For over forty years, Henry Lauren Clinton was a prominent criminal attorney in New York City. He tried some of the most celebrated cases of the 19th century in that city. Here, in his own words, are some of those extraordinary cases in detail. From murder to money to adultery, Clinton walked the seamy side of one of America's most dangerous cities. Inside are the celebrated trials of Polly Bodine for the murder of the wife and child of her brother, the trial of counterfeiter John Cantor, the Forrest divorce case, and many others.