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One of the more egregious examples:
"Maryland's governor and legislature, elected in 1861 by Federal bayonets, gave no trouble, and gradually the state judiciary was estopped from independent pronouncements. In May one judge Carmichael, sitting in court at Eston, was literally dragged from the bench by a provost marshal and a body of soldiers. The judge at a previous session had instructed a grand jury to inquire into the processes of a recent election. He was confined in a military prison for six months and released without any formal charges being preferred against him. A month later Judge James L. Bastol of the Court of Appeals spent several days in jail without explanation from his military jailers. The two arrests, supplemented by frequent excursions of provost marshalls against disgruntled citizens, effectively prevented the expression of opposition sentiment in Maryland."
William B. Hesseltine, Lincoln, and the War Governors, pp. 244-245
"Maryland's governor and legislature, elected in 1861 by Federal bayonets, gave no trouble, and gradually the state judiciary was estopped from independent pronouncements. In May one judge Carmichael, sitting in court at Eston, was literally dragged from the bench by a provost marshal and a body of soldiers. The judge at a previous session had instructed a grand jury to inquire into the processes of a recent election. He was confined in a military prison for six months and released without any formal charges being preferred against him. A month later Judge James L. Bastol of the Court of Appeals spent several days in jail without explanation from his military jailers. The two arrests, supplemented by frequent excursions of provost marshalls against disgruntled citizens, effectively prevented the expression of opposition sentiment in Maryland."
William B. Hesseltine, Lincoln, and the War Governors, pp. 244-245
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