United States v. Lumsden
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio
[This was a preliminary hearing in the case of Samuel Lumsden and 12 others, charged with setting on foot and providing the means for a military expedition against the people of Great Britain, in violation of section 6 of the act of congress of April 20, 1818 (3 Stat. 447).]
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVITT, District Judge.
The evidence in this case being closed, after a very protracted examination, it is my duty to state the grounds of the order I propose to make. And I may premise, that sitting as an examining judge, the sole inquiry is, whether the evidence offered, and the law applied to it, make out such a probable case of guilt as will require the accused persons to answer further to the charge exhibited against them. In stating the conclusion to which I have arrived, it is not my purpose to notice at length all the facts adduced in evidence, or the numerous points made by counsel,…
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