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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 / by Thomas Lloyd ; the arguments of counsel and charge of the judge, revised by each respectively.
Author
Bright, Michael, Gen.
Contributor
Lloyd, Thomas, 1756-1827. 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
Pennsylvaniana
Topic
Bright, Michael, Gen. > Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Resisting an officer) > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
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Y 1 Yonrrare therefore directed, to .mal:e.i.out ‘correct muster V
If r , a,,(1J,-;‘y rolls of-. suchmilitia as you xmiv. fixi<lYne:ces‘sur),- ‘to’, l
1 call into service,‘in the performance vol, the'<A1u,.t')’, enjo,ined.-7
upon you, andtrausmit the same to the eizectxtive deparunent' V
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V. A H ,SIlVI.QN-;VSNY‘DER.;
3 ‘To Gen. 1l1iclzaelBrig1tt. . 1 r 1', z.’ s C: 1, -.
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p . Thatthe snidj‘.I‘;cl1ael Bright,A]'ames‘Atkinson,nntlothers, .
at.th-e time pofpvthevsupposed "obstructing u11laxvl"ul,ly,” resistf; , A I
ing, opposing, andtassaulting the saidzjohnsmith ch:1rg.' t’
ed in the said intlictnrent,‘ wercvacting ‘in oliecliemqexto the ’ ‘
‘ order, so aforesaid given’ by the governor ofrthe cornmon-= ,
wealth, of Pennsylvania, and this they are ready to verify; ,
wherefore the said. Michael Brighthantl the‘1others,5.‘pray; ‘. .-
judgment ofthe said circuit"courc:of‘tl1e,Unite(l.Statesiin,-9 ‘ 3 A
and forithe districrof Pennsylvania, willCfu'rther’proceed -
‘upon the indictment aforesaid, against them,.and'that they‘ ‘ ‘
maybe dismissedfrom‘thecourt hereof, ;'and‘.upon,,the pre-I
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‘ ll’fr.eDallas, for the United Stntes‘. The indictment, which" i ‘K,
hasheen read to the jury,‘ isfountleclr on the 2:2d’scction,,1 .
of,an act of congress, approved byrthe President, on the 30th x ’ i
‘of, April, 1790; and:th’e words are.,itliese:--A-“rvTl1at if.gmy,‘ g ‘ '
“ person or persons shall knowingly and wilfully, obstruct,-ire-‘ 4 ‘
sist, or oppose, anv oflicer of the Unitedipstates, in serving, ' T’
or. attempting toblserve orrexeciuteany mesne process or war-
, rant, or any, rule orworder. of any of the courts "of the Unitedliss
i ‘‘ States, or any other legalorijudiciallxvriror process xvhittso-is f '-
cvcr, or shztllassault, be:1t,or ivou'nd:"‘a'ny. offiier (gr o;11ei--, , i 1 to
‘ person duly'authori7.ecl in serving or executing‘, any writ, "
rule, order, process, or, warrant aforesziid, every person;so'%' '
I‘“”.“fl"S1)' -W1. V,‘VilfUlly;ofl'enilingidin the'fpremises; shallgtort A
’CO‘l'lVlCEl0l1 , thereof, beginiprxsoxietl not; e;‘;ceAcd;ngU.t“,e1ve;V;
M W months, and fined not exceeding three hundred,dollars.” 7' M .
1, .In every criminal prosecution, unpleasant sensations iarefi
V naturally excited. b)’.tht; exposition of guilt, andrhe inflictiortdil “ .
o ,of pnmshment. gBut, 1in1tl1e r(vl1ole”c;oi1rse' of‘--my‘ officially '1‘ 1
' practice’ and professional experience,‘ the painful‘;sensatio;’fg‘.“ . r ' ' >
of. the present momentihnve becnwunequalled,Fromlthe7 L ' . 4
V figlginroflptlie ‘transaction, which has. produced ‘the, prosecue
,1 u n o cure en<lants,;t.o..the day ofnlai’ ,Ve..ape,inv01Ved,;p
it in. suc co isigns of opinion,1n.such:conflictsJofjurisdieg‘ .
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