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STATE TRIALS

A Collection of the Important and Interest-
ing Criminal Trials which have taken place
in the United States, from the beginning
of our Government to the Present Day.

Copyright, 1916

BY JOHN D. LAWSON

AUG 1916

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RICHARD HENRY JESSE, LL. D.

IN MEMORY OF THE YEARS IN WHICH IT WAS MY FORTUNE TO BE HIS COLLEAGUE; AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS SCHOLARSHIP AND SPLENDID SERVICE IN BEHALF OF HIGHER EDUCATION WHILE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, AND AS A TOKEN OF A FRIENDSHIP THAT HAS ENDURED FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, I GLADLY DEDICATE THIS VOLUME.