A Reply to the Review of Judge Advocate General Holt, of the Proceedings, Findings and Sentence, of the General Court Martial: In the Case of Major General Fitz John Porter, and a Vindication of that Officer |
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The grounds referred to , are these : I .-- Pending the trial , the evidence of three
of the leading witnesses of the prosecution , Major General Pope , Brigadier
General ROBERTS , and Lieut . Colonel Thomas C. H. SMITH , was secretly and
...
The grounds referred to , are these : I .-- Pending the trial , the evidence of three
of the leading witnesses of the prosecution , Major General Pope , Brigadier
General ROBERTS , and Lieut . Colonel Thomas C. H. SMITH , was secretly and
...
Halaman 11
Of the three witnesses , Major General Pope was continued in an important
command , notwithstanding his sad failure in his Virginia campaign . Brigadier
General Roberts was assigned to a more important one than he had ever held
before ...
Of the three witnesses , Major General Pope was continued in an important
command , notwithstanding his sad failure in his Virginia campaign . Brigadier
General Roberts was assigned to a more important one than he had ever held
before ...
Halaman 15
The defence had characterized what this witness had said in regard to it , ( and
as the impartial and intelligent reader will think jastly , ) as " ravings , wild
fantacies , rubbish , which should not have been suffered to encumber the
Record .
The defence had characterized what this witness had said in regard to it , ( and
as the impartial and intelligent reader will think jastly , ) as " ravings , wild
fantacies , rubbish , which should not have been suffered to encumber the
Record .
Halaman 16
He adds that " it was physically impossible for the witness to reproduce the
manner , the tone of voice , and the expression of the eye , and the play of the
features , which may have so much influenced his judgment . Yet these often
afford a ...
He adds that " it was physically impossible for the witness to reproduce the
manner , the tone of voice , and the expression of the eye , and the play of the
features , which may have so much influenced his judgment . Yet these often
afford a ...
Halaman 17
The witness himself , in addition to the nonsense already referred to , proved that
he was not in this particular , at least , to be relied upon . He was so bewildered
with his own conceited flummery , that if he is to be believed , it was near making
...
The witness himself , in addition to the nonsense already referred to , proved that
he was not in this particular , at least , to be relied upon . He was so bewildered
with his own conceited flummery , that if he is to be believed , it was near making
...
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A Reply to the Review of Judge Advocate General Holt, of the Proceedings ... Reverdy Johnson Pratinjau tidak tersedia - 2016 |
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