Raynors 2012-09
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Booklet, "Opinion on the Constitutional Power of the Military to Try and Execute the Assassins of the President," by Attorney General James Speed, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1865), 16pp., 8vo, summarized thus, "…when lawless wretches become so impudent and powerful as not to be controlled and governed by the ordinary tribunals of a county, armies are called out, and the laws of war invoked…the persons who are charged with the assassination of the President committed a deed as public enemies…ought to be tried before a military tribunal…", disbound, minor damp stains, very good condition.
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