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inlawrev-3654	Geib, George; Kite, Donald	Federal Justice and Moral Reform in the United States District Court in Indiana, 1816-1869	2004	10	.pdf	application/pdf	5056	253	60	Indiana Law Review Federal Justice and Moral Reform in the United States District Court in Indiana, 1816-1869 George Geib** Donald Kite*** In November 1840, William Martin, an Indiana mail stage driver found himself standing in United States District Court, convicted of stealing a letter containing bank notes from the mail.^ District Judge Jesse Lynch Holman reviewed the evidence that convinced the jury, and then lectured the defendant upon his future prospects: The prospect before you is truly dark and dreary; yet there is a distant ray ofhope that may enlighten your path You may do much by a patient submission to the law—by a reformation of life and an upright line of conduct ... to some extent, to regain a station among honest men. The appointment stalled, however, launching Holman on a nine month political quest that extended from the summer of 1835 to the spring of 1836, took him on journeys across Indiana and to Washington, D.C., saw him seriously injured in a stagecoach accident as he crossed the Allegheny Mountains on an icy road, and included a decisive private interview with President Andrew Jackson.	cache/inlawrev-3654.pdf	txt/inlawrev-3654.txt