870 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:The counsel are unprepared to defend the traverser. You show yourselves to be men of ability, and there is no difficulty in the cause; but you say that you are not ready to discuss…
871 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JAMES THOMPSON CALLENDEROn the second trial, every juryman was called to say whether he had formed any opinion on the subject or not.Judge Chase: My interpretation of the law is quite the contrary. I…
872 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:The first juror was sworn in, and the Judge put the following question to him: "Have you ever formed and delivered an opinion upon the charges contained in the indictment?" The juror answered that…
868 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:828 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe defendant wished that the executive had the power to control the public will.This testimony, when compared with the President's records, will substantiate the charges in the book written by…
869 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JAMES THOMPSON CALLENDERIt is crucial to demonstrate that the decision is right; for if the defendant is found guilty when his witnesses are absent and counsel unprepared, the verdict will not satisfy the public…
866 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:826 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSWhen one accused another of being a thief, the accuser could support the charge by proving that the accused had taken property secretly, without the consent or knowledge of the…
867 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JAMES THOMPSON CALLENDERDifferent political opinions, furnished with the same materials of information, would form conclusions diametrically opposite. Let them take for their guide the vindication of the Constitution of the United States. Many were…
860 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:The same system of persecution has been extended all over the continent. Every person holding an office must either quit it or think and vote exactly with Mr. Adams. Adams and Washington have since…
861 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JAMES THOMPSON CALLENDER, 821Twenty-five thousand dollars a year, with the petty parade of his birthday, with the importance of his name sticking in every other page of the statute book. Alas! he is not…
865 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:James Thompson CallenderThe second section of the sedition law made falsehood, as well as scandal and malice, an essential part of every libel. By the last sentence, the party accused is allowed to show…
863 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JAMES THOMPSON CALLENDER, 823James Thompson Callender claims that he can prove, through William B. Giles, that the President of the United States has expressed in conversation with him a sentiment to the effect that…
864 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:The Court had declared the evidence of Mr. Giles to be material, not only in express terms but also by a partial postponement, implying that the trial should not proceed until his personal attendance…
862 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Mr. Nickolas presented an affidavit made by the prisoner and moved for a continuance. The affidavit alleged that the following persons are material witnesses in his defense: William Gardner of Portsmouth; Tench Coxe of…
856 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Then Chase grew angry and, as he would have said, took the lawyers in hand. When Mr. Hay argued that Giles' evidence would help determine whether Callender's pamphlet consisted of libelous statements or merely…
858 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:818 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe defense attempted to take advantage of the existing prejudice against the Sedition Law. However, when Mr. Wirt began to argue against the constitutionality of the law, Judge Chase ordered…
857 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JAMES THOMPSON CALLENDERThe prosecution, having established that the prisoner was the author of "The Prospect Before Us," introduced the entire pamphlet as evidence. The defense protested, arguing that only the sections cited in the…
859 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JAMES THOMPSON CALLENDERJames Thompson Callender was fined two hundred dollars and required to find sureties for good behavior for a period of two years.Five years later, Chase was impeached before the Senate of the…
853 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:The Trial of James Thompson Callender for Seditious Libel, Richmond, Virginia, 1800The NarrativeThis was the last of the great trials under the Federal Sedition Act and the most celebrated. The libel was directed against…
854 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:James Callender was a notorious literary hack, whose scurrilous pen was at the service of the highest bidder. To read his book, "The Prospect Before Us," and claim the writer was not guilty of…
855 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:JAMES THOMPSON CALLENDERThe reckless conduct of Judge Chase in the courtroom can only be explained by his awareness that it was to be a struggle to the death between himself and the distinguished lawyers…
852 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:B12 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSI have hitherto neither accepted nor rejected the offers. If the court imposes a fine beyond my ability to pay, I shall accept them without hesitation. However, if the fine…
851 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPERYou, the jury, have found otherwise. You are a gentleman of the profession, possessing such capacity and knowledge that it is more within your power to mislead the ignorant. I do not wish…
850 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:I am sorry you did not think it proper to make an affidavit regarding your circumstances. You are a perfect stranger to the court, at least to me. I do not know you personally—I…
849 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPERUnited States, you must acquit him; if he has proved the truth of the facts asserted by him, you must find him not guilty.THE VERDICT AND SENTENCEThe jury retired and returned with a…
847 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPERFrance—neither of these can, with any propriety, be called a standing army. In fact, we cannot have a standing army in this country, as the Constitution has expressly declared that no appropriation shall…
848 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:808 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Expressions of attachment and confidence in the President, along with a determination to resist the oppression of the French government, were conveyed through various addresses. The President replied to these…
846 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:No court of justice here has jurisdiction over the crime of murder committed on board a British ship of war. When the British government requested the President to deliver this man up, it became…
843 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPERFrom: an interference without precedent, against law and against mercy. Is not this an attack and a most serious attack on the character of the President?The traverser goes on thus: "This melancholy case…
844 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:804 ¢ X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Liberties. They should be under no influence—they are only accountable to God and their own consciences—your present judges are in that situation.There is a small circumstance which the Attorney…
845 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPER. 805Countries of the other, provided this shall be done only on such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be…