Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-13

limited by express law 10 Offences within
the district, aud il IS obviously true thar the
csusts ;urisdiction cannot be broader in an
ineiplent enquiry, than itsWould be in lis
connection with a jury 90 hnal trial. Dr..
Blackstone, in the volume OF his com
smsn,aries, sos, refers TO the oath Of the
grand jary '.to enqaire into offences com.
snit,ed within the body OF the county, and
denies the right of the grand jury 10 en-.
anire into iac,s cut of the county. In
preparing work for the grand jury the
cour. esanot disregasd the limits OF thsar.
power
Ehe crime 10 be committed In .he district
must be zuholly commrsed there Al the
common law, II the sifoke was given Ia oae
.coualry and the person stricken died IN q,
mother, the murderer could no. be proseeu,.
ed Ia either. 10 remedy this detset and
20 provide Tor o,hsrs s,,nllar 70 Il, many
provisions have been made b. The Eaglish
parliamens,4 Black. 3o3-4.5. bur the In.
el;sh patl,amsns never did alters the common
law as itrespecsed he crime of lesylng an
actual Il easonable war, Kei5ng Is. The
cons,ileilon and act Of congress have both
adon,ed he rals of lucat 90, v. fuckers
Bsackstoae 4 vel. Appendix B. 49.5o.51.
Grating tkea, characterization may make that
rgar whish would cot otherwise be SO, s,,ls
as fsrnea iasenssoa,is GO proof OF lis OVID
coY,iraante sr rxetuioo, the InteEti0n mus,
Be proved to'have been Eoemporaneous s!
hsn .ge nias with the sLs Igl the district. q
.has We W the inteuuoa forms eonstnuen,
pars of the oaenee. II one Constituent
par. of the ctIeace can be brought trom
without the district, and coupled viii
Others ia ,las DISTRICT, any one constituent
Dart, OF Gua1ber, OF con2titeen, paris of
The critoe may b. broushs from without
the district hen oae Component par:
ouly hsPpsns IN. Vlfg Ma car Of looncces-
sary to its complexion would 81. tn S court.
siurisdletion--aud thence osc cut OF 100
parts Of 8 crime woula BE esime within
the c.eanips OF the constitution. lie, Us
view he cons Sgneece OF this logic.
Upon proof agsinstcol. Burr touching
a crime, part OF which was comm t,rd in
III district, he May be tried oud aeqn,t-
ted. IN Ohio he may be indicted, and
esidsuce may b. prepared touching the
same SHINE. Can be plead autroi0is &C.
guis in Bar, BY ayovlng that The crinaes
chsrged ia the two states was oae and
The sane His aysrhleot would be against
the REGARD OF the Indictment charging q
canapleas separate cr!me in each district.
VIII yeu, SIT, pot upon the constitution
such constrsctlsE as will subject CT
tzen - as hnntsd down, by trial after
t5ial, 10 state after state, as long as the
prosecuting spirit OF wicked executive
may lasts sno rot understand me-, to a!
Jude, IL this, to the present adminlstra-
ton. the characters OF which i have been
in the habit of admrng. but the con-
strnetaa now to be fixed must go down
to .pastcrity, and may be made instfu.
mental IN eaeetiDg the worst Of state op.
epressioas.
Remember that eel Barr Mas fo,korne
&, avail himself Of this legal prisciple in
Kentucky and in the Nlssissippi erritofy
IN order that the merits Of his Case might
Come before The iuquesss ba il ought sew
TO be agreed that he should protect him,
self from bring harrassed further by CALI
ing into exercise the grea: principle Of he
conssitati q dsclsr;ng that 40 man shall be
twice put in jeopasdy OF his life for the
same oEence. Y. amendments to constl.
lotion.
Now what part Of the affidavit speaks Of
c fact within the district?
4thy: The ovrft act Of treason BY col.
Barr within the district must be proved by
two witnesses.
The constitution and act Of congress require.
two Witnesses, not only to the act, but to the
reasonable quality Of the act After full time
has been afforded to collect all the witnesses in
the power of the governments the accused
ought not to be deprived Of his liberty, unless