| William Harrison Safford - Blennerhassett, Harman, 1764?-1831 - 1850 - 246 pages
...done honour to an eastern prince. On the first of September, the jury returned a verdict; — "that Aaron Burr is not proved to be guilty, under the indictment, by any evidence submitted to us; we, therefore, find him not guilty" Burr objected to the verdict, as being incorrect in point of form,... | |
| James Parton - New York (State) - 1858 - 728 pages
...returned with the following irregular verdict, which was read by the foreman : " We, of the jury, say that Aaron Burr is not proved to be guilty under the indictment by any evidence submitted to us. We, therefore, find him not guilty." Colonel Burr rose and, in a manner more like vehemence than he... | |
| James Parton - New York (State) - 1860 - 744 pages
...returned with the following irregular verdict, which was read by the foreman: " We, of the jury, say that Aaron Burr is not proved to be guilty under the indictment by any evidence submitted to n». We, therefore, find him not guilty." Colonel Burr rose anil, in a manner more like vehemence than... | |
| William Harrison Safford - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1861 - 720 pages
...done honor to an eastern prince. On the first of September, the jury returned a verdict — " that Aaron Burr is not proved to be guilty, under the indictment, by any evidence submitted to us ; we, therefore, find him not guilty." Burr objected to the verdict, as being incorrect in point of... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1873 - 828 pages
...for trial upon an indictment for high treason. The trial began March 27, and lasted until Sept. 7. No overt act of treason could be proved, and the jury...designs, which had now taken the form of an attempt upon Mexico. He was disappointed, and after living abroad for some years, a part of the time in great... | |
| 1873 - 812 pages
...for trial upon an indictment for high treason. The trial began March 27, and lasted until Sept. 7. No overt act of treason could be proved, and the jury...designs, which had now taken the form of an attempt upon Mexico. He was disappointed, and after living abroad for some y ears, "a part of the time in great... | |
| R. M. DEVENS - 1876 - 1014 pages
...talent and power displayed on both sides were indeed prodigious, the jury returned a verdict, "that Aaron Burr is not proved to be guilty, under the indictment, by any evidence submitted to us ; we, therefore, find him not guilty." The prosecution failed and broke down in its legal proofs, and... | |
| Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - Anthologies - 1877 - 732 pages
...commenced on March 27th, and did not terminate until September 7th, when the jury brought in the following verdict, " Aaron Burr is not proved to be guilty under the indictment by any evidence submitted to us." On being set at liberty he went to Europe to prosecute his designs, and whilst in Halifax obtained... | |
| Charles Burr Todd - 1878 - 562 pages
...and cowardly ever returned by an American jury. "We of the jury," so the verdict ran. '• saythat Aaron Burr is not proved to be guilty under the indictment by any evidence submitted to us. We therefore find him uot guilty." It was the Scotch verdict of not proven, and was designed to fasten... | |
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