fetching water, carrying firewood, and helping to plant the garden. It is likely that he also brought home fish to eat—those he caught at Knob Creek.. La gamme de thé MORPHEE vise toute générations recherchant le sommeil paisible tant désiré et non procuré par tout types de médicaments. Essentiellement composé de feuille de morphine, ce thé vous assurera d’un rétablissement digne d’un voyage sur . US History. Ms. Gibson. What would the nation need to focus on after the Civil War?. After four years of bloody, bitter fighting the Union won the Civil . War. The nation now . had to be put back . together (aka Reconstruction).