Excerpt from American State Trials, Vol. 6: 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 The law against duelling easily reached a humble and ridiculous challenger like John Wood (p. Though it was absolutely impotent when it confronted men in high places, such as Aaron Burr, who killed Hamilton, and Senator Benton, who killed Lucas. This medieval custom (which was not without its good side, as was pointed out by counsel in the Trial of Wilkin son, 1 Am. St. Tr.) died a natural death in the United States about the middle of the nineteenth century, not on account of legislative enactments, but because pub lic opinion came at last, with practical unanimity, to condemn it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.