James Fenimore Cooper was inspired by a tale related to him by neighbor and family friend John Jay. It was more successful and became a bestseller; the setting of this Revolutionary War tale is widely believed to have been John Jay's family home "The Locusts" in Rye, New York. In 1823, Cooper published "The Pioneers", the first of the "Leatherstocking" series. The series features Natty Bumppo, a resourceful American woodsman at home with the Delaware Indians and their chief Chingachgook. Bumppo was also the main character of Cooper's most famous novel "The Last of the Mohicans" (1826), written in New York City where
S v Cooper S v Cooper S v Cooper (1976), an important case in South African criminal procedure, dealt with endangering the maintenance of law and order in terms of the Terrorism Act. The court held that an accused is not entitled to be informed of every detail of the case against him and the prosecution should not be tied down with further particulars in a way which would limit its case unfairly at the trial. Thus where there are particulars unknown to the prosecutor, it is sufficient to state that fact. The use of particulars is intended to meet a requirement imposed