Jones and Marsh plead not guilty.
RICHARD CROWLEY,
U.S. Attorney.
Hall did not plead at all.
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UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT.
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
_vs._
BEVERLY W. JONES, EDWIN T. MARSH, AND
WILLIAM B. HALL.
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HON. WARD HUNT, Presiding.
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APPEARANCES.
For the United States:
HON. RICHARD CROWLEY,
U.S. District Attorney.
For the Defendants:
JOHN VAN VOORHIS, ESQ.
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Tried at Canandaigua, Wednesday, June 18th, 1873, before Hon. Ward Hunt
and a Jury.
Case opened in behalf of the U.S. by Mr. Crowley.
MR. VAN VOORHIS: I wish to raise some questions upon the indictment in
this case. This indictment, I claim, is bad for two reasons, and should
be quashed.
First--The Act of Congress under which it is framed, is invalid so far
as it relates to this offence, because not authorized by the
Constitution of the United States.
Second--There is no sufficient statement of any offence in the
indictment.
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