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a person or institution legally accused or sued in court
- An officer left the War Department and delivered death warrants to the defendants Mary Surratt, David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Lewis Powell.p. 187.4
- He put on trial only eight defendants: Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, Edman Spangler, and Samuel Mudd.p. 182.2
There are no more uses of "defendant" in Chasing Lincoln's Killer.
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