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(Chase, Samuel, Trial of the Hon.) Report of the trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, one of the associate justices of the Supreme court Report of the trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, one of the associate justices of the Supreme court of the United States, before the High court of impeachment...
Baltimore, Printed for Samuel Butler and George Keatinge, 1805 Hard Cover
Report of the trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, one of the associate justices of the Supreme court of the United States, before the High court of impeachment, composed of the Senate of the United States, for charges exhibited against him by the House of representatives, in the name of themselves, and of all the people of the United States for high crimes & misdemeanors, supposed to have been by him committed; with the necessary documents and official papers, from his impeachment to final acquittal. Taken in short hand, by Charles Evans, and the arguments of counsel revised by them from his manuscript. [6], 12, [3]-268 (i.e. 316), 68 pages, 1 table (of votes), contemporary full calf, new cloth back-strip, covers scuffed, text very good. "Appendix: Impeachment of the Hon. Samuel Chase, with the articles exhibited against him by the House of Representatives : also his answer and pleas, exhibits, and the replication of the House of Representatives, &. &c. Baltimore : Printed for Samuel Butler and George Keatinge, 1805": 68 pages at end. From the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 'Samuel Chase, 1741–1811, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1796–1811), b. Somerset co., Md. A lawyer, he participated in pre-Revolutionary activities and was a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses. In 1776 he was appointed, together with Benjamin Franklin and Charles Carroll of Carrollton, to win Canada over to the Revolutionary cause, but the plan failed. Chase helped to influence Maryland opinion to support independence from Great Britain. Although he opposed adoption of the U.S. Constitution, he later became a strong Federalist and President Washington appointed him (1796) to the U.S. Supreme Court. A series of brilliant and influential decisions established his leadership in the court until he was eclipsed by the rising genius of John Marshall. Chase was impeached (1804) by the U.S. House of Representatives for discrimination on the bench against Jeffersonians. Tried before the Senate (1805), he was found not guilty. This verdict discouraged further attempts to impeach justices for purely political reasons.' From Maryland The Seventh State A History, by John T. Marck, 'When angered, his face would become flushed, thus his nickname, Bacon Face. Samuel studied law in Annapolis, and was admitted to the bar in 1761. At the age of twenty-three, he was elected to the Maryland legislature and immediately fought royal tyranny. It was Chase who led the charge on the Stamp Act and taxation." Sabin 12204, Shaw & Shoemaker 8173, Cohen, M. Bib. of early Amer. law, 14471.
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