The Fries rebellion, 1798-99; an armed resistance to the House tax law, passed by Congress, July 9, 1798, in Bucks and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania . eding was not onlyillegal but wholly unprecedented, and they therefore declinedto have anything more to do with the case. This conduct ofJudge Chase afterward became the subject of the first of thearticles of his impeachment, on which he was tried before theUnited States Senate, in February, 1805. Their withdrawalleft Fries without legal assistance. The Court asked him if hewished to have counsel assigned him, but, as he did not ex-press an
The Fries rebellion, 1798-99; an armed resistance to the House tax law, passed by Congress, July 9, 1798, in Bucks and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania . eding was not onlyillegal but wholly unprecedented, and they therefore declinedto have anything more to do with the case. This conduct ofJudge Chase afterward became the subject of the first of thearticles of his impeachment, on which he was tried before theUnited States Senate, in February, 1805. Their withdrawalleft Fries without legal assistance. The Court asked him if hewished to have counsel assigned him, but, as he did not ex-press any desire for it, the trial went on in the absence of Rawle and Mr. Ingersol conducted the prosecution. Of the jurors called, thirty-four were challenged withoutcause, and the following were admitted and sworn, viz :Samuel Wheeler, foreman; Henry Pepper, John Taggart,Cornelius Comegys, Ephraim Clark, Thomas Baily, LawrenceCauffman, John Edge, Charles Deshler, Henry Dubois, IsaacDehaven, and John Balliott. Before the jurors were sworn,they were individually asked, upon oath, Are you any wayrelated to the prisoner, to which they all answered ^>. ft • \26 THE FRIES REBELLION. great propriety, but. after the verdict was rendered, he becamemuch affected; and in view of his impending fate remaineddepressed in spirits down to the time of his hberation. It issaid that he confidently expected an acquittal, based on theopinion of his counsel that his offence did not amount totreason. After the rendition of the verdict. Judge Chase remarkedto the prisoner that as he had no counsel on the trial, if he. orany person for him. could point out any flaw in the indict-ment, or legal ground for arrest of judgment, ample timewould be allowed for that purpose. The Court met on Fri-nay. May 2. to sentence the prisoner. The sentence was pro-nounced by Judge Chase, who addressed Fries at length, re-marking to the other prisoners at the bar. that what he shouldsay to him would apply gen
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