Porcupine's Works: Containing Various Writings and Selections, Exhibiting a Faithful Picture of the United States of America ; of Their Governments, Laws, Politics, and Resources ; of the Characters of Their Presidents, Governors, Legislators, Magistrates, and Military Men ; and of the Customs, Manners, Morals, Religion, Virtues and Vices of the People : Comprising Also a Complete Series of Historical Documents and Remarks, from the End of the War, in 1783, to the Election of the President, in March, 1801, Volume 12Cobbett and Morgan, 1801 - United States |
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... Judge Chase here observed to the defendant , that he was greatly mistaken in considering the Presi- dent of the United States as his prosecutor ; it was no such thing . You are charged , said the Judge , with having violated a law of ...
... Judge Chase here observed to the defendant , that he was greatly mistaken in considering the Presi- dent of the United States as his prosecutor ; it was no such thing . You are charged , said the Judge , with having violated a law of ...
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... judge , " with permitting you to file an ad- ditional affidavit ; this indulgence we grant because you have no ... Judge's Charge to the Jury . Gentlemen of the Jury , When men are found rash enough to commit an offence such as the ...
... judge , " with permitting you to file an ad- ditional affidavit ; this indulgence we grant because you have no ... Judge's Charge to the Jury . Gentlemen of the Jury , When men are found rash enough to commit an offence such as the ...
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... Judge read the act of Congress upon which the defendant was indicted , and proceeded to ob- serve , that the intent to defame , to bring into contempt and disrepute and to excite the hatred of the people , were important words in the ...
... Judge read the act of Congress upon which the defendant was indicted , and proceeded to ob- serve , that the intent to defame , to bring into contempt and disrepute and to excite the hatred of the people , were important words in the ...
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... Judge observed , that the jury ought to take the publication and the intent together , and consider the whole when taken together . The tra- verser states , that he does not arraign the motives of the President , but he has boldly ...
... Judge observed , that the jury ought to take the publication and the intent together , and consider the whole when taken together . The tra- verser states , that he does not arraign the motives of the President , but he has boldly ...
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... Judge then divided the libel and made ob- servations on its several parts , and first he consi- dered that part which relates to the President in the following words : " Even those who doubted his CAPACITY , thought well of his ...
... Judge then divided the libel and made ob- servations on its several parts , and first he consi- dered that part which relates to the President in the following words : " Even those who doubted his CAPACITY , thought well of his ...
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