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Arthur Train, Formerly Assistant District Attorney for New York County, District Attorney Series, 5 Volumes; The Confessions of Artemas Quibble, 1911 Illustrated. Train was the former assistant district attorney in New York City. His interactions with clients, together with his experiences in the courtroom, provided the material for the more than 250 short stories and novels he would write during his lifetime. Being the ingenuous and unvarnished history of Artemas Quibble, Esquire, one-time practitioner in the New York Criminal Courts, together with an account of the divers wiles, tricks, sophistries, technicalities, and sundry artifices of himself and others of the fraternity, commonly except Shysters or Shyster Lawyers as edited by Train. True Stories of Crime, 1908 True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office by Arthur Cheney Train 3.06 · 178 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1908 · 89 editions The scenes recorded here are not literature but history, and the characters who figure in them are not puppets of the imagination, but men and women who lived and schemed, laughed, sinned and suffered, and paid the price when the time came, most of them, without flinching. A few of those who read these pages may profit perhaps by their example; others may gain somewhat in their knowledge of life and human nature; but all will agree that there are books in the running brooks, even if the streams be turbid, and sermons in stones, though these be the hearts of men. If in some instances the narratives savor in treatment more of fiction than of fact, the writer must plead guilty to having fallen under the spell of the romance of his subject, and he proffers the excuse that, whereas such tales have lost nothing in accuracy, they may have gained in the truth of their final impression. The Prisoner at the Bar, 1906, 1908 The Prisoner at the Bar: Sidelights on the Administration of Criminal Justice by Arthur Cheney Train 0.00 · published 1907 · 114 editions 1906. A volume from The District Attorney Series. Train was the former assistant district attorney in New York City. His interactions with clients, together with his experiences in the courtroom, provided the material for the more than 250 short stories and novels he would write during his lifetime. The object of this book is to correct the very general erroneous impression as to certain phases of criminal justice, and to give a concrete idea of its actual administration in large cities in ordinary cases, -cases quite as important to the defendants and to the public as those which attract widespread attention. Contents: What is Crime? Who are the Real Criminals; The Arrest; The Police Court; The Trial of Misdemeanors; The Grand Jury; The Law's Delays; Red Tape; The Trial of Felonies; The Judge; The Jury; The Witness; The Verdict; and The Sentence. Courts and Criminals, 1912 Enter the fascinating world of "Courts and Criminals" by Arthur Train, where the American court system serves as the backdrop for suspenseful conflicts for justice. Investigate the complex webs that make up criminal cases, where nothing is what it appears and every turn makes you wonder about the truth. Train guides readers through the intricate world of law and crime with a sharp eye for detail and a thorough knowledge of the human psychology. This work is full with suspense, moral quandaries, and thought-provoking ideas, from the sacred halls of the courthouse to the shadows where criminals hide. As Train deftly reveals the details of each case, keeping readers guessing until the very end, be ready to be intrigued by the unexpected character of justice. A tribute to Arthur Train's masterful narrative, "Courts and Criminals" carries readers into a setting where the fight for justice and the truth has no boundaries. Tutt and Mr. Tutt, 1919, 1920 America’s wisest and kindliest lawyer tackles a series of impossible cases—and wins Ephraim Tutt, Esq., never met a hard luck story he didn’t like. The rare lawyer happy to forego his fee, Tutt specializes in defending the downtrodden against the powerful and the corrupt. In Manhattan and his hometown of Pottsville, New York, he argues cases involving murder, forgery, and theft, always finding some arcane legal point to save the day—much to the chagrin of the prosecution. In this delightful collection, Tutt brings his sharp mind and genial wit to bear on the cases of the “Mock Hen and Mock Turtle,” the “Hepplewhite Tramp,” the “Lallapaloosa Limited,” and many others. Based on author Arthur Train’s experiences working in the offices of the New York District Attorney, Tutt and Mr. Tutt is a must-read for fans of legal mysteries.