Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-04-04

comfortable 10 the directions OF theiudge,
sent un the oe'-- morning. the i'd hie of
papers to thc grand jury then assembled
IN their vOomI
z. To the seventh intcrrogatory this
deponent saith, that the said grand Jury
did, after examining the said file OF pa
pers, return into the said court, then con-
vened, and in answer 10 he usual ques,i
ons pu' by the clerk, said through their
foreman that they had not agreed on any
bills, nor had they any presen,ments 10
make.
8. To The eighth interroga;ory this de-
ponsnt saith, hat soon alte" the said court
had convened on the morning of the Sc
cond day of The saij term, this deponent
at the request Of the gcand jury, attended
in heir room--w-hen the forenoon of the
'urv directing tie At ention of this depo-
nant 10 Certain perSgraph, IN pubiisa
OH contained in one Of the said papers
datrd Tie 2l7' II jur5, 1900, aud rcpal-
lished from re Aurora" "a true copy
| whereof Is contained in schedule \, an
nexed TO these answers, and TO which the
tepnnent reefs, reilecting IN vel strong
and pointed lAnsuagc On former conduGt
! 'i ,udge Ch.s----nbserved here is diff
fete"ce of opinion among the members Of
,hi5 body, with res I'D 10 lbs nature of
that paragraph, 'h-thrT 'io-lous or not,
and although It ,ece libel, whether i
would be proper E.. he grand Jury TO pc
/ sent it As such TO The circuit court-ro
Which ths drponeni snswcreI--tha, ne
had adverted to the parsGra?t tie precc-
/ ding day, a"d Eur,her observed, il would
I not be necessary tor MN ~ give AN ol,in-
ion TO the jury, whether it were libcl!Ous
or not, for that in whatsoever light it
might be considered the said court could
take no coguzanCe of The matter Of ii, az
+ 1t was not within the provisions OF the Sc
ditCn law, that law not embracing case.
o. iibelous publications against the Judges
o. the courts of he United States, and so
not beng ccenizable as an oHoncc bythosc
courts hy Virue oil any aSt OF Congress
the said circuit court could not take coz
nizsnCe of il, as an offence at common
law; judge Chase hi.H-oif bavinS decided
In the circuit court, ior the district Of Penn.
sylVane, that the courts OF the United
States could not take cognizancr Of oFT-n
nited States Of America against Worrei,
81 DaIias's Reports, 3G4, with which the
grand jury declarins themselves .a,iehed,
this deponent left them and returned into
court, and ihs ss,d Ella Of papers being
soon af.eI sent and laid on the table with.
~ the bar Of the court; Judge Chase oh
serving II, asked this deEonent what had
been done, and whether he or the grand
jury had discovered any scdi,icus publica-
tons To which the dcDoncut answered,
none Of th2t chIrset=r which the said court
could taAc cOfn'zsdce q, unless the said
paragraph, which this deponent then sub
mi'ted 10 the inspection Of Judge Chase,
were of that a:ure and after lie had read
it, this deponcnt repeated To the said court
the same observations herein before sat
ed 10 have been made by him to the grand
Jury Oh the subjecH, with which the said
court acquiescing, the business Was pass
I'd over with much apparent good humor
on the part of Judge Chase; and The
grand jury, soon after returning TO the
bar, were discharged by the court, with
out finding any bills or making any pre-
sentiments.
~ 'HN ''ihAi lllNNllOAAAOAl llliS dte
Ponent saith, it containing only matter of
reference to the eighth interrogatory, is
already answered by the answer to that in
/ terroeatoty.
! 10. TO the tenth interrogstory this de-
ponent saith, that he doth not remember
to have heard judge Chase Cat any timc)
make use of any expressions of the nature
alluded to in this interEoga,ory.
G.. READ.
| The preceding answers 20 the in,erro-
gatories annexed, were duly taken. sworn
to, and subscribed by George Read the
: deponent, or the thirty first day of Janua-
~, in The year of our Lsrd one thousand
eight hundred and four, before
ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER.
(7s be co7lfiHued.l
$50 Co.
REP % RI
OF the Comm ittee orr,O;tt.J 10 r,ror0or.