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, Volume 1Hopkins and Earle, Fry and Kammerer, printers., 1808 - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 |
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... levying war was proved . No military preparations existed , not a single soldier was en- listed ; nay , not even a servant extraordinary has been shown to have attended him ; that there was no evidence that Swar- twout's communication ...
... levying war was proved . No military preparations existed , not a single soldier was en- listed ; nay , not even a servant extraordinary has been shown to have attended him ; that there was no evidence that Swar- twout's communication ...
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... levying war against them . As this is the most atrocious 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 ...
... levying war against them . As this is the most atrocious 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 ...
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... levying war against the United States , or in adhering to their enemies giving them aid and comfort . " This high crime consists of overt acts which must be proved by two wit- nesses or by the confession of the party in open court ...
... levying war against the United States , or in adhering to their enemies giving them aid and comfort . " This high crime consists of overt acts which must be proved by two wit- nesses or by the confession of the party in open court ...
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... levying war against the United States . It has been already observed , that to constitute this crime , troops must be embodied , men must be actually assembled ; and these are facts which cannot remain invisible . Treason may be ...
... levying war against the United States . It has been already observed , that to constitute this crime , troops must be embodied , men must be actually assembled ; and these are facts which cannot remain invisible . Treason may be ...
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... levying an armed body of 7,000 men from the state of New - York and the western states and territories , with a view to carry an expedition against the Mexican provinces . " The term " levying " has been said , according to the ...
... levying an armed body of 7,000 men from the state of New - York and the western states and territories , with a view to carry an expedition against the Mexican provinces . " The term " levying " has been said , according to the ...
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Page 586 - 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.
Page 26 - 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.
Page 352 - 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.
Page 257 - President, to show cause why an attachment should not issue against him; for what?
Page 292 - The laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States 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.
Page 430 - ... and other warlike weapons, as well offensive as defensive, being then and there unlawfully, maliciously and traitorously assembled and gathered together, did falsely and traitorously assemble and join themselves together against the said United States...
Page 4 - An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States," which does abridge the freedom of the press, is not law, but is altogether void and of no effect.
Page 237 - I may either move for a rule to show cause why an attachment should not issue against Judge Toulmin, John G.
Page 23 - Orleans by force, would have been unquestionably a design which, if carried into execution, would have been treason, and the assemblage of a body of men for the purpose of carrying it into execution would amount to levying of war against the United States...