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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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