(Chase, Samuel) | Another work on Chase's landmark trial reinforcing the independence of the judiciary

(Chase, Samuel)

Report of the Trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, before the High Court of Impeachment, composed of the Senate of the United States, for Charges Exhibited Against him by the House of Representatives, In the name of themselves, and of all the People of the United States, for High Crimes & Misdemeanors, supposed to have been by him Committed; with the Necessary Documents and Papers, From his Impeachment to Final Acquittal. Taken in Short Hand by Charles Evans. Baltimore: Samuel Butler and George Keatinge, 1805

8vo (242 x 147 mm). Partially unopened; occasional soiling and light foxing. Original drab paper boards; somewhat soiled and rubbed with losses to paper spine. 

First Edition. This is one of two different versions of this landmark trial, both published in 1805 (see also the preceding lot). The present work was "taken in short hand, by Charles Evans, and the arguments of counsel revised by them from his manuscript."

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