The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-06
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! opnioagven was not itr1;v recsl ard CORE 81.
Neither H.. l.e"iG ror Nj. Dallas have ever
la;tsmPtei to hazard their Characters by fu., I.
;e';uS the contrary, nor nave the honorable
| managers taken that ground: CT DO not con-
req ITS propr'ety. Should theY in :heir r"piy.
l hiaI checruy ref tIat queaion ago.. ticd
wei known legal abilities of Jndgr lceds!'. Rl-l
terion, my honorable c!ient, the Allocate iudg-
es, who concuued with them, AID the legal
knowledge Of this hon. cou,t.
| But IT bya prcJ idicated opnon. is r1c7as,
that the judge, from his great lea! krowlt-ds
aud familiar acquaintance withthe Law. AS ,rss-
tive to the doctrine of treaion, particularly lew
mig war asa'ntt the United States, had formed
clear decided opinion that the ia6ts nated ~
the indictment aeainG Fries, IS provet,, as .a.,
amounted to t,eaiop, wiz readily ALLOW tina,
| nave no douot my hon. cieat hai taas pre;u-
Dictated The law, not only before Fries va. Sfo't
TO erlai, but before he had committed t,. trsa
ton for which he WAS tried. Pr. II this rlaraer
OF eE'eiudieaine law is thought i,nproocr,, nav
Grimm a ~ aJndge, prcJucicl.ion, whic., !,
nothing more tnan aH ot,'ineIs S; corrcel know
ledge ofthe law, why pray are cs-tle.,sn CT
great talents, and high legal attainmerts. fought
tor n your appointments of Judges how: ijg,
are they to 'rcr themfeives from tins chnoxous
prsjudicatiCn o. The law, and acquire the CON
tended htnGis Tor the trial of csu!e, but Nv
forgetting al! ,ha; legal knoysie,.-c, which i,att
been principal inGucsmsnt to their aopoia,t-
ment II underltani the gentlemen, 20 er,
my thrlr ideas, We Ought 10 nave ,udges, who,
when they take their feats On the bench % ,ra
i,ie al the trial al a criminal, iilauh uat har.
one Jingle legal dearela,ve to the offence about
to De tired, bnt ihould haze their minds rxa,9l,,
IN that rate, ~ which fone Ingenious r1ctaDfr.
6c:a1S tells ng, the human ionI is when erf n.
nlted to the body, Ike pure uu:;ll,icI A,ee.
or white paper, ready to receive ahyimpreGicra
which may DC made upon it! .ts
Well, be 1t 10, aud Let us confider tine trial OF
Fries as II It lad been coHtlu6tSc, en- that
TINS white iheet OF PAGER, were 20 e Giil, ana
iuiter the councl TO icrawl thereon whatever
charaGters they pieafed-to b!at and tlur ii.
unt' they were perfectly f.t;sisd As;er ms
ceremony, thejudgeS, examining the innrel6
ons thus made upen the anteces,eut clean 'ihe,.i
were from &, and thelc only, TO form ,h-i,
opinion OF thel4w. Ard this .opinion, havirg
been thus formed froInnofh!Fg but wtaI occui.
red during the tr;al, and after the Jury v.cr,.
worn, would not 6e called 1 preiutiaated oai
Mon, and therefore prefume wonli be p,,..tt-
" fatIstsctory to the hon. panaews 50 }..,,vtr
ihonld have done very well IS il related TO Tie.
trial OF Fries. But next day another criminal i
To he tried for fmilsr oeence; Mei4rs. Lev.;i
and Dallas are not his defenders. Getnan has
ieiettei Mr.. Tilghnan for his council. How.
pray you, are the judges to bequafedto prs-
hdc with Prupriety nthS nal? Yefterday they
gave tosinn determination n Ffies's CAFE 3pr, "
the fame quefion OF law which now muR Come
forward in the cafe OF Getmah. MIR TiIphuiau
was not then heard. The op,rion, then Owen in,
as TO Mr.. IIjgbmaU and Ills diem, as much \
preJudicated opinion. All opinion as con,9mina.
ting to the hand Of lawyer to receive, and IS
hiGhiy Criminal Tor court to give, rs was, tx.
opinion given by my hon. client. What cEa BE-
done The minds Of the judges arc no !a,.-ey,
a pure n4/nllird Aset IF p0ter. YeGer,lay il
the trial OF Fries, they had been f.r,Wied
upon and iullicd by MeGrs. Lewis aud
Dallas the impreliioUs Till remain. /, lir. can
think ofno remedy in this difficulty, ex,cot
that the Judges ihoud he fnpplied with fes-
ionaole quantity of MAa rubber or fane
thing which nall anfHer in its place, with
which they might wipe OF ani er7fe every i'm.
preiilon which had been made the dav before
by Lewis and Dallas, during the triaI of
Fries. And thus once more take their f.a,a ~,
the bench for the trial of Getman, with min.!;
again like clean !heeta of white pape,, ready to
be again tcrawied over, again to be biotteo and
blurred, at the pleafure of Mr.. Tilghran, anil
from thete tcrawls, blo!s and blurrs, and fro,,
thsie aio"s, TO take Their imprefions as TO li,.
law, and form their decihon as to Geipao',
cafe, without regarding, or even re,,esa5sr:,r
the deciiion they had given the day hef.rr
And this manner oproceed in every calc,hat
might come before them fucce1.Ytiy in tlieir III
dicai capacity
re be eoniingsd.J