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Lawyer / legislator

Mr. Stickney

fl. 1883–1884 · United States

American lawyer, active 1883–1884. Worked with Joseph H. Choate.

Life and work

  1. 31 October 1883
    Named with Joseph H. Choate as counsel for the defendant, L. P. Di Cesnola, in Feuardent's libel suit before Judge Shipman in the US Circuit Court (trial began 31 October 1883). The plaintiff's side: Messrs. Oudin and Oakley, attorneys, and Mr. F. C. Bangs, counsel.

    New YorkThe Feuardent-Cesnola Trial 1883, p. 23

  2. October–December 1883
    On the third day of the trial, during the cross-examination of Henry G. Hutchins, showed him statue no. 157 (Venus to Cesnola, Elpis or Hope to Feuardent) and asked 'Is it not the identical figure in controversy, instead of a representation?'; Hutchins answered that it looked different from the one in Fourteenth Street (smoother, with a mirror, cleaner, smaller).

    New YorkThe Feuardent-Cesnola Trial 1883, p. 23

  3. October–December 1883
    Questioned the restorer Gehlen (examined for the plaintiff by Bangs) about the Hercules in the Central Park museum: Gehlen said the statue 'looks taller, and the feet are not the ones originally belonging there'; Stickney interjected 'As you think', Gehlen answered 'No; as I know'.

    New YorkThe Feuardent-Cesnola Trial 1883, p. 23

  4. December 1883 – January 1884
    The January 1884 report says Alley 'was subjected to a searching cross-examination by the lawyers of the defendant'; it does not say which of them. Savage's cross-examination, in which Cesnola's lawyers had a letter of his read, is likewise not attributed to a named counsel.

    New YorkThe Feuardent-Cesnola Trial 1884, p. 55The Feuardent-Cesnola Trial 1884, p. 56

  5. 1883–1884
    Civil suitCounsel for the defendant (Cesnola) in Feuardent's libel suit, brought over charges first published in The Art Amateur in August and October 1880 that the defendant had improperly and deceptively changed the appearance of objects in the Cesnola Collection. Outcome: jury for the defendant on two of three counts, no agreement on the third (Art Amateur).

    The Feuardent-Cesnola Trial 1883, p. 23The End of the… 1884, p. 96

Connections

5 people
Francis BangsLuigi Palma di CesnolaTheodore GehlenHenry G. HutchinsJoseph H. ChoateMr. Stickney
DisputesColleagues

Disputes & the law

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1. (1883). “The Feuardent-Cesnola Trial”. The Art Amateur 10, 23-24. Online
  2. 2. (1884). “The Feuardent-Cesnola Trial”. The Art Amateur 10, 55-56. Online
  3. 3. (1884). “The End of the Feuardent-Cesnola Trial”. The Art Amateur 10, 96-97. Online