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May 31, 2017 · Burr now stood accused of one of the gravest crimes in American law: treason. According to one account, he had been at the heart of a “deep, dark, and wicked conspiracy” against the young United...
Sep 1, 2023 · September 1, 2023 | by Scott Bomboy. More in Constitution Daily Blog. It was on this day in 1807 that former Vice President Aaron Burr was acquitted of treason charges. The trial was truly a “Trial of the Century” in its time and one of the first tests of the Constitution’s Treason Clause.
Burr was charged with treason for assembling an armed force to take New Orleans and separate the Western from the Atlantic states. He was also charged with high misdemeanor for sending a military expedition against territories belonging to Spain.
U.S. v. Aaron Burr: The Treason Trial. John Marshall presides over the treason trial of a former vice president, and the subpoena of President Thomas Jefferson threatens the balance of judicial and executive authority. Famous Federal Trials. Learn about the case. Teaching Resources.
Mar 17, 2017 · March 17, 2017. Aaron Burr exhorting his followers at Blennerhassett Island Ohio River 1805 Alamy. Treason is the only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution, which states: “Treason against...
Now, he would return East to stand trial for treason. Nearly 200 years later, the exact details of what became known as the Burr Conspiracy -- Aaron Burr's attempt to detach the Western...
