邓廷桢(1775-1846年),字嶰筠,江苏省江宁县(今南京)人.1801年(嘉庆六年)中进士,选庶吉士,授编修.1810年(嘉庆十五年)外任浙江宁波知府.丁母忧,服阕后补陕西延安知府,调榆林、西安知府.因平反韩城、南郑等处冤狱,遂以善断案知名.南郑的案子是这样的:有一个汉中营卒叫郑魁,被人诬陷下毒杀人,判死刑.邓廷桢心疑,向当事人认真调查,了解到郑魁曾与死者有矛盾,但他买砒霜并非毒人,而是要毒鼠,死者实被疯犬咬死.于是冤案遂得昭雪.邓廷桢审案还有成全人的美德.同州有个寡妇,因听信族人 Deng Tingzhen (1775 - 1846), the word 嶰 筠, Jiangning County, Jiangsu Province (now Nanjing) people. 1801 (Jiaqing six years) Jinshi, selected Shuji, grant editing. 1810 (Jiaqing fifteen years) outside Served as the prefect of Ningbo, Zhejiang Ding mother worry, served after the fill of Shaanxi Yan’an prefect, tune Yulin, Xi’an prefect .In order to counter the Hancheng, Nanzheng and other unjust imprisonment, then known as good case .Nan Zheng’s case is this: there is a Han killed camp called Zheng Kui, was framed poisoned murderer, sentenced to death .Deng Tingzhen suspicion, careful investigation to the parties, learned that Zheng Kui had contradictions with the deceased, but he bought arsenic is not a poison, but to tetanus, the deceased Was killed by a mad dog. So injustice Suixuoxue .Deng Tingzhen case also has the virtues of perfection .With a widow in the state, because of the people who listen to the letter