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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE END WILL COME TO THE COURTHOUSE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY. BEFORE I BEGAN AND THE... |
| 00:09:32 |
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THANK YOU, KEN SULLIVAN AND SANDERS FOR THAT WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION. JUDGE SANDERS FELT THAT I ADDED... |
| 00:50:45 |
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IN REGARDS TO JOHN BROWN'S SUPPOSE IT TREASON AGAINST THE STATE OF VIRGINIA ON THE GROUNDS THAT BECAUSE... |
| 00:51:26 |
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OKAY, THAT'S -- THERE ARE WHOLE LIBRARIES ON THAT SUBJECT AND SOME OF THEM ARE VERY GOOD. JUDGE PARKER... |
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LARRY LAWRENCE FROM THE JOHN BROWN SOCIETY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION... |
| 00:53:42 |
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THANK YOU APPRECIATE THOSE REMARKS. THEY ARE NOT REALLY GERMANE TO THE TRIAL SO I THINK WE WILL CONSIDER... |
| 00:53:49 |
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AS I LISTEN TO YOU TALK ABOUT THE TRIAL, I AM THINKING OF THE TRIAL OF THE GERMAN RESISTANCE TO THE... |
| 00:54:27 |
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WELCOME THAT'S AN ARGUMENT. YOU'VE MADE A GOOD ARGUMENT THERE. AND CERTAINLY THERE IS A GOOD BODY... |
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CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER DEFENDANTS? |
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THEY WERE ALL HANG IT. THEY WERE ALL HANG IT. THERE WAS AT ONE TIME THERE WAS A EFFORT MADE TO TRY... |
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WERE THEY ALL HANG HERE? |
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YES THEY WERE BASED ALL OF THE HARPERS FERRY RAID. THEY WERE NEARLY IDENTICAL CHARGES. THERE WERE... |
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[INAUDIBLE] -- HOW WAS TREASON DEFINED? |
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WELL, TREASON AS DEFINED IN THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND A VERY SPECIFIC WAY. IT IS THE ONLY... |
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A FEDERAL JUDGE WITH JURISDICTION OVER THIS AREA HAD [INAUDIBLE] -- WERE LAWS IN PLACE FOR THE FEDERAL... |
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NO. THERE IS NO PROVISION IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO INTERFERE WITH... |
| 01:00:26 |
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I AM CURIOUS WHAT THE ATMOSPHERE WAS LIKE IN THE COURTROOM. WAS SECURITY VERY TIGHT? WERE THERE A... |
| 01:00:39 |
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OKAY. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. THE STREETS WERE CROWDED WITH MILITIAMEN. JUDGE GOVERNOR WISE HAD... |
| 01:02:27 |
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WHAT EXTENT DID WEISS STRUGGLE WITH THE DECISION TO EXECUTE BROWN? I KNOW HE WAS -- PEOPLE SENT LETTERS... |
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JUDGE WEISS WAS GENERALLY BEING CHARACTERIZED AS MERCURIAL THE CHANGEABLE MAN WHO CHANGED HIS MIND... |
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THERE WAS ANOTHER ATTORNEY DID RICHMOND I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS WILLIAM GREEN WHO WAS A BROTHER OF... |
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[INAUDIBLE] THE INDIVIDUALS TURNING AGAINST THE STATE OF VIRGINIA? |
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I BELIEVE THERE WAS A TRIAL THAT INVOLVE THE PRIEST AGAINST VIRGINIA. THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE. WEST... |
| 01:09:42 |
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DAY SAINT JOHN BROWN CONFESSION OR UNDERSTANDING IS A CHANGE THAT WENT ON THE? |
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YES. I DO THINK THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE GROUND. IN THE BEGINNING I THINK HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT ACTUALLY... |
| 01:10:52 |
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IT WAS NOT A CRIME. IT WAS PART OF PERHAPS AIDING AND ABETTING THE MURDER BECAUSE THERE WERE FOUR... |
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[INAUDIBLE] |
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WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE? |
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COULD THAT HAVE BEEN THE REASON THAT THAT TARGET WAS INCLUDED? |
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FABS MIGHT HAVE BEEN. I THINK HOWEVER THAT A LOT OF THE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE DURING THE TRIAL CAN... |
| 01:13:29 |
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WHEN BROWN SURRENDERED HE WAS HANGED CUSTODY HOW DID THEY LOSE CONTROL AND DID THE CONSTITUTION PLAY... |
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I DID NOT GET THE FIRST |
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[INAUDIBLE] UNITED STATES ARMY. |
| 01:13:57 |
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YES THEY TURNED HIM OVER TO STATE AUTHORITIES QUITE QUICKLY AND THIS WAS ANOTHER MISTAKE IF THEY HAD... |
| 01:15:28 |
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IF THEY BROUGHT INTO EVIDENCE WOULD HE STILL HAVE |
| 01:15:33 |
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YES. I THINK HE WOULD HAVE BEEN. HOW THAT SATISFIES YOU? [LAUGHTER] HE BROKE A LOT. IN A VIOLENT... |
| 01:17:00 |
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THE DEAL LOOKED AT THE MURDER. [INAUDIBLE] |
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YES. REFERRING TO THE EARLIER TRIAL THAT HAD ARISEN OUT OF HARPER'S FERRY? THERE WAS A GOOD POINT... |
| 01:18:06 |
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I THE QUESTION OF YOUR RITE AID PROCESS SINCE YOU MENTIONED THERE IS NO TRANSCRIPT OF THE TRIAL. |
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NO OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT. |
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YOU DID RESEARCH AND LOOKING AT THE SENSATIONAL RISK PENDING THE TRIAL DO HAVE ANY TROUBLE STRUGGLING... |
| 01:18:44 |
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IN PARTICULAR THERE WERE SEVERAL NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS ARE REPRESENTED DURING THEIR TRIAL AND ONE GARNERED... |
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[APPLAUSE] |
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SHALL WE GO TO THE SIGNING TABLE? |
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THANK YOU. HE WILL BE DELIGHTED TO SIGN YOUR BOOK YOU CARE TO PURCHASE ONE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.