Report of the Trial and Acquittal of Edward Shippen, Esquire, Chief Justice, and Jasper Yeates and Thomas Smith, Esquires, Assistant Justices, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on an Impeachment, Before the Senate of the Commonwealth, January, 1805Charged with arbitrarily and unconstitutionally fining and imprisoning Thomas Passmore for contempt of court. |
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| Title | Report of the Trial and Acquittal of Edward Shippen, Esquire, Chief Justice, and Jasper Yeates and Thomas Smith, Esquires, Assistant Justices, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on an Impeachment, Before the Senate of the Commonwealth, January, 1805 Issue 9353 of Early American imprints HeinOnline: World trials library Making of modern law |
| Authors | Edward Shippen, William Hamilton |
| Contributor | Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate |
| Publisher | reporter, 1805 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 10 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 582 pages |
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