Lawyer Moman Pruiett, born Moorman Pruiett PRUIETT, MOORMAN H. (–). Lawyer Moman Pruiett, born Moorman Pruiett on J, on a steamboat headed up the Ohio River, hailed from Leitchfield, Kentucky. At an early age he moved with his family to Arkansas, and by age sixteen Pruiett had been convicted of forgery and incarcerated.
Moman Pruiett, for example, proba- Moman Pruiett, defender of more famous criminal cases than any other lawyer in Oklahoma, known as the master psychologist of the courtroom, may not be the Moman Pruiett of yesterday but he is still a formidable foe.
Students can use these Former convict Moman Pruiett found remarkable success in Oklahoma as a lawyer for the damned. Moman Pruiett loved to tell about the time he received a telegram from a man accused of murder: “Have $5,
Holder, Mark (Dr.) (MUN). Moman Pruiett was the most successful criminal defense attorney that the Oklahoma frontier had ever seen. He didn't come cheap, but if you could afford him your chances of acquittal were almost guaranteed. During his career, he represented accused murderers; of which, were acquitted.
Lots of genealogy information, pictures, Perhaps the title of Howard K. Berry's delightful biography, published last year by the Oklahoma Heritage Association, says it all: He Made It Safe to Murder. The Black Stud of the Washita had been born Moorman Pruiett, named after his mother's family, on an Ohio River steamboat.
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Biography Unit, Graphic Organizer, Reading A great act of preserving Oklahoma's early day legal history has been accomplished with the recent publication of Howard K. Berry's original manuscript of the life of lawyer Moman Pruiett.
GORE, THOMAS PRYOR (–). Born
" original manuscript of Moman Pruiett's biography as written by Howard K. Berry, Sr., in "--Page 19 Series statement from dust jacket Includes bibliographical references (pages ) and index. Moman Pruiett, Moman Pruiett: PRUIETT, MOORMAN H. (–). Lawyer Moman Pruiett, born Moorman Pruiett on July 12, , on a steamboat headed up the Ohio River, hailed from Leitchfield, Kentucky. At an early age he moved with his family to Arkansas, and by age sixteen Pruiett had been convicted of forgery and incarcerated.