Download or read book The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr written by R. Kent Newmyer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Burr treason trial, one of the greatest criminal trials in American history, was significant for several reasons. The legal proceedings lasted seven months and featured some of the nation's best lawyers. It also pitted President Thomas Jefferson (who declared Burr guilty without the benefit of a trial and who masterminded the prosecution), Chief Justice John Marshall (who sat as a trial judge in the federal circuit court in Richmond) and former Vice President Aaron Burr (who was accused of planning to separate the western states from the Union) against each other. At issue, in addition to the life of Aaron Burr, were the rights of criminal defendants, the constitutional definition of treason and the meaning of separation of powers in the Constitution. Capturing the sheer drama of the long trial, Kent Newmyer's book sheds new light on the chaotic process by which lawyers, judges and politicians fashioned law for the new nation.
Download or read book Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr written by Aaron Burr and published by . This book was released on 1808 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Trial of Aaron Burr written by Joseph Plunkett Brady and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Treason Trials of Aaron Burr written by Peter Charles Hoffer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Aaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day. Founding Father and vice president, he engaged in a duel with Alexander Hamilton, resulting in a murder indictment that effectively ended his legal career. And when he turned his attention to entrepreneurial activities on the frontier he was suspected of empire building - and worse." "In the first book dedicated to this important case, Peter Charles Hoffer unveils a cast of characters ensnared by politics and law at the highest levels of government, including President Thomas Jefferson - one of Burr's bitterest enemies - and Chief Justice John Marshall, no fan of either Burr or Jefferson. Hoffer recounts how Jefferson's prosecutors argued that the mere act of discussing an "overt Act of War" - the constitution's definition of treason - was tantamount to committing the act. Marshall, however, ruled that without the overt act, no treasonable action had occurred and neither discussion nor conspiracy could be prosecuted. Subsequent attempts to convict Burr on violations of the Neutrality Act failed as well."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Trial of Aaron Burr for High Treason in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Virginia Summer Term 1807 written by Aaron Burr and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Duel with the Devil written by Paul Collins and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable true story of a turn-of-the-19th century murder and the trial that ensued—a showdown in which iconic political rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr joined forces to make sure justice was served—from bestselling author of the Edgar finalist, Murder of the Century. In the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic. Waging a fierce battle for its uncertain future were two political parties: the well-moneyed Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the populist Republicans, led by Aaron Burr. The two finest lawyers in New York, Burr and Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom, and as the next election approached, their animosity reached a crescendo. But everything changed when a young Quaker woman, Elma Sands, was found dead in Burr's newly constructed Manhattan Well. The horrific crime quickly gripped the nation, and before long accusations settled on one of Elma’s suitors: a handsome young carpenter named Levi Weeks. As the enraged city demanded a noose be draped around his neck, Week's only hope was to hire a legal dream team. And thus it was that New York’s most bitter political rivals and greatest attorneys did the unthinkable—they teamed up. Our nation’s longest running cold case, Duel with the Devil delivers the first substantial break in the case in over 200 years. At once an absorbing legal thriller and an expertly crafted portrait of the United States in the time of the Founding Fathers, Duel with the Devil is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.
Download or read book American Emperor written by David O. Stewart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No adventure in American history has been like Aaron Burr's. A canny and charismatic politician who rose to become third vice president of the new United States, Burr seemed to throw it all away in 1805 and 1806 in an extraordinary attempt to lead a secession of the American West.
Download or read book Trial of Aaron Burr for treason written by Aaron Burr and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1875 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Trial of Col Aaron Burr on an Indictment for Treason Before the Circuit Court of the United States Held in Richmond Virginia May Term 1807 written by Aaron Burr and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trial of Aaron Burr for Treason written by Aaron Burr and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Trial of Aaron Burr for High Treason in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Virginia Summer Term 1807 written by Joseph Jackson Coombs and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aaron Burr written by Buckner F. Melton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2001-11-09 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To shed new light on the conspiracy itself and on what led Burr to orchestrate it, Professor Melton traces Burr's career - from his early days as a New York attorney to his cunning political maneuverings, from his decades-long feud with chief rival Alexander Hamilton to his complex relationships with the other Founding Fathers, especially with Thomas Jefferson and his coconspirator, General James Wilkinson, Commander of the United States forces in the West.
Download or read book The Burr Conspiracy written by James E. Lewis and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multifaceted portrait of the early American republic as examined through the lens of the Burr Conspiracy explores the political and cultural forces that influenced public perception and how in spite of vague and conflicting evidence, the former Vice President was arrested and tried for treason. --Publisher.
Download or read book Shout Treason The Trial of Aaron Burr written by Francis F. Beirne and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-03 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shout Treason: The Trial of Aaron Burr" by Francis F. Beirne. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr late Vice President of the United States for Treason and for a Misdemeanor written by David Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1808 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Trial of Aaron Burr for High Treason written by Aaron Burr and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jefferson s Vendetta written by Joseph Wheelan and published by Carroll & Graf Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author explores the rivalry between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr from the perspective of Jefferson's obsession with his nemesis, delving deeply into court records to show how the former president used the judiciary to torment his foe.
