2 U.S. 88 2 Dall. 88 1 L. Ed. 301 Respublica v. Weidle * Supreme Court of Pennsylvania November Sessions, 1781 1 This was an indictment for misprision of Treason, in the defendant's speaking the following words 'that he had lived six years in London, and nine years in Ireland; and never lived happier in his life, than he had done under the English government; and that the King of England is our King, and will be yours.' The words proved, by the evidence on the trial, to have been spoken were,...
1 U.S. 53 (1781) 1 Dall. 53 RESPUBLICA versus SAMUEL CHAPMAN. Supreme Court of United States. *55 THE CHIEF JUSTICE, delivered a learned and circumstantial charge to the Jury. After stating the proclamation, the issue, and the evidence, be proceeded as follows. M'KEAN Chief Justice: The question that is to be decided on the facts before us, is, whether Samuel Chapman, the prisoner at the bar, ever was a subject of this Commonwealth The reason which has been principally urged to take him out of...
2 U.S. 86 (_) 2 Dall. 86 RESPUBLICA versus M`CARTY. [*] Supreme Court of United States. Bradford, Attorney General. BY THE COURT: No case of this kind has hitherto occurred in this Court. In the case of the Commonwealth v. Roberts. (a.) The defendant's confession was offered merely to shew quo animo he committed the treasonable act; and the Court were there of opinion, that it ought to be admitted as corroborative proof. We find, indeed, that in Berwick's case, Fost. 10, two Judges thought...
1 U.S. 60 1 Dall. 60 1 L. Ed. 37 Respublica v. Joshua Buffington No. _. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania September Term, 1781 1 The Attorney General filed a suggestion, stating, that Joshua Buffington of the county of Chester, yeoman, being a subject, or inhabitant of the State, was by proclamation of the Supreme Executive Council, dated the 2nd of October 1780, required in pursuance of the attainder law, to surrender himself to a justice of the Supreme Court &c. on or before the 13th of November,...
1 U.S. 77 1 Dall. 77 1 L. Ed. 44 NATHAN v. VIRGINIA. No. _. September Term, 1781 A foreign attachment was issued against the commonwealth of Virginia, at the suit of Simon Nathan: and a quantity of clothing, imported from France, belonging to that state, was attached in Philadelphia. The delegates in Congress from Virginia, conceiving this a violation of the laws of nations, applied to the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, by whom the sheriff was ordered to give up the goods. The...
2 U.S. 1 (_) 2 Dall. 1 MILLER et. al. Libellants and Appellants, versus The Ship RESOLUTION, and INGERSOLL, Claimant and Appellee. MILLER et. al. Libellants and Appellants, versus The Cargo of the Ship RESOLUTION, and O'BRIEN Claimant and Appellant. Supreme Court of United States. After argument by Wilcox, Lewis and Sergeant, for the Appellants, and Morris and Wilson for the Appellees. BY THE COURT: We have considered these Appeals, and are now ready to give our judgment. It has been very...
2 U.S. 19 (_) 2 Dall. 19 MILLER, Libellant and Appellant, versus The Ship RESOLUTION, &c. The SAME, versus The Cargo of the Ship RESOLUTION, &c. Supreme Court of United States. *20 BY THE COURT: As the original decree has not been carried into execution, we think it proper, under the peculiar circumstances of the present case, to allow a re-hearing. But this is not to be drawn into precedent; nor is any point previously determined, to be brought again into litigation, unless the state of the...
1 U.S. 52 (1781) 1 Dall. 52 The Claim of JACOBS versus ADAMS Executor Supreme Court of United States. And now, the 8th of July, the CHIEF JUSTICE stated the question, and delivered the opinion of the Court, to the following effect: M'KEAN, C.J. The Testator, Flowers, and Jacobs, entered into an agreement for the sale of certain lands; soon after which Flower's died, and Jacobs paid the purchase money to his executors. The will, however, which appointed these executors, was afterwards set aside,...
