AN ARGUMENT TO ESTABLISH THE ILLEGALITY OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND ESPECIALLY OF THE ONE ORGANIZED FOR THE TRIAL OF THE PARTIES CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO ASSASSINATE THE LATE PRESIDENT, AND OTHERS, PRESENTED TO THAT COMMISSION, ON MONDAY, THE 19TH OF JUNE, 1865, AND PREPARED BY REVERDY JOHNSON, ONE OF THE COUNSEL OF MRS. SURRATT.
Baltimore: Printed by John Murphy & Co., 1865. Original printed front wrapper [some blank margin and spine chipping; small rubberstamp above the wrapper title]. 31, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lacking the rear wrapper. Good+. During his career as a distinguished constitutional lawyer Johnson, a Union Democrat during the late..... More