Pine and Palm - A Novel #233935

In the Moot Court, where fledgling lawyers plumed their casuistic wings on the interminable issues 'twixt John Doe and Richard Roe, political questions had been avoided but on one occasion, in the absence of the vigilant head of the school, Judge Minott, a case in constitutional law led to a point affecting slavery, and a perilous controversy was sprung on the assembly.