Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-15

The district attorney opposed the applica
tion tor delay, declaring lhasth plea was
q frivolous one, filed merely for delay, and
that the court would give 40 indulg=ncs 10
The party fiingit.
In reply, Mr.. Golden, one of the de.
fsndani's counsel, declared, tha. however
frivcloas the district attorney nigh, consi.
der ane plea, ths counsel for the defendants
had tutl confidence IN 1t; that the arguing
! OF il would present to the. court question
Of equal importance perhaps with any rhat
had ever been discussed init; whether a
grand jury was an arbitrary, despouc .ribu-
nal, superior 10 all law, or were bound 10
their deliberations by those rules Of evi-
denee, upon which tho liberty and security
| every man depended !thaths entertained
a hope, whenever the question should be
argued, OF being able toconpince the ccurs,
to convince evea this covrs, THAI the plsa " as
good. The Judge called upon Mr.. Golden
TO explain what hs meant by the words
g even this court" which he had laid 30
much cmphases on, saying, that tks only
contradiction the Cour. could put upon them
was, tina, this court had acted in This busi-
ness partially aad improperly, and tina. IL
W11td therefore be mare difficult to con-
vince it than il would be to convince any
o,hsr court. Mr. c. said that what nc had
said, he had said, and that If the court put
improper constructions on it, he could not
help it. The judge said that if he did NOT
make some further explanation, or apollo
gize for The Expressions he had used, the
csur, must consider him IN contempt aud
aetaccordlngiy. Alr.C. declared he.could
faakeno apology, Whereupon the colit Or
dered him TO BE- cosa mitred for contempt.
~ While the clcik was writing the order, Nf.'
Coldso, a!eer consulting with his f'ie0ds, roit
snc declared 90 the couft, that by the WJr"s g.
Gen ibis eex,t," he meant to imply, tina, as The
Judge who now Ptetded was the fame before
whom the original examination had been taken,
he might be fuppoled to att under the influence OF
former impfcGods, and that II would therefore be
more diHcuit TO convince him than Judge who
had heard nothing On the inbjetti and that ne
intend ea no cortc NOT OF the 'coett. With this the
Judge declared himicif fati.hed, and sonuried the
order for, bis commitment. Alter iome other
ebierpa,ions on the fubyeet Of pcttpone mchf,
the Judge granted n until asiennoon ard no
,onger The demurrer was argued i'll the after,
loon with grea, ability. The Judge wiilgise
his opinion this day.
g In the afternoon the grand jury came in,
and handed a paper to the CONT. The judge ak.
ed lhea ii they had gone through their bat'neis,
ard being anfwercd in the affirmative, thanked
diem for their faithful attendance and ahnsitsd
them, On opening the paper, To-! twas pre-
lenttnent sgalnit the judge, charging his conduct
in taking the examinations in March, with be-
ing arbitrary and subyerive Of the hrf principles
oilaw and liberty ! It is said, that the judge hav-
log read the paper, did not hand it 10 the cletks
pus kept it in his own pofeiaop, so that its con-
tents are only known from what has come out
from soRc OF the grand Jury"