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Source citation
"Trial of Samuel Williams," Rochester (NY) Frederick Douglass' Paper, January 22, 1852.
Original source
Philadelphia (PA) Freeman
Newspaper: Publication
Rochester (NY) Frederick Douglass' Paper
Newspaper: Headline
Trial of Samuel Williams
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Michael Blake
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Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
TRIAL OF SAMUEL WILLIAMS. - On Monday, Samuel Williams, a colored man, was put upon trial in the U.S. District Court, Judge Kane presiding, charged under the Fugitive Law with obstructing the process of the United States, in giving information to certain persons at Christiana that Mr. Gorsuch and certain officers were going up to that place from this city in search of runaway slaves claimed by Mr. Gorsuch. It is alleged that the information given by the defendant was the cause of the defeat of the officers in their attempts to arrest the fugitives, and also of the sanguinary tragedy which followed.
Williams pleaded not guilty. R.P. Kane, Wm. S. Pierce, and David Paul Brown appeared as his counsel. The counsel for the government are J.W. Ashmead, G.L. Ashmead, and J.R. Ludlow.
A jury having been empannelled without much difficulty, G.L. Ashmead opened the case.
H.H. Kline was the first witness. He repeated the story he told on the trial of Hannaway, and on Tuesday was subjected to a rigid cross-examination by D.P. Brown.
Next week we shall doubtless be able to give the result of the trial with all necessary particulars. - Pa. Freeman.
Williams pleaded not guilty. R.P. Kane, Wm. S. Pierce, and David Paul Brown appeared as his counsel. The counsel for the government are J.W. Ashmead, G.L. Ashmead, and J.R. Ludlow.
A jury having been empannelled without much difficulty, G.L. Ashmead opened the case.
H.H. Kline was the first witness. He repeated the story he told on the trial of Hannaway, and on Tuesday was subjected to a rigid cross-examination by D.P. Brown.
Next week we shall doubtless be able to give the result of the trial with all necessary particulars. - Pa. Freeman.