The Trial
Subtitle: The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: July 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9780813122779
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Criminal law; Law; c 1800 to c 1900; History - U.S.; Courts; U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877); Washington (D.C.); History; History: American; USA; Criminal Law - General; United States - 19th Century; United States - Civil War; Courts - General; 1809-1865; Assassination; Lincoln, Abraham,; Trials (Assassination)
First sentence: WHEREAS, the Attorney-General of the United States hath given his opinion: That the persons implicated in the murder of the late President, Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of the Honorable William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and in an alleged conspiracy to assassinate other officers of the Federal Government at Washington City, and their aiders and abettors, are subject to the jurisdiction of, and lawfully triable before, a Military Commission;