. Portraits of eminent Americans now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. young man; and, seizinghold of the strong prejudices then existing against the suspension of thebanks of the country, the prisoner was acquitted without the least hesita-tion, amidst the shouts (which no power of the court could suppress) ofthe delighted crowd, who rushed to meet the prisoner in the court yardto congratulate him on his deliverance from a foul and unfounded prose-cution ; and some of the principal witnesses and actors in the prosecutionfound themselves in more dang
. Portraits of eminent Americans now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. young man; and, seizinghold of the strong prejudices then existing against the suspension of thebanks of the country, the prisoner was acquitted without the least hesita-tion, amidst the shouts (which no power of the court could suppress) ofthe delighted crowd, who rushed to meet the prisoner in the court yardto congratulate him on his deliverance from a foul and unfounded prose-cution ; and some of the principal witnesses and actors in the prosecutionfound themselves in more danger from the indignation raised againstthem than the prisoner had ever been of legal punishment. In his domes-tic relations Mr. Brown was very happily situated, he married a daughter 336 SKETCHES OF EMINENT AMERICANS. of the late Charles Byrne, Esq., a lady who won for herself the love andaffection of all who made her acquaintance. She died in the spring of1851, whilst Mr. Brown was on the Convention. He always ascribes tothis amiable lady the merit of giving him whatever of fortune or distinc-tion he
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