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, Volumen2Hopkins and Earle, Fry and Kammerer, printers, 1808 |
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... considered as a principal in treason in levying war . Thirdly . Whether , under the form of this indictment , charg- ing colonel Burr with having done the act personally , any evi- dence of a derivative of accessorial agency can be ...
... considered as a principal in treason in levying war . Thirdly . Whether , under the form of this indictment , charg- ing colonel Burr with having done the act personally , any evi- dence of a derivative of accessorial agency can be ...
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... considered as actual employment of force , he does not rely on it , but he con- nects with it the attack on Neville's house with intent to resist the execution of the laws , constituting together the actual em- ployment of force . I ...
... considered as actual employment of force , he does not rely on it , but he con- nects with it the attack on Neville's house with intent to resist the execution of the laws , constituting together the actual em- ployment of force . I ...
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... considered as hostile and anticipated . This doctrine as applied to individuals is unjust ; it makes no dis- tinction between incipient and consummate crimes . You admit that a conspiracy is no treason ; that inlistment is no treason ...
... considered as hostile and anticipated . This doctrine as applied to individuals is unjust ; it makes no dis- tinction between incipient and consummate crimes . You admit that a conspiracy is no treason ; that inlistment is no treason ...
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... considered as principals ? Propter odium delicti . " The same acts that make a man accessory in felony make him a principal in high treason , upon account of the heinousness of the crime . " 4th Tucker's Blackstone , 35 , 36. The judges ...
... considered as principals ? Propter odium delicti . " The same acts that make a man accessory in felony make him a principal in high treason , upon account of the heinousness of the crime . " 4th Tucker's Blackstone , 35 , 36. The judges ...
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... considered the success of their motion , as dependent on the establishment of two points only . First , That the accused not having been present at the commission of the overt act , no evi- dence can be adduced to prove his connexion ...
... considered the success of their motion , as dependent on the establishment of two points only . First , That the accused not having been present at the commission of the overt act , no evi- dence can be adduced to prove his connexion ...
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Página 481 - 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.
Página 51 - 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.
Página 482 - 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.
Página 495 - 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.
Página 98 - Yet this unfortunate man, thus deluded from his interest and his happiness, thus seduced from the paths of innocence and peace, thus confounded in the toils that were deliberately spread for him, and overwhelmed by the mastering spirit and genius of another — this man, thus ruined and undone, and made to play a subordinate part in this grand drama of guilt and treason, this man is to be called the principal offender, while he, by whom he was thus plunged in misery, is comparatively innocent, a...
Página 45 - 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.
Página 97 - No more he enjoys the tranquil scene: it has become flat and insipid to his taste. His books are abandoned. His retort and crucible are thrown aside. His shrubbery blooms and breathes its fragrance upon the air in vain; he likes it not. His ear no longer drinks the rich melody of music: it longs for the trumpet's clangor and the cannon's roar.
Página 416 - ... 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. But there must be an actual assembling of men for the treasonable purpose, to constitute a levying of war.
Página 97 - Peace, tranquillity, and innocence shed their mingled delights around 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.
Página 96 - Blannerhassett's character, that on his arrival in America, he retired even from the population of the Atlantic States, and sought quiet and solitude in the bosom of our western forests. But he carried with him taste and science and wealth; and lo, the desert smiled!