Atrocious judges. Lives of judges infamous as tools of tyrants and instruments of oppression. Compiled from the judicial biographies of John lord Campbell. With an appendix, containing the case of Passmore Williamson. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Richard Hildreth.

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Atrocious judges. Lives of judges infamous as tools of tyrants and instruments of oppression. Compiled from the judicial biographies of John lord Campbell. With an appendix, containing the case of Passmore Williamson. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Richard Hildreth.
Author
Campbell, John Campbell, Baron, 1779-1861.
Publication
New York;: Miller, Orton & Mulligan,
1856.
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Subject terms
Judges -- Great Britain.
Contempt of court
Habeas corpus -- United States.
Slavery -- Legal status of slaves in free states. -- United States
Johnson, Jane, -- b. 1820?
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"Atrocious judges. Lives of judges infamous as tools of tyrants and instruments of oppression. Compiled from the judicial biographies of John lord Campbell. With an appendix, containing the case of Passmore Williamson. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Richard Hildreth." In the digital collection Making of America Books. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AAM6518.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.

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