Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr (late Vice President of the United States,) for Treason, and for a Misdemeanor: In Preparing the Means of a Military Expedition Against Mexico, a Territory of the King of Spain, with Whom the United States Were at Peace ; in the Circuit Court of the United States, Held at the City of Richmond, in the District of Virginia, in the Summer Term of the Year 1807, 2. sējumsHopkins and Earle, Fry and Kammerer, printers, 1808 |
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... justice by such a con- struction of the law of treason as has been given by the gen- tleman on the other side . Yes sir , I do say , that this cannot be the language and sentiment of the supreme court . For , first , the point was not ...
... justice by such a con- struction of the law of treason as has been given by the gen- tleman on the other side . Yes sir , I do say , that this cannot be the language and sentiment of the supreme court . For , first , the point was not ...
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... , without treason . CHIEF JUSTICE . Is not that denied to be law ? Mr. RANDOLPH . Not that I know . Indeed I understand it to be confirmed by Foster 219 , that to detain a castle without force is not treason . He says , that " 11.
... , without treason . CHIEF JUSTICE . Is not that denied to be law ? Mr. RANDOLPH . Not that I know . Indeed I understand it to be confirmed by Foster 219 , that to detain a castle without force is not treason . He says , that " 11.
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... justice to the public , it will also do justice to the accused ; and if efforts should hereafter be made to subvert the government , it will continue to be faithful and vigilant in detecting and defeating them ; and will inquire into ...
... justice to the public , it will also do justice to the accused ; and if efforts should hereafter be made to subvert the government , it will continue to be faithful and vigilant in detecting and defeating them ; and will inquire into ...
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... JUSTICE . You have a right to suppose any act com- patible with the absence of the accused . Here a desultory conversation ensued , in which Mr. Burr observed , that the testimony relative to the acts on Blannerhas- sett's island was to ...
... JUSTICE . You have a right to suppose any act com- patible with the absence of the accused . Here a desultory conversation ensued , in which Mr. Burr observed , that the testimony relative to the acts on Blannerhas- sett's island was to ...
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... justice of this nation would revolt at the idea of a prosecution , pushed on against a life , which stood protected by the laws ; but whether they would or not , I would not plant a thorn , to rankle for life in my heart , by opening my ...
... justice of this nation would revolt at the idea of a prosecution , pushed on against a life , which stood protected by the laws ; but whether they would or not , I would not plant a thorn , to rankle for life in my heart , by opening my ...
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440. lappuse - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs, not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
189. lappuse - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
453. lappuse - State where he may be found, and agreeably to the usual mode of process against offenders in such State, and at the expense of the United States, be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States as by law has cognizance of the offense.
440. lappuse - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
43. lappuse - Thus saith the Lord , Hast thou killed , and also taken possession ? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
95. lappuse - ... him. And to crown the enchantment of the scene, a wife, who is said to be lovely even beyond her sex and graced with every accomplishment that can render it irresistible, had blessed him with her love and made him the father of several children. The evidence would convince you, that this is but a faint picture of the real life.
49. lappuse - It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of this crime who has not appeared in arms against his country. On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
95. lappuse - It wears no guard before its breast. Every door, and portal, and avenue of the heart is thrown open, and all who choose it enter. Such was the state of Eden when the serpent entered its bowers. The prisoner...
94. lappuse - Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace and decorates it with every romantic embellishment of fancy. A shrubbery, that Shenstone might have envied, blooms around him.
151. lappuse - It is, therefore, more safe as well as more consonant to the principles of our constitution, that the crime of treason should not be extended by construction to doubtful cases ; and that crimes not clearly within the VOL.