Excerpt from Trial of Alexander Addison, Esq.: President of the Courts of Common Pleas, in the Circuit Consisting of the Counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Allegheny, on an Impeachment, by the House of Representatives, Before the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; To Which Is A On the 11th January, 1802, Mr. M'Masters, member of the House of Representatives, from the county of Allegheny, presented a petition from sundry inhabitants of Allegheny county, as follows: The Honorable the Representatives of the State of Pennsylvania. The representation and petition of sundry inhabitants of the Western Country, Humbly Sheweth, That we are sensible of the great difficulty of the situation of a judge, and the tenderness and delicacy with which his character ought to be touched, or complaint made. But for a considerable time, unfavourable impressions have existed with regard to Alexander Addison, president of this district; as oppressive, tyrannical and partial in the administration of justice, and guilty of great abuses and indelicacies as a man, unbecoming his station and trust. So that it becomes necessary, equally for his credit, as for the safety of the people, that this matter should receive examination; which can be done only under an authority, which has power to call for witnesses, and collect testimony. That authority is your House, in which the constitution vests the right of impeaching or demanding the removal of judicial officers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Trial of Alexander Addison, Esq., President of the Courts of Common Pleas, in the Circuit Consisting of the Counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Allegheny: On an Impeachment, by the House of Representatives, Before the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Prefuming that the zeal of the Houfe for public jufiice, is perfectly confiitent with a difpofition, to afford me every pro per means of preparation for defence. My anxiety to meet this accufation as early and fully as poflible, induces me to requeit that the clerk of the Houfe be directed to fumiih me with a co py of the petitions, with the names annexed and of the afida vits or other evidence, on which this refolution is founded and a copy of the article or articles of impeachment and a lift of the witnefl'es by which it is intended to fupport the impeach ment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book tells the story of the impeachment trial of Alexander Addison, who was the president of the Courts of Common-Pleas. The trial was conducted before the Senate of the Commonwealth and consisted of the counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington, and Allegheny. The House of Representatives had impeached him on various charges. This account of the trial is a fascinating read for those interested in the political history of the United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.