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This was associated with other testimony given in the trial about rifles that were hidden at the tavern by some Booth conspirators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth book in this series will allow the reader to determine for themselves if, in fact, Mary Surratt should have received the penalty handed down to her at the completion of the trial. In numerous novels on this subject, some say Mary Surratt is guilty as sin. Many say Mary Surratt was only in the wrong place at the wrong time, and it was the United States Government out for revenge... out for blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the trial of Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt, a military tribunal, rather than a civilian court, was chosen as the prosecutorial venue. Why? 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