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other. Much interest was excited, and
when the trial came on, the court-room was
crowded. The case occupied the attention
of the court for three days, during which
time Abercrombie made some of the most
brilliant speeches that had ever fallen from
his lips. He managed his case, too, with a
tact, spirit, and Sagacity, unusual even for
him, as keen a lawyer as he was. To all
this, Harvey opposed a steady, clear, and
rational mode of presenting the claims of
the individual he represented, so that con-
viction attended him at every step. It was
in vain that Abercrombie would tear into
tatters the lucid arguments, full of calm
and truthful positions, that he presented—
he would gather them all up again, and
present them in new and still more con-
vincing forms. At every step of the trial,
it was plainly evident to all, opponents and
friends, that Abercrombie cared solely for
success in his cause, and nothing for justice;
and as the sympathies of nearly all were
in favour of the widow, his manner of con-