Draft:George Sennott
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George Sennott (January 1, 1830 - January 1, 1879) was a lawyer in the United States. He defended Shields Green and John Anthony Copeland Jr. He was a Democrat. He represented of John Brown who took part in his raid.[1][2][3]
He was the adopted son of a Colonel Miller.[2]
In 1859 he wrote to George Luther Stearns.[4] In 1862 his letter to John A. Andrew was published.[5]
A speech he gave on the Boston trial of the Gordons for treason because they criticized their government was titled The Beauties of Puritanic Abolitionism; Withering Deninciations of Power-Proud Aristocrats was published.[6] The case involved issues of free speech.[7]
He cited the Dred Scott decision (Dred Scott v. Sandford) to defend African Americans accused of treason, noting that since they could not be citizens they could not commit treason.
Anecdotes were published about him making light of his drinking, behavior in court, and sauciness.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Lawson, John Davison (January 23, 1916). "American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting Criminal Trials which Have Taken Place in the United States, from the Beginning of Our Government to the Present Day : with Notes and Annotations". Thomas Law Books – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin (January 23, 1891). Dr. S.G. Howe, the Philanthropist. Funk & Wagnalls. ISBN 978-0-7950-2282-1 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sennott, George | House Divided". hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu.
- ^ Heller, Charles E. (February 13, 1996). Portrait of an Abolitionist: A Biography of George Luther Stearns, 1809-1867. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-06448-7 – via Google Books.
- ^ Sennott, George (January 23, 1862). "Sennott on Andrew and Butler. (By a Jacksonian Democrat [i.e. George Sennott].)". Redding and Company – via Google Books.
- ^ "Speech of George Sennott, on the trial of [the] Gordons, in Boston, for treason. The beauties of puritanic abolitionism. Withering denunciations of power-proud aristocrats". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msa_sc6044/msa_sc6044_1_63/pdf/msa_sc6044_1_63-0758.pdf
- ^ Willard, Joseph Augustus (January 23, 1895). "Half a Century with Judges and Lawyers". Houghton, Mifflin – via Google Books.