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Avenging Lincoln's Death

The Trial of John Wilkes Booth's Accomplices
  • ISBN-13: 9781611478297
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Thomas J. Reed
  • Price: AUD $119.00
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/08/2017
  • Format: Paperback 246 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]
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Avenging Lincoln's Death: The Trial of John Wilkes Booth's Accomplices is an examination of the 1865 military commission trial of eight alleged accomplices of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin who murdered President Abraham Lincoln. The book analyzes the trial transcript and other relevant evidence relating to the guilt of Booth's alleged accomplices, as well as a careful application of basic constitutional law principles to the jurisdiction of the military commission and the fundamental fairness of the trial. The author found that the military commission trial was unconstitutional and unfair because Congress never authorized trial by military commission for these eight civilians. President Johnson exceeded the scope of his authority as commander in chief by ordering the accomplices to be tried by military commission. He failed to follow the Habeas Corpus Act of 1863 that required him to turn over the alleged accomplices to civilian authorities for prosecution. The accomplices were convicted on perjured testimony and the Government was allowed to drag in unrelated evidence of Confederate atrocities to poison the minds of the panel of officers.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prelude Introduction Chapter One. The Conspiracies Chapter Two. The Hunter Commission Chapter Three. The Lawyers Chapter Four. The Conduct of the Trial Chapter Five. The Case against Mary Surratt Chapter Six. The Case against Samuel Mudd Chapter Seven. An Unconstitutional, Unfair Trial Bibliography Index About the Author
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