DR. MUDD AND THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION The Case Reopened

Hardback. A book presenting the proceedings of a 1993 moot court at the University of Richmond re-evaluating Dr. Samuel Mudd’s conviction. Mudd, a Maryland doctor, set John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg after Lincoln’s assassination, leading to his life sentence as a conspirator. Featuring legal heavyweights like F. Lee Bailey defending Mudd and John Jay Douglass prosecuting, Candida Ewing Steel, John S. Jenkins and others. The book debates the military tribunal’s jurisdiction and evidence. The mock appeal rules in Mudd’s favour, though it lacks legal weight, fuelling ongoing controversy. With Appendices and Index. 280pp. 8vo. h/back. With tiny label to fpd o/w F. in Vg+ dw. which has sl. faded sp. and signs of price label removal to fr. cover (see image)