Hi James, Here’s some information and references if it helps:
“Circuit Court Transcript, 15 April 1858, People v. Armstrong, case file; Order, 7 May 1858, People v. Armstrong, Circuit Court Record C, 174, both in Cass County Circuit Court, Cass County Courthouse, Virginia, IL; William E. Barton, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, 2 vols., (Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1925), 1:310-318.”
Hi James, Here’s some information and references if it helps:
“Circuit Court Transcript, 15 April 1858, People v. Armstrong, case file; Order, 7 May 1858, People v. Armstrong, Circuit Court Record C, 174, both in Cass County Circuit Court, Cass County Courthouse, Virginia, IL; William E. Barton, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, 2 vols., (Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1925), 1:310-318.”
http://www.thelincolnlog.org/Results.aspx?type=CalendarDay&day=1858-05-07
http://law.jrank.org/pages/2549/-Duff-Armstrong-Trial-1858.html
http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/education/lawhighlights.htm
https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=5034