“Will They Do It?,” Fayetteville (NC) Observer, November 22, 1860

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Will They Do It?
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“Will They Do It?,” Fayetteville (NC) Observer, November 22, 1860, p. 3: 4.
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The trial of Congressman Daniel Sickles for the murder of Philip Barton Key begins in Washington D.C.

New York Congressman Daniel Sickles shot and killed U.S. District Attorney Philip Barton Key on a Sunday morning near Lafayette Park in Washington D.C. following his wife's confession the previous day of her protracted adultery with the victim. Sickles surrendered immediately and went on trial for premeditated murder in the Washington court of Judge T. H. Crawford. His defense team included James T. Brady of New York and the future secretary of war Edwin Stanton. After a twenty-day trial, Sickles was acquitted in what was seen as the first temporary insanity defense in U.S. legal history. (By John Osborne)
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Congressman Daniel Sickles is indicted for murder in Washington D.C. in the shooting of Philip Barton Key

New York Congressman Daniel Sickles shot and killed U.S. District Attorney Philip Barton Key on a Sunday morning near Lafayette Park in Washington D.C. following his wife's confession the previous day of her protracted adultery with Key. Sickles surrendered immediately and was held in prison awaiting indictment and trial. The Grand Jury in the capital indicted him for murder on this day and his trial was set to begin April 4, 1859. He would be acquitted in the first application of the idea of temporary insanity in U.S. history. (By John Osborne)
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“Sham Retrenchment,” New York Herald, January 27, 1859

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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, November 17, 2008.
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Permission to use?
Yes
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Sham Retrenchment
Source citation
“Sham Retrenchment,” New York Herald, January 27, 1859, p. 4.
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

George Sweeney (Dickinson Chronicles)

Scholarship
John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “George Sweeney,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/s/ed_sweeneyG.htm.
George Sweeney was born on November 1, 1796 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.  He entered Dickinson College in Carlisle, twenty five miles to the north, and graduated with the class of 1815.  Following his graduation, he studied law in Gettysburg and was admitted to the bar there in 1820.

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George Sweeny (Congressional Biographical Directory)

Reference
"Sweeny, George," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001105.
SWEENY, George, a Representative from Ohio; born near Gettysburg, Pa., February 22, 1796; pursued academic studies and was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Gettysburg in 1820; moved to Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, in 1830; prosecuting attorney of Crawford County in 1838; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); was not a candidate for renomination in 1842; resumed the practice of his profession; moved to Geneseo, Henry County, Ill
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present
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