The book is important for Irish studies, and for anthropologists and others who study great social upheaval from eye-witness accounts. George Marcus, Rice University This book is original, well researched, and beautifully written.

Trial is a writ of error. Charges against Samuel A. Worcester and others were for "residing within the limits of the Cherokee nation, without license."

Reprint of the original, first published in 1890.

Covers cases decided from 1829 to 1855 in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio (with a few early cases in Kentucky and Tennessee).