Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-18
From the RIl'HJfOND. EN9ULRER.
TRIAL
OF
COL. AARON BURR

s COL. AARON BURR
(Contauuea35y Adjournment and held at The ca
!. flitol III The Hall Of The Aouse Of Delegates,)
for High Treason against the Y. States. ]
!. MONDAY. AucUs9. 10,
Present JoHk MARSHALL, chief Justice of
the United States.
5. Peyton Randolph declared, that il
had never been his wish or iptention to
shrink from the discharge Of public ca.
s,y; bu. that he had neutrality-suspicious. TO
serving on this occasion; one Of which
only he should state He had been enroll.
ed and WAS qualified as a lawyer IN This
court !; and he would submit it to the court
whether this did no, exempt, ray even dis.
qualify him.from serving.
Chief 1astice admitted Mr.. RS Prisi;
lsge, unless ,here was an express interpo.
sition on the par.,of the prisoner 10 retain
some of the venire: for this wou!d call a
conflicting privilege in operation.
Mr. Burr said that he should be pas,
/ StsC. CCS uSSUC. -th .--S,.s.
4. T0ha. Bowe did do, recollec. TO have
said ,ha, the sprisoner was guilty ct 'rea
500; bu, of something hostile 70 the peace
and happiness Of the u. S. Upon being
interroga,sd he observed that he was a de-
Iegate from the county OF, Hanover that
!here had been competitions at rhe las;
election; thar he. bad had occasion to
speak at that time, of the views of the
prisoner, bul had always done it cautious
ly; had never asserted tina, he oughtto be
hung, but that he was guilty Of something
unfnendly TO the peace Of the u s..
Mr.. Wickham. You have said that the
prisoner was gully? a. Yes.
Chief Justice did you ever make up an
opinion about his leyying troops and max,
Ing war again the U, S. A. Yes: bar |
have never expressed il.
Mr.. Barr Take the whole togs:hsr
aud il amounts: &c an opinion of treason
MIR. Bowe has SAID that col. 8. Was gully;
!. aud OF what? efthat which 10 Mr.. buwr's
MAD amounts to the definition oftteasen.
Set aside.
S. John Potrrts had ;houshsand deelar
FED that the prisoner was guilty Of sreason
thought he had 20 doub, ,ha. his opinion
might be changed by the prodncsionDf q.
iher testimony. Set asiae.s.
S. Joshua Chabfn excused from indispo
sition-
% sGeyras Storrs stated that thegssa,s oil
his mind was like that Of the gentleman
who ha6 gone before him; he was IN the
habit Of reading newspapers, and could
not bur examine their statements relative
TO these transactions. If he could believe
general rEatcn's asser.icnihat the prisoner
had threatened TO turn congress Out Of
doors and assassinate the president, he had
said and would stiii say So, that col. Burr
was guilty of treason. If general VII
kinson's letter was true, be had surely beer
guilty of something 10 the west that WAS
hostile to the Uuited States. He duo NO
know whether in the mul,ifaricus COP.
versatious he had had on this subject, be
had always expressed his oriaien of hi.
guilt with that reservation. MIR. S. COO.
fessed that it might BE prejudice agains,
the prisoner and that he might be Judging
too highly of his own mind, to eoter,ain
the belief tina, he could diycss himself Of
all his Impressions. Sc. aside
8. 4Niles aSsldensdec!ared, ,hatis was i'm.
possible not to have entered inse the fre-
! Guent conversations which have occurred
| on this topic; and to have declared some
opinion; that he had always said thai col.
B. was gully OF something, and tha,if he
lwas guilty Of treason against such a go.
/, vernmens he would deserve TO BE hung
! that he could not assert Ihas lie had always