Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
FAMOUS TRIALS
TRIAL OF ANDREW JACKSON.

If wealth and position has any irflu- epce over the law in these days it cer-i tainIy cut no figure in the days when the republic was young. No better A-5 Iustration of this could be shown than the trial of. Andrew Jackson, who be- came a public hero and deniEod- AL though public opinion was strongly in the favor of the hero of New 0relans, 1t did not stop the wheels of justice when he was summoned and tried for contempt of court.
 When the war of iSd2 was over vague rumors of peace dFifted into New Orleans, but still Jackson did not feel justified in reyotling the martial law. under which he had placed the city. While the city was in this state, this peculiar incident started. A man named Louaillter, was tried as being a spy and waS acquitted This dis pleased Jackson and feeling that in the martial law he had eorplete command of the city he, in op1ostion to the court retained Iouaflfier in prison and sent Judge Hall out Of the city with orders not to return until 1t was reguariy posted that peace had been declared or that the enemy had left the coast.
 The following day came the overdue notice officially explaining that peace had been declared and that the treaty had been ratified. Upon hearing this, Jackson revoked the martial law and set all his prisoners free Then pre- ttta from Louisiana. Tennessee and Kertucky, amid tine greetings and dem onstrafions of the populaoe, Judge Hall returned to the city.
 In order to uphold the honor. as it seems of the civil over the martial gov ernment Judge Hall issued, on March 21 an order summoning Jackson to court for contempt of a habeas corpus writ. and also to state his reasons fUB so doing. On March eT. Jackson. with one of his aids, Mai Reid appeared in court with a written paper containing these req sons. He then retired leay-. ing Peid to read the paper, which he had no more than started to do. when he was interrupted bY the court and nsked the nature Of the contents that followed. Reid replied that it "oaIne1 within the scope of rules the court had laid down.
 Not wishing to continue without ad-l vice. the iuF4ee afTfourred the case un- til the naornw When the sitt+ne reas-I Sernhled fi1e following dsv Peid Was lnnt allowed 10 cop+inue sna the argu- n1ert was requested. IaclSson's coun- sel would over no argument as he oroteeted against the iuriSfiirtion Of the court. and aeain the sitting was suspended. The next day IsciSSsn -ennaared in court fin rerson. He held written !protest serins+ the decision wbich WAS ta he Privep. Also epaouK his DaperE was a -rotestation drafted hv Ahner r.. nTEncan, a voung lawyer nf no mean ability as follows:
 CT will not anszer inteTreeatoFies I may have a-e~d. hut my motives can- mt he TuiSipfe-nreted The law can he satisfied without hurting Fnv feel inRs whose dictates under =,Ieh cir narFnstapoes I most can6iI1v ac- l1nagsiesaee. 4t werlA inc diff1cult, if not InnnosibIe to restrain"
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