Sept. 23, 1808: Frontier murder trial ends in acquittal
One man shot another in 1807 while on a trapping expedition, but was it murder? A St. Louis jury said it wasn't.
Source: stltoday.com
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One man shot another in 1807 while on a trapping expedition, but was it murder? A St. Louis jury said it wasn't.
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