Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-02-04

COMMITTED there was every reason IL !,
from the contents Of the dsp..i,,oss al;t
I doubt could be entertained ia, ,ss n
been bsllum leva,um, if not b.I"s aa
5cussum. All tina: was further n.. PSI
to show that there was probable s''''y
thar the accused were involved II 49,. AYE
son, was to show that they were the W. :,
fedcrates of Aaron Burr. Of tbjs 'sa
dispositions Of general Wilkinson f'...s
abundant proof-they had presented ~
tiers from Burr to Wilkiaacn ds,el,,s
his views, with which they appeared ,n.s
we'll acquainsed-,hey had & ne fo,,s
and stated additional facts aud urssa y
dj.iopal arguments to ssduce Wakjns,s.
from his duty.
They con!ended tina, the diG.ren,p,.;
tories of the United States were ia l..
to be considered as one family, tie oGss.,,
of which were bouad to respect aud ,a..
notice Of the scts of each other wi.hsu
ny of those authen;isa.ioas repaired !
one state to the Official acts Of aao,h.,
They all derived their authority si,br
msdla.s!y or Immediately from tas san.
sou; &C. 70 remove however all ebisc.j,,
20 the want OF Authorization to the d..
positions Of general Wilkinson, they pro
duced certificate fraE the Department.
state, proving that the justices Of III. pes,
before whom the DISPOSITIONS had bssc
taken were legally commissioned. Win
regard to the principal OF law assunsd
that none other than the magistrate who
examined the accused was competent 10
his arrest, it was pronounced altogether
unt~ rabie,
The court then gave their opinion.
Chef Judge Cranch sa;a it was .heo,
pinlon Of a majority of the court that L
rick Bolln2n aud Samuel Swartou shoaA
s,aod committed of the crime with which
they were charged: and it was also III;
opinion of majority oflhe court, tia,
they ough, no. a; present TO be adsnNsed
to bail. he assigned at some length IN.
reasons which had induced him 10 dis.
sen, from the opinion of his brethren,
Justices FilzAugh aud Dackett also de.
-livered their opinions at length ia favor q;
the cora sniimsn. Of the prisoners tor nss
SOC, aud against sdcsiising the n to al.
M. Le= moved for a special counIa
Try the accused, aud urged their deaNsa
have speedy trial.
Some conversation easusd between The
cours and the counsel, as well OF shs tims
Of trial as on me competency of he creu'!
court OF thu distric, Of Columbia to as'
caenisanec Of the crime charged to The
accused no decided opinions we're es'
pressed .hough the prevailing sen'inisA
was Ina. this court had jurisdiction OF 'h'
case.
Tie court observed that they were o.
blIged in April TO held cour' az alezan'
dTia, and that as spscia! court had ostn
ordered in the county OF Washington on OF,
the 4la Monday Of March. they "o~'
then take order 10 the case.
Mr- Lee, expressed wish as wei! az
the instance of the marshal IS OF the &C.
cusrd, that the court woula give dl'ee'l'
ons whether they were 10 have she Pii''
ledge OF peu. lux asd psper. ne eoO''
declined giving any positive d'fee''oa Oh
the point. They expressed an opinion ''a'
they saw no objection 70 the Indulgence
ba, rested it on the discretion OF the ns''
saai, OF whose ha mani,y aad ts!,nsn! Ps''
farma1es Of daly taere soald DC ~
doubt.
LETTER
From the secretary Of war, tEapsn'!'OS
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