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Pruitt, Paul M. Jr.

Traveling the beaten trail Charles Tait's charges to federal grand juries, 1822-1825 Charles Tait's charges to federal grand juries, 1822-1825 Paul M. Pruitt, Jr., David I. Durham and Salley E. Hadden. - viii, 120 pages illustrations, facsimiles 23 cm. - Occasional publications of the Bounds Law Library number eight . - Occasional publications of the Bounds Law Library no. 8. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface and acknowledgments -- Charles Tait : a biographical sketch / Paul M. Pruitt, Jr. and David I. Durham -- Exhibition, exhortation, example : Judge Tait's antebellum grand jury charges and legal problems on the frontier / Sally E. Hadden -- 1822 grand jury charge / transcribed by Sarah Elizabeth Kelly -- 1824 grand jury charge / transcribed by Samantha Chandler -- 1825 grand jury charge / transcribed by Paul M. Pruitt, Jr. -- Appendix 1: Facsimile of 1825 grand jury charge -- Appendix 2: Charles Tait's lawbooks -- Index

Subjects--Personal Names:
Tait, Charles 1768-1835.
Tait, Charles 1768-1835.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Judges--Alabama--Biography.
Legislators
Judges
Instructions to juries
Jury instructions--United States.
Legislators--United States.--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Alabama
United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography

LC Class. No.: KF 213 .T35 / P78 2013