Moonlight Witness: Abe Lincoln, Lawyer

Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television episode, "Moonlight Witness" (season 3, episode 3), which originally aired November 2nd, 1954 on ABC-TV. In the midst of preparations for his debates with Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln defends William Armstrong, the son of a friend and benefactor, who is charged with murder. Lincoln's skillful defense, highlighted by his famous use of The Farmer's Almanac to refute testimony of the prosecution witness, wins his client's acquittal., Shows Abraham Lincoln, in the midst of his preparations for his debates with Stephen A. Douglas, defending William Armstrong, the son of a friend and benefactor, who is charged with murder. Points out that Lincoln's skillful defense, highlighted by his famous use of The Farmer's Almanac to refute testimony of the prosecution's witness, won his client's acquittal.