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Browsing named entities in Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1. You can also browse the collection for Suffolk County (Massachusetts, United States) or search for Suffolk County (Massachusetts, United States) in all documents.
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 2 : Parentage and Family.—the father. (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 3 : birth and early Education.—1811 -26 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 4 : College Life.—September , 1826 , to September , 1830 .—age, 15 -19 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 8 : early professional life.—September , 1834 , to December , 1837 .—Age, 23 -26 . (search)
Chapter 8: early professional life.—September, 1834, to December, 1837.—Age, 23-26.
A young attorney's first case is always with him a wellremembered event, and Sumner's happened to have some points of public interest.
His first professional charge, being for a writ, was made Sept. 13, 1834. Suffolk County had then a Commonwealth's attorney, from whose strong gripe it was hard to wrest any prisoner; but Sumner was fortunate in this attempt at a rescue.
A few weeks after his admission to the bar he engaged, as a volunteer, in the defence of one Waylen, indicted in the Municipal Court under a statute for sending a challenge to one Alessandro Gherardi,—a case which probably came to him through his father's connection with the jail.
He was associated with George S. Hillard, who was admitted to the bar in April of the previous year.
The grounds of defence at the trial were, that the paper sent by the defendant was an invitation to a conference, with a view to a satisfactory adju<