Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-02-16

was offered ss < Witst &c. ftcan h-stllv be
necessary to fs"ind ,h's honorable court,
that when al indictment for a'l:5el CON-
taius several distmc, charges, foO' led Oh
distinct sets ct wc-'is, .ac party accused,
wao in such cases is caEsd re tfavers.
En-" must Be eoavlctei, -;it'ses, he makss
a sufficient defence against every charge
HIS Innocence on one, does sospro'e h':a
innocen, on the others. II tae se,t'noh
law saop'sl be considered as usce'ssntu-
! ,ipr y. he w',o's indictment Including tins
- eif'ii chArye, must fall tothe grsua'L
whether he wards "a qusst!on were prov
r., - hr trte 81 ads. r. The ta,y should
Be cons: dercj as Aacon>t!tu,ional, thea III
"a, ..str, vs.. ~ he words IN ne twr!fts
cAav%c V>fS ;.r1Tt1 io',- .r.ie Or not, inuss
BIZ c9:lyijtc,l' - ma oth-r ni,c,een charges,
aga,nst r,t;&s 40 jut:ncs was stfercd'
las ccaeic:i5ns on niaesst:a charges woutk
Dat :he trav1i'stt as conristaly IN he pow.
er Of the cD..r,, - whlca i've amount OF
the ise a, } ,i!s term u tx: imprisonment
were TO he Gse4; a, csn.lction upsn ALI
the twrry charges. The im7risonmsn.
cclid not Saccc1 Two wears, nor the fna
ba more than $50, ;H5us:ai do:lars. II
.hcu this esggndea, were DESTROYS Of pre-
curing ,,he eopriction Of n. trayersef,
he was sure q KS Object, wI.aol reject
irs the lcs.iw ony OF J ,hn faylsr. If his
te mper towards lie u&vcrser were 80 vim
,lic,ve, az 20 nAse tfm feel anxious to
ob;.in an epportini;y AND excuse for IN
Acting On hIr lie Win extent of punish
rn~rt p.rni'tle,iky the lAw, sul coavic-
ton on nineteen charges a!iard>4 his op-
poltun,y and excuse, rs tHy as Coz
.ietiau On ,w<bty charges, Cne SANDER
more or Kiss, III :ueA, publication as the
:. Prosp-c: before U.s." could surely b. Of
no moment. Pc a,sais silis OBJ set, there
fore, il was not necessary 10 REJECT the tes-
tin.uy of John Taylcr.
That the court did not feel this yindic-
tive spirit, is clearly evincec BY the mode
ration of the punishment wh,ea actually
wa. inflicted on the travefser, alter ne was
convicted OF the whole twenty charges.
Instead of two thousand dollars, as was
fined only two husdres, and was sen.
fenced to only CHIC 7s2nths lincrisonmeas.
instead If two years. Ard this respou-
der, AYERS, that he never ieis or expresssd~
a wish 20 60 fi:tirer but that ia tals de-
c;sion, as wei! as in every ot.lsr given IN the.
course of the trial, he fully and freely con-
Cured Wits his colleague, Judge Griffin.
As further proof that his rejection OK
thi. testimony did not proceed, tram any
improper motire, bar from a conviction 10
his mind ih.,;e VA. l~glly inadmiss .b'e-
and thar it wa, therefore, MS duly to reject,
It, he bs.gs have to stste, that he intsrte. ed
10 order 20 prevs | on .hs district attorney
to '. hhelraw-i,is b ect;on ~ those Questions
and eonsentto their b+!aJ pot; which that
oiiiccc refused 20 DO, in tie ground " tuas'
he did rot les. h.nseif At iiasrty TO consent
70 suca a departure Frob!sgai Priaeip.ss~:
Hence appears the utter iu.i!ity # a.
charge lr!iich attributes this respond :n-:
a pa pose as. alb ard as twas "icS,t ). ank
without tie s.i s'Jtcsr y!oof, 'npn.ssto hs
With 70 lis colleague IS consi 4 red Ga iree-
frc:a lame. cEutih.s Responder: will noet
a9iHyoi h1ns sifwIGi siIewiug tAat his con-
dnct in ccnauuing Ygh hls colleague IN
the rsiec..on az JOHN ,'ayior's tes'l:noaysp
couiLaot Dave. p~oces!cd rom. ,ihe mo-.
,rs,s a-cri,ed 30 hirl bu, sa Will shcw
ttat this reiection,h aos stric,iv legal an4
p.obcr, ~ he beiieves All i'.s'st, that II ls,
rests Oh legal reasons Of suiiHlent force to
satisfy every mind, ii,.,t a jndgc TsSn; haves
sincerely colsid .rci Il as co sect.
Fhc words sta,cd"as tie .;found os tho
twelfth tha.ss aboee -nrn l,ned, are stated
in .re lnjics,l W as one entire and IHdivi~.
sio.s paragraph, constituting one entire ot''
.v,,cc; ,l,a respondent corsldrred ;hem AZ.
,ne trial, aiJ still consdc>' them as cor
slitu,inS ons entire charge x oas:enure OF"
ieuce; and tt;at thy m;st Do taksa tos;"
tier in order 20 explain and. support eac'.
otter. II is clear ,nas no wo!ds are IN"
dic:able a,.libr'lnas, except sub rs eHFrs"-
l., or 81 plaza implications charss me per-
s.n ap.,os, whom, tlry arc published, VIII
n 10 - IL oy,l ar moral. oO.S