TRIAL
OF THE
OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE PRIVATEER SAVANNAH,
ON THE CHARGE OF PIRACY,
IN THE
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
HON. JUDGES NELSON AND SHIPMAN, PRESIDING.
REPORTED BY A. F. WARBURTON, STENOGRAPHER,
AND CORRECTED BY THE COUNSEL.
NEW YORK:
BAKER & GODWIN, PRINTERS,
PRINTING-HOUSE SQUARE, OPPOSITE CITY HALL.
1862.
CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| Preliminary Proceedings: | |
| Capture of the Savannah; the removal of the prisoners to New York, and their committal for trial, | v |
| The Indictment, | vi |
| The Arraignment, | xiii |
| Trial of the Prisoners. First Day: | |
| Organization of the Court, | 1 |
| Impaneling of the Jury, | 2 |
| Opening of Mr. E. Delafield Smith, United States | |
| District Attorney, | 14 |
| Testimony for the Prosecution: | |
| Albert G. Ferris, | 20 |
| William Habeson, | 41 |
| George Thomas, | 41 |
| George H. Cables, | 41 |
| Thies N. Meyer, | 42 |
| Horace W. Bridges, | 46 |
| Silas H. Stringham, | 48 |
| Argument on the Jurisdiction: | |
| Mr. Larocque, | 49 |
| Mr. Brady, | 50 |
| Mr. Evarts, | 50 |
| Mr. Larocque, | 51 |
| Trial. Second Day: | |
| Decision on the Jurisdiction, | 54 |
| Testimony for the Prosecution, resumed: | |
| Silas H. Stringham, | 55 |
| David C. Constable, | 60 |
| Daniel D. Tompkins, | 62 |
| J. Buchanan Henry, | 63 |
| Ethan Allen, | 64 |
| Mr. Larocque's Opening for the Defence, | 66 |
| Documentary Testimony, | 108 |
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