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Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr (late Vice President of the ... - Page 49
1808
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Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr: (late Vice President ..., Volume 1

Aaron Burr - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1808 - 608 pages
...what has always been considered to be the law in England. Part of this decision is in these words : " It is not the intention of the court to say, that...this crime, who has not appeared in arms against his countrv: on the contrary, if war he actually VOL. I. 4 E levied, that is, if a body of men be actually...
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Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr: (late Vice President ..., Volume 2

Aaron Burr - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1808 - 552 pages
...the words, derives some additional aid from the terms in which the paragraph last quoted commences: " It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of treason, who has not appeared in arms against his country." These words seem intended to obviate an...
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The Trial of Col. Aaron Burr on an Indictment for Treason: Before ..., Volume 3

T. Carpenter - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1808 - 482 pages
...enlistment for a treasonable purpose could amount to levying war, then war had been actually levied. 6. It is not the intention of the Court to say, that no individual has been guilty of the crime who has not appeared in arms against his country. On the contrary, if...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 4

United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - Law reports, digests, etc - 1812 - 516 pages
...justify the opinion that they met for the purpose. terms in which the paragraph last quoted commences. " It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of treason who has not appeared in arms against his country." These words seem to obviate an inference...
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Select American Speeches: Forensic and Parliamentary, with ..., Volume 2

Stephen Cullen Carpenter - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1815 - 534 pages
...necessary to make a man a traitor: it is necessary, say the gentlemen; what says the supreme court? " It is not the intention of the court to say that no...war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who form any part,...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 4

Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 518 pages
...treason, without actual presence. What says the supreme court, in the case of Bollman and Swartwout ? " It is not the intention of the court to say, that...war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be assembled, for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part,...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 4

History - 1829 - 524 pages
...treason, without actual presence. What says the supreme court, in the case of Bollman and Swartwout? " It is not the intention of the court to say, that...can be guilty of this crime, who has not appeared in arm? against his country ; on the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be...
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 60

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1862 - 628 pages
...committed against the United States ? It is enough, said the Supreme Court of the United States, t ' if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform...
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Reflections on the trial of the prince de Polignac and his colleagues ...

sir William Shee - 1836 - 160 pages
...enlistment for a treasonable purpose could amount to levying war, then war had been actually levied. It is not the intention of the Court to say that no...has not appeared in arms against his country. On the • The Federalist. No. XIJII. f Journal of Convention, 221, 269,270, 271. £ 4 Black. Comm. 81 —...
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Reflections on the Trial of the Prince de Polignac and His Colleagues: The ...

William Shee - France - 1836 - 154 pages
...enlistment for a treasonable purpose could amount to levying war, then war had been actually levied. It is not the intention of the Court to say that no...has not appeared in arms against his country. On the • The Federalist. No. XLIII. f Journal of Convention, 221, 269,270, 271. J 4 Black. Comm. 81—84;...
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