Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-24
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coutt: that Is HAD esrn put ln'o 'hS IlaUos
s f .he attorney of he U S. aud that il was
10 81 shown 10 his twn counsel before Il
was delivered Fsom the want OF .ime.
however, or from somss other cause. IT
had 40, vet been submitted TO his counsel |,
The court had yesterday reg aesssd cepy
of his preparations. that ihry might judge
of their application; and # SATISFIED on
shs, point. that they nigh. give additional
Instructions TO the jury His counsel bad
complied with the request; ADD though i,
was no, possible for the court a. f. st TO
have perceived whether suppl sme ntal
charge was necessary, YET Il had pow sp.
peaIed from the who'll course OF the areu'
mens. that each 81 his propoSlnons would
come before The grand jary. 1t the conr'
was satisfied on the law, they weuld cheer.
,aipsy in.uuet the jury on such poin:s as
seemed iu vitality 10 coae before them
Blu. if they had ary doubts on The law,
they would cer,ainly require an argument
and ,ha. he was then ready TO demonstrate
The aa,h Of each Of the propositions
which he had submitted. He hnuld make
ne rsga.ks on the consumption of time, 81
waiah seailS nsa made SO many com
plair,s !: he should only nbserses that three
weeks ago he was ready 10 argue these
po,cts. But he .was even wiling to limi
The .iae 10 be smrssyed npon The pfesen
aTenn,eni; even TO. certa,n nunsber OF
mirutes; he vas even wilieg,o argue the
paints 10 the way OF noses submitted &c
Tie court.
Chief JTfustice stated he had drawn Up a
sunpir rns ntal charge which he had submit
ted 70 the attorney for the u S with q
request that il shculd alse be pot into the
hands of col BIS counsel; that MIR. hay
had however infor uos d him IN the eoaver.
sation which he had Just bad with him,
that he had been too much occupied hin-
self. 10 inspect the charge with attention
and deliver il to the opposite counsel bu'
another reason was that ,here was one
polo. in the cha g. whichhe did no. iul!y
nppreve. He should not therefore del've'
his charge at present and should reserve
!, until Monday In the mean time col
BIS counsel would have an opportunity OF
inspe.tiug IL; aud an argument miehs be
held 90 the poiots which bad produced az
ob,ecsion from the attorney for shs United
S1atcss
Mr., E. Randolph. Is it the wish Of
the ccurs that The argument should be car.
risa on orally or 10 wiring! .
Chief fustice. ! am wiling to hear the
remarks on beth sides in writing.
MIR. Hev objected 70 this method from
the excessive lsbor-which 1t would lmPose
upon them either way.
Tie Chief Tustise declared that II was
perfectly iadsHesen. 10 HIM
Mr.. Martin assured The court that U
was perfecily conve piens to him TO argus
the noin, either orally or in wiring.
MIR Wiekham stated, tia, the attorney
for ,hs Il. S. wished 10 objecs to certait
nroposuions which col B. had submitted
70 The court, that he was ready to go into
mi. discussion Immediately !; that the AZ
,ornev for the u. S. preferred an. argumen'
o,allv before the court to one In writing
and that this was 10 faet the very course
which col. BIS counse! had first recon-
mended. Mr.. w. hoped that this supple
mental charge would be given ,oethe jury
before the witnesses were sent up; tha'
,hr counsel for the prosecution preferred
the contrary, but certainly the most lmpro
Ths chief Justice observed that tbs
.,r, would also hsve wished that the
charge should have been deliveries before
,h- w,.ne,sss were sent up: but that i
wa. slmo.t Indifferent 70 him whether the
,es.inony was submitted TO 'he grand ]u
~ before or after the delivery OF ,h'
charge Tia, i, wa. often ihe custom to
shs . oe,,, Jury i,stlf,,o hear the testimony p
h-fore the law was expoonded; and 'n