Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-03-21
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Acc9m9asyi,l8 tie Report # The Committee
appointed to enquire into the e:6fcial con-
duct IF SAMUEL CHASE aaa R1cHAAD
PETERS.
Continued
George Read, attorney ofhe Uaitea States
ofamerica, IN and for the Delrzcare dis
friict, resi;dAingin TIE t0agn ef Ne7c lastle
in The said distriet, aged 81 years and up
zuards, being prod:eed, ss'ara, qaa exc
mined on The amazed iisferYagatorles ea'-
hi5iteI an the bayt ofthe NoaJe Of Repre-
sentatives o fths said UnftsE States, IN the
matter depending Jsf0re tie coanmittee e.f
The House IF Representatives,, instituted
ia enquire fstothe o6icial conduit ct -Sa-
nauel Chase, and Riehayd Peters Esqulres
or either Of ttsm, Pursuant to a commits
sian issuing forth IN that behaJ6 directed
to Nehemiah 7lilton, and archibald 1lex-
ander, Of the county Of Nssv Caste, Gen
tlsasen or either Of them, bstore the said
A,-chibaM Aleaander, enc q the said cam
miss;o1ssrs, dsposeth as t0llo1OeM.
4. To the first interrogatory this depo-
nent saith, that he was present in the cha-
racter of district attorney of the United
States of America, in and for the Delaware
district, alta circuit court of the said Uni
ted States, holden at New Castle, on the
9th and 28th dayssot June, one thousand
eight hundred, in and for the said district,
by, and before Samuel Chase one of the
Judges Of the supreme court of the said u
nited States, and Cunning Bedford, district
Judge of The United States, aforesaid for
the said district.
2. TO the second interrogatory this de-
Ponent saith, that he was present In court,
on the first day of the said court, mentioned
in this Opponents answer to the first inter-
rogatory, when the grand jury, then and
there attending, after having received a
charge from the said Samuel Chase as pre-
siding Judge, retired to their room, and al
SO when they returned to the bar ofthe said
court.
8. To the third interrogatory this depo-
nent saith, that the grand jury through their
foreman, upon being asked by the clerk the
question stated in the third interogatory,
did answer, that they had found no bills of
indictment nor had any presentments to
make.
4. To the fourth interrogatory this de-
ponent saith, that the said Samuel Chase,
did, on receiving the anwer from the grand
iury, mentioned in this deponents answer
to the 8. third interrogatory, observe to
that body IL bis hearing: 6 That he had
been informed or heard highly seditious
temper or dispositionhad manifested in the
sta. Of Delaware, among . certain class
ofpeople, particularly in New Castle conn
ty, and more especially in the town Of Will
mington, where lived most selitious
printer, unrestrained by any principle, of
virtue and regardless Of social order L hat
the name Of the printer was"-(Here the
learned Judge paused for a moment, and
Observed Perhaps it might be assum-
ing too much to mention the name of this
person, but it becomes your special duty,
and you must enquire diligently into this
matter" That although this deponent
will not undertake to say that every word,
as here set forth, is precisely whas5the ho-
norable judge expressed; yet he is per-
fectly convinced that the language is, for
the most part, what was used by the said
Judge, and the ideas conveyedby him at the
time, precisely what the context imports
s. To the fifth interrogatory this depo-
nent saith. that several members of the
grand Jury onthe behalf OF themselves anti
their brethren, did, as soon as the said
Judge had closed the observations detailed
III theanswer to the fourth interrogatorys