Opening Speech of John W. Ashmead, United States District Attorney, in the Case of the United States Vs. Castner Hanway, Indicted for TreasonB. Mifflin, 1852 - 24 páginas |
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... issue this PROCLAMATION . Whereas , it has been represented to me that a flagrant violation of the public peace has occurred in Lancaster county , involving the murder of Edward Gorsuch , and seriously endangering the lives of other ...
... issue this PROCLAMATION . Whereas , it has been represented to me that a flagrant violation of the public peace has occurred in Lancaster county , involving the murder of Edward Gorsuch , and seriously endangering the lives of other ...
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... the following Monday , the 6th of October , the U. S. Cir- cuit Court , in which the prisoners were to be tried , held its ses- sion . The District Attorney moved for a special venire to issue to the Marshal to summon 108 Jurors , 12 of 46.
... the following Monday , the 6th of October , the U. S. Cir- cuit Court , in which the prisoners were to be tried , held its ses- sion . The District Attorney moved for a special venire to issue to the Marshal to summon 108 Jurors , 12 of 46.
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... issues to be tried , the management of this cause would be a model which the profession would be safe in imitating . After proving the appointment of Mr. E. D. Ingraham as Commissioner of the United States , Mr. Ingraham was called and ...
... issues to be tried , the management of this cause would be a model which the profession would be safe in imitating . After proving the appointment of Mr. E. D. Ingraham as Commissioner of the United States , Mr. Ingraham was called and ...
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... issue of the trial , —i . e . if his testimony should procure an acquittal of Hanway , would this not enure to the acquittal of Lewis on the joint indictments against them , as Hanway could not be tried a second time ? The objection was ...
... issue of the trial , —i . e . if his testimony should procure an acquittal of Hanway , would this not enure to the acquittal of Lewis on the joint indictments against them , as Hanway could not be tried a second time ? The objection was ...
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... issue would never have been presented to this jury . He suggested that the whole proceeding had taken this course at the instigation of the authorities of a neighboring State . The people of Pennsylvania did not deserve such treatment ...
... issue would never have been presented to this jury . He suggested that the whole proceeding had taken this course at the instigation of the authorities of a neighboring State . The people of Pennsylvania did not deserve such treatment ...
Términos y frases comunes
11th of September Aaron Burr Act of Congress answer arrest Ashmead asked attempt authority bars bill blood Brent called Carolina Castner Hanway charge Circuit Court citizens claimant colored Commissioner committed Compromise Constitution counsel crime debate declared defendant Dickinson Gorsuch District Attorney District of Pennsylvania duty Eastern District Edward Gorsuch Elijah Lewis entitled escape evidence facts fugitive from labor Fugitive Slave Law Grand Jury guilty Hanway's Henry H high treason indictment Ingra intent John John Cadwalader Joshua Gorsuch Judge KANE jurors Kline Lancaster county legislation levying Marshal Maryland ment Missouri morning Moyamensing murder National negroes neighborhood never object offence officer Parker's house party passed peace Pearce Philadelphia Philadelphia County prevent the execution prisoner prosecution provision question Reigart remarks render resist riot service or labor short lane slavery South South Carolina statute territory testified testimony tion transaction Union United verdict warrants witnesses
Pasajes populares
Página 68 - That the provisions of an act entitled "an act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Página 77 - Tenitory, that the person so seized or arrested, doth, under the laws of the State or Territory from which he or she fled, owe service or labor to the person claiming him or her, it shall be the duty of such Judge or Magistrate to give a certificate thereof to such claimant, his agent or attorney? which shall be sufficient warrant for removing the said fugitive from labor to the State or Territory from which he or she fled.
Página 51 - It is a technical term. It is used in a very old statute of that country whose language is our language, and whose laws form the substratum of our laws. It is scarcely conceivable that the term was not employed by the framers of our constitution in the sense which had been affixed to it by those from whom we borrowed it.
Página 78 - Maryland, a special act was passed, entitled an act " to give effect to the provisions of the constitution of the United States, relative to fugitives from labor, for the protection of free people of color, and to prevent kidnapping.
Página 6 - The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race," incorporated by Act of Assembly passed the 8th day of December, AD 1789, of which Dr.
Página 9 - It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second.
Página 77 - ... as aforesaid, shall, for either of the said offences, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars. Which penalty may be recovered by and for the benefit of such claimant, by action of debt, in any court proper to try the same ; saving moreover to the person claiming such labour or service, his right of action for or on account of the said injuries or either of them.
Página 77 - ... rescue such fugitive from such claimant, his agent or attorney, when so arrested pursuant to the authority herein given or declared, or shall harbor or conceal euch person after notice that he or she was a fugitive from labor as aforesaid, shall, for either of the said offences, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars.
Página 51 - Since the adoption of the constitution but few cases of indictment for treason have occurred, and most of them not many years afterwards. Many of the English cases, then considered good law and quoted by the best text writers as authorities, have since been discredited, if not overruled, in that country. The better opinion there at present seems to be, that the term