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February 09, 1858

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Tuesday, February 9, 1858.
 Springfield, IL.

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In the U. S. Circuit Court, the defendant James A. Barret asks the court for a continuance in the case of Emmitt v. Barret, a dispute involving a promissory note. Elliott B. Herndon and John A. McClernand represent Barret, and Lincoln, Lucien B. Adams, Thomas H. Lewis, and William H. Herndon represent the plaintiff James Emmitt. The attorneys' arguments on the motion "occupied the time of the court until the hour of adjournment." Judge Samuel H. Treat orders "that the further argument be continued until tomorrow morning." Order, 9 February 1858, Emmitt v. Barret, Record Group 21, General Records, Vol. 1, 298; Declaration, filed 2 January 1858, Emmitt v. Barret, Record Group 21, case file 279, both in U.S. Circuit Court, Southern District of Illinois, National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL. 

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         <p> In the U. S.
  Circuit Court, the defendant James A. Barret asks the court for a continuance
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  dispute involving a promissory note. Elliott B. Herndon and John A. McClernand
  represent Barret, and Lincoln, Lucien B. Adams, Thomas H. Lewis, and William H.
  Herndon represent the plaintiff James Emmitt. The attorneys' arguments on the
  motion "occupied the time of the court until the hour of adjournment." Judge
  Samuel H. Treat orders "that the further argument be continued until tomorrow
  morning." <bibl default='NO'>Order, 9 February 1858, <ital>Emmitt v. Barret</ital>, Record
  Group 21, General Records, Vol. 1, 298; Declaration, filed 2 January 1858,
  <ital>Emmitt v. Barret</ital>, Record Group 21, case file 279, both in U.S.
  Circuit Court, Southern District of Illinois, National Archives and Records
  Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago, IL.</bibl> 
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