Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-12

dence viii be laid before the world3 audW
shall hear no more Of ruiaors and preju.
does.
These gentlemen say I" shall you pretend
40 order US; shall you dictate. No, sir,
the law mus, dicsase. The gentlemen, in.
deed, have producsd series Of irrelevant
writings and papers; and they must for.
scoth pursue CHI onoegical order. No,
sir. Away with such Intermediates. Let.
gen.lemeo prove an assemblage Of men for
war. Let them prove the overt act. If
they do not, i'ceahdep,iy haps that col. 3.
will be discharged. iMf. Wickham here
read quotation from" Posters Disel-lrs-
ses On II gh Treason nv &
Mr.. Burr did not expec, al opinion of
zthr court since no motion had been made.
Mr. Wickham had only given no!ice totha
opposite side. that they should follow the
strictest rules Of law. IF it was for a-sar
Of lol orIy, he should ask for the laws Of
evidence.
The Chief Justice said. i, would certain
y be beuer, It evidence was produced TO
prove the tact first, and the evidence TO
show their coloting; for no evidence Ger.
tinly has sny bearing upon III prsseat CASE
unless the overt scs b., proved. However,
If The attorney for the u. S. thinks the chro
biological O. der the best, he may pursue his
own course Lus the court trusts TO him
,ha, he viii produce nothing. which does
no. bear upon the case.
Mr.. Wirt We coincide with the OPT
Mon of the coart, that an overt acs oughs
TO be proved, and tia, we ought ,oproduse
no evidence a, all unless We believed W.
had enough to prove the cstrt act. We
dc believe lha, we have sufficient evidence
for this purpose; but we ,hiak i, best, to
pursue something l:k- chronological or
der; TO take this conspiracy 10 its &c m, 10
60 on, step BY step, aud to trace oui every
event as they subsequently arose.
MIR. Hay observed that il would be ne.
cessary 10 give. evldeuee to show the TEN
per OF mind ot the accused: as for in
s,ance, Mr.. SSoddert would show his hos.
.tili,y 80 the administration, ard even TO- The
government: to show how this oispasi,ion
st mind migh' lead TO tressonsbte Designs.
to plans, and fhence 20 overt acts This
was the pafural order Of h;ngs and ct the
evidence. He hoped. that il drawing Oh.
this etdence. tie cour, wnuld rely on his
Humanity, fba, he would produce nnne
(which DC id aos believe to bear updn the
Efac,.
Mr. Randaloh said. that however he
/ nigh; respect thai gept!e Humanity,
he knew too well the temper OF auy prose
Fcu.ion, to expec, muchf on it. Tn yase
for strics law, said Mr.. r and so are We.
Ia England before q witness is heard, Il
mus. be slated in general terms whashe In
tends 70 prove, The sau,e pr4c,ice oash,
to prevail here Le,the attorney tor the
III sarlhe substance Of each part OF
sh .es imony he. is to pfodecs. and he
Issart viii hen perceive wh.ther i Is Cal
caIated 10 bsar upon the case iiself, orwhe.
ther il is only intended to iaaamr the pub
Tic = ejldiees against colonel Burr. We
6 maud tina. The over. act b. FIRST prcTed;
withour that the accessory evidence isoi 90
kind of use. Let THAI be established, aod
the accessory facts will then have their
weight / hope, SIR, II the attorney ior
the u. S. does nor introduce his evidences
on shA, point, We shall be aslibesty 10 sup.
press all he irrelevant esiimpny,
Mr.. B0tts said he should leave il to the
court.
MIR. Hay. Agreed.
The Chief ,11stice decided, that the at
toyney Tor ,ne U. S. m'ghs pursue whate.
ysr course he thought bsst.
Mr.. Bette. Sspd US the written tes.i-
mony tore you submit il TO the court.
MIR. Ruy. As / said b@fore, shslfsake
Up, me depositions hrss; ard then the viva
,vsee testimony, in chronological ordef.
ehsl! first introduce gen. Wlkiassn's de.