Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-03-15

Richard re'c's' PFsl'a q il HE ''i1t, %a:c, toni
| place in 500. H
Sd. Torelate all ti,c e,cp,nasress w5c,
1 terd ID thrir trials would b.. very I'm, a.
tive. will fate thole which 4 pr n. 49,
material, holding nryfsl' ready to give any =
thcii information IN my powc1 when e. rean,si
At the hrtt trial o! John Fines | had an,l, ~
for and obtained the siiitance Of Samuel s.
greayes, efqnire IN condutting lie pro(ccctio,
William Lewis, AI-xmaer James Dallas ~.
William Ewing, eiq iircs, and ;nook the priea
er's defence.
The couafel for the proecul:on selir, on i,
principles Of law lad !owl ny be circuit COM,
in the case Of tic Ualted St,gts a3arnlt Micb;,I
"a Daas's Reports, 548l relative to II, camcos
,ieai1n.
The prisoners couifrl difruted that dotbio.
--contended ;bM the tFmce if Fries hid beea
guilty Of any iei!!ho:t Of 'rrafon, aud announced
10 no more than n.if : amor. They eE.4
much 90 theatt p2fI on The f,urteeoh luIy
ono thouE.rd (cgca hnnd.r ami ninetyeiyhr
entitled, g an at in addition 20 the al mljtuI.d
an act fer the panjihms Z OF CERTAIN Crimes a.
gain9 The United States .
twenty one witreies were examined on II,
part of TIC United states, thee on nc part og
the pFiloner. thought lncir rsRImoay was no.
ule.ui TO him.
On the njn,h day Of the trisi the ghafg,c Of III.
const was gwen y tbe fa1y. B1ih the Judge.
atdoaed thgm 5o,h he'd, that 70 aGsn6e IN
numbers ard enleavou, ~ icrce or Intimidation
70 prevent the cxccutico ola law Of liz United
States, fnch sAenibli6g and attempts teug igt
general pufpo(es, and.not Of a private, Yerlcaal
or peculiar nature, was alevyirg war agaiuG the
United States, ana amounted 10 t!eolon; and
that the act OF corglefs before mentioned could
not, if it was intended 70, control the ccnltiw.
tonal deicription of treaion, bat tha, it was not
intended TO and did NOT apply to The cafe.
The jury at ten O'Clock in the afternoon d
the fame Gay brought in verdict OF gaiity.
A rev tial was moved for on the ground of
one Of the jury having fubfcquently to his be.
ing fummoned, and prevou!ly to The trial, ex.
prsdrd his opinion on the merits Of The cafe and
alto on fuqpofed incorreanefs il returning
greater number of Jurors than the ycnife called
for.
This part Of the cafe is correctly fated in TIL:
81 vel. of Mr.. DtIlas's reports, page sig
which IS only inaceH:ate in Eating that The
t.ial lated Gttetnda avs.
A new trial was ordered, and the pitoner re,
mandeG
The prevalence Of indignant fever il Phil,
-deIphia rendeDed it neccfary to removc the Pri-
foners, and to ho'd the O-}ober fcti OF The cir
cuit court ellawfcfe,
in execution OF the powers vested in the judge
f the district cou't, by the act OF the twsnV
18th Of February, ORE thousand seven hundred
and ninety nine, Judge Peers therefore ISSUED an
order TO William Nichols, then supposed 10 DC
the marshal cf the pennsylyana DISTRICT, 70 re-
Move thc p,isiners, and adDuu The ceun to Nof
ristown, country Town ab3u: seventeen m!its
from Philadelphia,
This measure took place, and the court IVES
opened there on tie eleventh Of October, one chou
sand seven bundred AMI ninc,y nine.
Bat after the court had SAT cone days; ard BE-
fore the trial of John Fries could he brought OBJ
it was discovered that the commission OF WI
i'm Nichols as marshal, had expired a6cA'
four months before, and had not been renew
ed.
TIE session OF the couit was O. course alta
end, as an adjournment to another than the staNa
place Of meeting coald only be raade BY ne mar
shal under orders from the ei5trict judge, a''
no marshal then existed.
An aa for rcviving ana continuing suits and
proceedings in the circuit court for the district OF
Pennsylvania, having been passed on the twenty
fourth of December, che thousand seven "u'
dred and ninety nine, the court met at r''''
lelphia on the eleventh OF April, eighteen ha.'
dred.
New indictments were sent to the grand jury
against all tie prisoners.
!, is not within u,y recollection Whether MsS"i
evils and Dallas were again assigned as co0n"'