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Frederic DeWitt Wells
1874–1929
Known for a practical, courtroom-centered style, this American writer is best remembered for The Man in Court, a book that reflects close familiarity with trial practice. His surviving public record is sparse, which gives his work an extra sense of period character and discovery.
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The Man in Court
by Frederic DeWitt Wells
About the author
Frederic DeWitt Wells (1874–1929) was an American author whose best-known work appears to be The Man in Court, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1917. Library and public-domain catalog records consistently connect him with that title, which focuses on courtroom work and trial practice.
The available sources suggest a writer with direct knowledge of legal procedure rather than a purely literary observer. Because easily accessible biographical information is limited, it is safest to say that he is remembered today mainly through this book and its place in early 20th-century legal writing.
For modern listeners, Wells offers a window into how advocacy, courtroom presence, and legal culture were understood in his era. Even with only a thin surviving biography, his work still stands as a clear, useful artifact of its time.