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The additional DEPOSITION of Philip NOR
b0fne Nicholas taken before George Wythe
and Toseph Scott, Esquires, uader au- :
M0rify oftbe House 81 Representatives. q
the u. States.
The said Nicholas being asked by the
said commissioners what was the general
Department and manner of Judge Chase
during the trial of James Thompson Cali
-ander, answers
That the general department and manner
of Mr.. Chase during the said trial, appear
edto the said Nicholas to be marked with.
great violence and precipitation and that
fudge Chase manifested sollcltude for the
conviction of the prisoner, which, IN the
estimation of said Nicholas, was improper
in Judge sitting in criminal prosecution
The said Nicholas further states, that the
department Of judge Chase to the counsel,
who appeared for Calender, was rude and
overbearing, and calculated to prevent that
full and eesdefence, without which il was
impossiblnsor them to do justice to their
client.
PEILIP NoRBoRNE NICHOLAS
Richmond, February 9TH, 1904.
The additional deposition q George Hay,
1eho being asked, 7vtat zOere the manners
and department. Of Sam,srl Chase, during
the trial Of flames Thompson Calender,
aeboseth and saith,
That itappeared to him at the time of the
trial, and he yet believes that the manners
of Mr.. Chase were Intentionally rude and
insolent. The deponent thought and still
thinks, that Mr.. Chase was determined
chat Calender should, if possible, be con-
victed, and that to accomplish this purpose
he endeavored to intimate, to depress, and
to silence his counsel. He interrupted
them frequently, with wanton rudeness.--
He ordered one, if not more Of them to set
down. He charged them with advancing
doctrines which they knew to be illegal, and
which they advanced, he said, only to de-
ceive' and haislead the populace. The pa
tience ofthe depcnent was at length ex-
hausted, and he Quilted the court and the
cause, under a belief that farther exertions
in the defence, would only tend to cover
himself with still greater shame, and to
subject them to still greater humiliation.
The deponent believes that there did not
escape from him duringsthe trial, wore.
or gesture, that could have given offence to
the Judge. The conduct of his associates
was, he believes, equally guarded: he does
not therefore ascribe the insolence of Mr..
Chase to irritation, oceasioned by the con-
duct Of the bar.
The 'deponent is under no apprehension
that his Judgment has been much misled,
by the circumstances attending his own ST.
tuation. He knows, and can now name
men, whosepol1tics then differed from his
own, who expressed their adherence Of
Mr.. Chase's conduct in terms as strong as
language affords. In fact the public mind
was very mach excited, and apprehensions
were entertained by many, that some seri-
! Gus disturbance might take place. Mr..
Munroe, then governor.of Virginia, was so
completely convinced of the danger, that he
not only earnestly recommended modera-
ton and forbearance to those who were
daily crowding about him, butkept his eye
constantly on the capitol, that he might be
ready to command the peace, at the first
appearance of commotion. To him Mr..
Chase is probably indebted for the safety
of his person during his residence in Rich
mond.
The soiieitutle of Mr. Munroe TO pre-
serve order, arose from causes totally I'M
connected with Mr. Chase. The charac-
ter of the state he observed, hadneverbeen