Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 68
manslaughter for stealing a pair of breechesscarcely looks like an exaggeration. In the next term, Arkwright applied for a new trial.His counsel urged that they had been taken by surpriseon the former oc-casion, but thatthey were nowprovided withaffidavits,by whichthe evi-dence ofKay andothers asto… … 42 Men Who Have Risen spirit, expressed his conviction, that at the trial thedefendant had not a leg to stand upon. But as thismight not appear to be a conclusive reason for refusingthe motion, it was added, that whatever might be thefact as to originality, the cloudiness of the specificationwas…
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