The Case of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Dr.Samuel A. Mudd was charged with Treason and Conspiracy. He was accused in the case of John Wilkes Booth, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The sentence from the military commision to Dr. Mudd was life in prison.Some believed that he deserved and some thought that he did not deserve it. To begin Dr. Mudd said that he knew John Wilkes Booth . He said he met him in a church. He said he had talked to him before. Although when Booth went to Mudd’s house Mudd was not aware of what Booth had done to Abraham Lincoln. David Herold told Mudd a fake story of how Booth broke his ankle. He said that Booth’s horse tipped over on his ankle and broke his ankle.
Second of all after the assassination
Second of all after the assassination