826 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Gentlemen, if the assertions I have made are true, whatever the motives behind them may be, you cannot find me guilty. I believe it is impossible, if you consider the paper as a whole,…
824 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:792 XY. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSAnother, in a form more portable and convenient, purports to be a selection of addresses and answers to and from the President during the summer of 1798. Not having been…
825 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPER, 793Where there is no reasonable suspicion or assignable motive for why the publications I offer should misrepresent the transactions I allude to, the probability is in favor of their accuracy. This is…
823 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPERMay it be considered seditious to say the President is mistaken? Before you can condemn me for this kind of sedition, you must become Catholic believers in this new-fangled doctrine of infallibility. I…
822 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:790 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.In this paper, which you will have before you when you retire, I shall not read at length. This application was from one friend to another; on the face of…
820 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:788 ZX. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Alluded to in the indictment, you will reverence as you ought the sacred obligation of the oath you have taken.Gentlemen of the jury, I acknowledge, as freely as any of…
819 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPERThe other too little influence on the measures of government. One is friendly, the other hostile, to a standing army and a permanent navy. One believes they are necessary to repel invasions and…
821 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPERClose all the avenues of information and throw a veil over the grossest misconduct of our periodical rulers?After offering these preliminary remarks, I shall give an account of the paper on which I…
817 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPERThe confidence of the people, so necessary for conducting public business, was in direct opposition to the duties of a good citizen. Mischiefs of this kind were to be dreaded in proportion to…
818 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:786 X¥. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSIf my motives were to publish a foul and infamous libel on the character of the President, to incite hatred and contempt against him among the people of this country…
815 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPERA case too little known, but of which the people ought to be fully apprised before the election, and they shall be.Most assuredly, had these transactions taken place in August 1797, then President…
816 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:It was with great regret that it was observed that anyone with a moderate ability to write believed they had the right to attack and undermine the authorities and officers appointed by the people…
813 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPERDr. Priestley had a conversation with me, urging me to ensure that Mr. Adams did not misunderstand my political views. As a result of this conversation, Dr. Priestley wrote the following letter, not…
812 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Dr. Priestley exerted his influence in dispersing this very address, which he must have known was the offspring of disappointment and revenge.The address is as cunning and insidious a production as ever appeared in…
814 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Is this the letter of a man or not? I do not appeal to the cowardly propagator of anonymous falsehoods, but to the public. What is there in it of vanity or servility? Do…
808 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:James Priestley suggested to him to apply for the position. Objections were raised that he was not a native and did not share the President's political views. Dr. Priestley considered such objections insignificant. He…
810 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:### The TrialIn the United States Circuit Court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1800.**Hon. Samuel Chase,****Hon. Richard Peters,**JudgesApril 11An indictment had been found against Thomas Cooper under the Sedition Act, which made it a crime to be…
811 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THOMAS COOPERThe case of Jonathan Robbins is a melancholy example of presidential overreach. As President of the United States, an individual interfered to influence the decisions of a court of justice—a stretch of authority…
809 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Thomas CooperThomas Cooper was once asked if he was the same editor attacking the President who had previously sought office from the very man he now criticized. Cooper confirmed that he was indeed the…
807 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Thomas Cooper drifted into metaphysics, and from metaphysics, he transitioned to politics. In politics, he became so unpopular in England that he emigrated to the United States. Here, he began practicing law. Despite being…
806 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:The Trial of Thomas Cooper for Seditious Libel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1800The NarrativeThomas Cooper was an Englishman who had inherited a good fortune. He was trained as a lawyer but spent more time experimenting with…
804 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:The Clerk: Jurors, look upon the prisoner; prisoner, look upon the jurors. How say you, gentlemen, is the prisoner at the bar, Pedro Gibert, guilty or not guilty?The Foreman: Guilty.The same verdict was pronounced…
805 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THE EXECUTIONDelargo committed suicide in Salem Jail before the trial. After the conviction, Da Soto, the first mate, was pardoned through the intercession of Mrs. David Lee Child, the wife of the counsel. A…
802 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:American State TrialsAs the American passed by the sufferers, the Spaniard stopped and saved them. However, the prisoner's guilt must outweigh all these considerations. We cannot dispense mercy; that is the attribute of a…
799 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSLet them look at the conduct of Capt. Trotter. He was an officer of the British navy stationed on the coast of Africa, with directions to use his efforts in suppressing…
803 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSFor years, more than one or two of the Southern States resisted. Congress could do no more than it did at the time of the formation of the Constitution. They wished…
800 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:768 &X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe trial here was conducted with reference to certain suggestions and questions regarding whether money had been divided among the crew of the Curlew. This question was clear and understandable…
801 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSThe crime attempted to be destroyed by fire was obvious. The individuals, whoever they were, after committing the robbery, had resolved to consummate their crime by sacrificing every member of the…
797 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Many things, said Judge Story, had been brought into the present case which he regretted. However, the counsel for the defense had undoubtedly done right in omitting nothing that might have occurred to their…
798 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:766 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSHow could we support our claims to property, or claims of any other kind, but by human testimony? The only purpose for which these cases ought ever to be called…