[1256] Burr Trials, ii, 402-03; 4 Cranch, 470.
[1257] Burr Trials, ii, 403; 4 Cranch, 471.
[1258] Burr Trials, ii, 404-05; 4 Cranch, 472.
[1259] The doctrine that accessories are as guilty as principals.
[1260] Burr Trials, ii, 406-08; 4 Cranch, 476. This reference is to Jefferson's explanation of Marshall's opinion in Bollmann and Swartwout, which Giles and other Republican leaders were proclaiming throughout Virginia. It had been adopted by the grand jury; and it was this construction of Marshall's language under which they returned the bills of indictment for treason. Had the grand jury understood the law to be as Marshall was now expounding it, Burr would not have been indicted for treason.
[1261] Burr Trials, ii, 409; 4 Cranch, 476.
[1262] Burr Trials, ii, 409-13; 4 Cranch, 477-80.
[1263] Burr Trials, ii, 415; 4 Cranch, 481.
[1264] Burr Trials, ii, 415-23; 4 Cranch, 482-88.
[1265] Burr Trials, ii, 425; 4 Cranch, 490.