Great speeches by great lawyers
Subtitle: A collection of arguments and speeches before courts and juries
By: By eminent lawyers. With introductory notes, analyses, etc. By William L. Snyder
Publisher: Baker, Voorhis & co.
Published: 1881
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 748
Subjects: Law; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; Speeches, addresses, etc., English; Forensic orations
Table of contents: title: Argument of Patrick Henry, on the right of a state, during the revolution, to confiscate British debts; title: Argument of William Pinkney, on the law of constructive treason, in the defense of John Hodges; title: Argument of William Wirt, in the case of Gibbons volume Ogden; title: Argument of Daniel Webster, in the case of Ogden volume Saunders; title: Speech of Sergeant S. Prentiss, in defense of Hon. Edward C. Wilkinson, of Mississippi and others, indicted for murder; title: Speech of David Paul Brown, in defense of Alexander William Holmes, indicted for manslaughter on the high seas; title: Speech of William H. Seward, in defense of the Negro, William Freeman, indicted for the murder of John G. Van Nest; title: Argument of Charles O'Conor, for the claimants, in the case of the Brig-of-War General Armstrong; title: Speech of Rufus Choate, on behalf of Helen Maria Dalton, in the Dalton divorce case; title: Argument of Edwin M. Stanton, in defense of Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, indicted for the murder of Philip Barton Key; title: ^ Speech of James T. Brady, in defense of the "Savannah Privateers," indicted for piracy; title: Argument of John K. Porter, on the constitutionality of legal tender acts; title: Metropolitan Bank v. Van Dyck; title: Argument of William A. Beach, in defense of Smauel North and others, charged with tampering with soldiers' votes; title: Argument of Jeremiah S. Black, in defense of the right to trial by jury; title: Argument of David Dudley Field, on the constitutionality of the enforcement act; title: Speech of Thomas Erskin, for the prosecution, in the proceedings against Thomas Williams, for publishing Paine's "age of reason"; title: Speech of Sir James Mackintosh, in behalf of Jean Peltier, indicted for a libel against Napoleon Bonaparte; title: Speech of William C. Plunket, opening for the crown in Rex volume Forbes and others; title: conspiracy and riot; title: Speech of John Henry North, opening for the defense in Rex. V. Forbes and others; title: conspiracy and riot; title: ^ Speech of Bartholomew Hoar, opening for plaintiff in Massy volume the Marquis of Headfort; title: damages for criminal conversation; title: Speech of Thomas Quin, opening for defendant in Massy volume the Marquis of Headfort; title: damages for criminal conversation; title: Speech of Rt. Hon. George Ponsonby, closing for defendant in Massy volume the Marquis of Headfort; title: damages for criminal conversation; title: Speech of John Philpot Curran, closing for plaintiff in Massy volume the Marquis of Headfort; title: damages for criminal conversation; title: Baron Smith's charge to the jury, in the case of Massy volume the Marquis of Headfort; title: damages for criminal conversation.