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Evidence Fall 2022
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Abraham Lincoln impeaches a witness - transcript here!

Prof. Nina Chernoff

In 1858, William "Duff" Armstrong was tried in the Circuit Court of Illinois for the murder of James Metzker on the night of August 29, 1857.  The State's star witness was Charles Allen, who testified on direct examination that he had seen Armstrong strike Metzker in the eye with a slingshot. 

Mr. Duff’s defense attorney was a young man named Abraham Lincoln.

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