Verdict, Dec. 31, 1840.

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Verdict, Dec. 31, 1840.

Copy of the verdict by the jury found that although the injuries might "have accelerated his decease" they did not believe that the wounds were sufficient "in themselves to have produced the catastrophe in a person of sound health." Dated with the names of the jurymen.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7678746

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Lane, Jacob A.

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Sangamon County (Ill.). Coroner's Jury.

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Jacob A. Lane of Island Grove, Illinois (later changed to New Berlin, Illinois) died and an inquest was held in his death because of the "many contusions on various parts of his body". From the description of Verdict, Dec. 31, 1840. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54484902 ...