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A report, of the whole trial of Gen. Michael Bright, and others: before Washington & Peters, in the Circuit Court, of the United States, in and for the district of Pennsylvania, in the third circuit, on an indictment for obstructing, resisting, and opposing the execution, of the writ of arrest, issued out of the District Court of Pennsylvania; in the case of Gideon Olmstead and others, against the surviving executrices of David Rittenhouse, deceased.
Author
Lloyd, Thomas; the arguments of counsel and charge of the judge, revised by each respectively.
Contributor
Bright, Michael, Gen. Lloyd, T. fl. 1788-1819 Olmsted, Gideon, 1749-1845 United States. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit)
Date Added
13 January 2014
Language
English
Publish Date
1809
Publisher
Philadelphia: Printed for P. Byrne.
Source
Pennsylvania
Topic
Bright, Michael, Gen. Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Resisting an officer) Pennsylvania Philadelphia
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