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3 unusual facts about Augustus Noble Hand


Augustus Hand

Augustus Noble Hand (1869–1954), U.S. federal judge from New York, grandson of Augustus C. Hand

Augustus Noble Hand

The foolish judgments of Lord Eldon about one hundred years ago, proscribing the works of Byron and Southey, and the finding by the jury under a charge by Lord Denman that the publication of Shelley's "Queen Mab" was an indictable offense are a warning to all who have to determine the limits of the field within which authors may exercise themselves.

Judge Hand

Augustus Noble Hand, as well of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.


John M. Woolsey

This decision, which came about in a test case engineered by Bennett Cerf of Random House, was affirmed by a 2-1 vote of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in an opinion by Judge Augustus N. Hand.


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Augustus Hand

Augustus C. Hand (1803–1878), U.S. Congressman from New York, grandfather of Augustus Noble Hand