Show Lincoln Is Held Gre Great t Lawyer In High Courts SP SPRINGFIELD INGFIELD Ill Feb 11 AP Al' Abraham Lincoln whose birthday anniversary will wilt be e. e observed observed- to tomorrow tomorrow to to- morrow was only an ordinary success sue suc cess as a lawyer in the the c circuit courts but he was probably unsurpassed unsurpassed passed assed in th the higher tribunals of ot the he land AH AU of ot which believes Paul M. M Angle centers on the deciding factor fac- fac tor or In his legal career career time Mr Angle who Is secretary of ot the he Lincoln centennial commission revealed his conception of Lincoln's legal egal ability before a special gathering gathering gath gath- ath- ath ering of ot the commission today He read from records in support of If his contention To the vexing question of Lincoln's Lincoln's Lin Lin- coln's coIns capacity as a lawyer Mr Il Angle Angie declared existing court records records records rec rec- provide no definite answer They indicate but do not prove that in actual trial work Lincoln was no more successful than many of ot the lawyers who practiced with him ilm him However In the higher courts the he state supreme court and md the United States courts here hero and at Chicago LIncoln ChIcago Lincoln had an enviable record It is doubtful If it any lawYer lawyer lawyer law law- Yer yer has ever evet surpassed his record In n the state supreme court From these facts we can cans can's s say y that as a lawyer Lincoln was great when he ho had time to think and I study I |