<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-02'>Wednesday, April 2, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.5667, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Pekin, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Spring term of Tazewell Circuit Court begins. Prettyman, attorney for plaintiff in <name type='case' key='L01244'>Perkins v. Hall</name>, action in debt, secures rule on Lincoln to plead by Friday. Norman Purple files answers for some of defendants in <name type='case' key='L01149'>Doolittle et al. v. Bailey et al.</name>, case in which Lincoln is attorney for plaintiff.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1851-04-03'>Thursday, April 3, 1851.</date> 
            <place key='40.5667, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Pekin,
  IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> In <name type='case' key='L04969'>People v.
  Hawley</name>, court sustains motion of Lincoln and Haines to quash indictment
  for obstructing road. Parker and Lincoln secure rule on defendants in 
  <name type='case' key='L01079'>Hicks v. Meeker</name>, trespass, to plead by
  Saturday. <bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-07'>Monday, April 7, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.5667, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Pekin, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln and Parker win <name type='case' key='L01079'>Hicks v. Meeker</name> when jury finds for plaintiff and assesses his damages at $400. Defendant moves for new trial.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
Lincoln, signing "Jones and Lincoln," writes and files defendant's plea and notice in <name type='case' key='L01244'>Perkins v. Hall</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
         <p>
James and Lincoln, for plaintiff, file replication in <name type='case' key='L01259'>Hamilton v. Pekin, Illinois</name>.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' type='Revised' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-08'>Tuesday, April 8, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.5667, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Pekin, IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Lincoln and Edward Jones lose <name type='case' key='L01244'>Perkins v. Hall</name> when a
    jury finds for plaintiff for the sum of $544 debt and one cent damages. Lincoln and Jones then
    file a motion for a new trial which the court takes under consideration. Signing "James
    &amp; Lincoln," Lincoln writes and files plaintiff's replication in <name type='case' key='L01181'>Atchison for use of Allen v. Pekin, Illinois</name> and the defendant joins the
    issue. In <name type='case' key='L01181'>Atchison for use of Allen v. Pekin, Illinois</name> and
     <name type='case' key='L01259'>Hamilton v. Pekin, Illinois</name> the court grants the
    defendant leave to answer both complaints jointly. Lincoln and Benjamin F. James represent the
    plaintiffs, while Benjamin S. Prettyman and Halsey O. Merriman represent Pekin.
     <bibl default='NO'>Replication, filed 8 April 1851, <name type='case' key='L01181'>Atchison for use of Allen
      v. Pekin, Illinois</name>, Copy, IHi. </bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-09'>Wednesday, April 9, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.5667, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Pekin, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Court denies defendant's motion for new trial in <name type='case' key='L01079'>Hicks v. Meeker</name>. Lincoln and Jones enter defendant's appearance and file plea of not guilty in <name type='case' key='L01149'>Prettyman v. Yacle</name>, ejectment suit. In <name type='case' key='L01149'>Doolittle et al. v. Bailey et al.</name>, heirs of J. B. Doolittle are made parties to suit. <name type='case' key='L01149'>Reeves v. Wilkey</name> is continued.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-10'>Thursday, April 10, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.7833, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Metamora, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
On first day of Woodford Circuit Court Lincoln appears for defendants in two actions for "gaming"&#8212;<name type='case' key='L01799'>People v. Clifton et al.</name> and <name type='case' key='L01803'>People v. Miller</name>. In first case jury finds one defendant guilty. He is fined $10 and costs. Second defendant is found not guilty and case against third is continued. In second case Miller is found guilty of keeping gambling house and fined $15 and costs. <name type='case' key='L01740'>Berkey v. Engle</name>, chancery, Lincoln for defendant, is tried by court, which orders defendant to convey land when plaintiff pays $135.58. Lincoln writes defendant's answer, and court decree, which is victory as plaintiff asked conveyance of land without payment.
<bibl default='NO'>Record; Photocopy.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-11'>Friday, April 11, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.7833, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Metamora, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
            <name type='case' key='L01741'>L. C. Blakslee &amp; Co. v. Gregory &amp; Loving</name>, 
trespass, is dismissed by agreement at defendants' costs. Lincoln and 
Holmes represent plaintiffs, Gridley defendants.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-14'>Monday, April 14, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.7833, -89.3500' teiForm='name'>Metamora, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
[McLean Circuit Court begins its session.]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-15'>Tuesday, April 15, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
Lincoln files plaintiff's declaration, and prays injunction in <name type='case' key='L01635'>Campbell v. Allin</name>. Injunction is granted and defendant ruled to answer.
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-17'>Thursday, April 17, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
In <name type='case' key='L01642'>Fell v. McIntire</name>, ejectment, plaintiff files declaration and defendant's plea, "thereto which issue is joined and case continued."
<bibl default='NO'>Record.</bibl>
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-21'>Monday, April 21, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.4833, -88.9833' teiForm='name'>Bloomington, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
[Logan Circuit Court begins its session, and city election is held in 
Springfield.]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline> 
            <date value='1851-04-23'>Wednesday, April 23, 1851.</date> 
            <place key='40.0000, -89.2667' teiForm='name'>Mount
  Pulaski, IL</place>. </dateline>
         <p> Lincoln writes Lewis M. Hays of Gosport,
  Indiana that he has brought suit in Logan Circuit Court "against Turley." Suit
  will be tried in Oct., and he sends papers to be filled out. <bibl default='NO'>
               <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A160' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham
  Lincoln to Lewis M. Hays</xref>, 23 April 1851, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:105.</bibl> 
         </p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-24'>Thursday, April 24, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.2667' teiForm='name'>Mount Pulaski, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
[DeWitt Circuit Court convenes.]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-28'>Monday, April 28, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.2667' teiForm='name'>Mount Pulaski, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
[Piatt Circuit Court begins its session. Lincoln writes first part of court order in <name type='case' key='L01711'>People v. Dodd</name>, indictment for malicious mischief. Judge David Davis completes and signs order.
<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>]
</p>
      </div2>

<div2 part='N' sample='complete' org='uniform'>
         <dateline>
            <date value='1851-04-30'>Wednesday, April 30, 1851.</date>
            <place key='40.0000, -89.2667' teiForm='name'>Mount Pulaski, IL</place>.
</dateline>
         <p>
[Spring term of the Champaign Circuit Court begins.]
</p>
      </div2>