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, 1. sējumsHopkins and Earle, Fry and Kammerer, printers, 1808 |
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1.–5. rezultāts no 93.
. lappuse
... offences committed there ; also the arguments of the counsel and the opinions of the judges on all the points discussed . The proceedings previous to the trials , before and while the grand jury were in deliberation , are also detailed ...
... offences committed there ; also the arguments of the counsel and the opinions of the judges on all the points discussed . The proceedings previous to the trials , before and while the grand jury were in deliberation , are also detailed ...
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... offence , were , and still are , at peace . 2d , For treason in assem- bling an armed force , with a design to seize the city of New- Orleans , to revolutionize the territory attached to it , and to separate the western from the ...
... offence , were , and still are , at peace . 2d , For treason in assem- bling an armed force , with a design to seize the city of New- Orleans , to revolutionize the territory attached to it , and to separate the western from the ...
5. lappuse
... offence ; and as , unfor- tunately for colonel Burr , he was brought to the place where he had fewer friends or acquaintances , than in almost any other part of the United States , it would be cruelty in counsel to insist on his giving ...
... offence ; and as , unfor- tunately for colonel Burr , he was brought to the place where he had fewer friends or acquaintances , than in almost any other part of the United States , it would be cruelty in counsel to insist on his giving ...
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... offence which can be committed against the political body , so is it the charge which is most ca- pable of being employed as the instrument of those malignant and vindictive passions which may rage in the bosoms of 13.
... offence which can be committed against the political body , so is it the charge which is most ca- pable of being employed as the instrument of those malignant and vindictive passions which may rage in the bosoms of 13.
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... offence entirely distinct from the actual commission of that crime . War can only be levied by the employment of actual force . Troops must be embodied , men must be assembled in order to levy war . If colonel Burr had been apprehended ...
... offence entirely distinct from the actual commission of that crime . War can only be levied by the employment of actual force . Troops must be embodied , men must be assembled in order to levy war . If colonel Burr had been apprehended ...
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Aaron Burr accused adjourned admitted affidavit answer appear apply argument asked attend attorney authority bail Blannerhassett BOTTS Burr's cause certainly charge CHIEF JUSTICE colonel Burr committed compelled constitution contempt contend counsel court crime criminate cypher declared defence doctor Bollman doctrine duces tecum Dunbaugh evidence examination fact gentlemen give grand jury guilty improper indictment innocent intention interrogatories issue James Wilkinson Judge GRIFFIN judge Hall juror juryman kinson Knox letter Mac Nally MAC RAE magistrate marshal MARTIN material ment military misdemeanor motion neral ness New-Orleans oath object observed offence officer opinion overt act papers party person petit jury prejudice present president principle prisoner proceeding produce prosecution prove question Randolph recollect secretary at war sent subpoena subpoena duces tecum summoned suppose sworn testimony thing tion treason trial United viva voce voir dire WICKHAM Wilkinson Wirt wish witness
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582. 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.
24. lappuse - The people of the country to which we are going are prepared to receive us; their agents, now with Burr, say that if we will protect their religion, and will not subject them to a foreign Power, that in three weeks all will be settled.
348. lappuse - That in cases punishable with death, the trial shall be had in the county where the offence was committed, or where that cannot be done without great inconvenience, twelve petit jurors at least shall be summoned from thence.
412. lappuse - The opinion which has been avowed by the court, is, that light impressions which may fairly be supposed to yield to the testimony that may be offered ; which may leave the mind open to a fair consideration of that testimony, constitute no sufficient objection to a juror ; but that those strong and deep impressions, which will close the mind against the testimony that may be offered in opposition to them ; which will combat that testimony and resist its force, do constitute a sufficient objection...
235. lappuse - I may either move for a rule to show cause why an attachment should not issue against Judge Toulmin, John G.
546. lappuse - And if any person or persons shall, by force, set at liberty, or rescue the fugitive from such agent while transporting, as aforesaid, the person or persons so offending shall, on conviction, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding one year.
242. lappuse - It is certainly not only a possible, but a probable case, that a witness by disclosing a single fact may complete the testimony against himself...