New York Supreme Court
This is an action for the publication of a libel, brought against the defendant in the Supreme Court. The declaration is in the usual form, stating the libel, preceding It by appropriate recitals, and accompanying it with the innuendoes necessary to its application; to which the defendant pleaded specially, averring certain facts, and relying on them, when proved, as a justification of the libel... Continue Reading
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It seems to me you are very much disposed to be captious & short with me & I really do not know why or wherefore. As I sure have felt always very friendly to you I am sure you can never have had any reasons for it. Now as I am always averse to sparring or quarrelling about nothing this tartness had better be laid aside.
The plain State of the case is you have had sundry bills of Costs... Continue Reading
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Recipient: Abraham Van Dyck
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Supreme Court
The People
vs
Willard Leavins
The Same
vs
Daniel Brace
The Same
vs
Shadrack Scofield
& John Scofield
The Same
vs
Joel Orton
Being satisfied by the representations of John W. Taylor & Abraham Van Vechten that the above suites ought not to be further prosecuted The clerk is requested to enter a rule of discontinuance in The same respectively August 10. 1815
M. V.... Continue Reading
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Supreme Court.
Of the Term of October in the
year one thousand eight hundred
and fifteen
ALBANY, ss.
The People of the State of New-York, by MARTIN VAN BUREN, their Attorney-General, complain of
Anthony Paddock defendant in custody &c of a plea that he render to the said People Two Hundred & sixty two Dollars of debt which the said Anthony
owes to
and unjustly detain from the said People... Continue Reading
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To all to whom these presents shall come, I Reuben Swift Sheriff of the county of Columbia send Greeting: Whereas by virtue of one writ of Fieri Facias, issued out of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the People of the State of New York, tested the sixteenth day of January in the year one Thousand eight hundred and Thirteen, at the suit of Cornelius J. Schermerhorn, John J. Schermerhorn &... Continue Reading
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I am Judge advocate in the tedious trial of Genl. Hull, a member of the Court of Errors, bound to prepare opinions, a Legislator obliged to Step into the Senate Chamber every two or three hours to stop the passage of some wicked law, an attorney of Counsel in the Supreme Cout & Common pleas & Mayors Court, with many other great & important callings and avocations & moreover... Continue Reading
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for the albany argus.
TO AMICUS CURIÆ.
Your defence of the chancellor furnishes better proof of your friendship than of your discretion. Before you undertook the Herculean task, of supporting the extravagant grounds which his honor has thought proper to assume, common sense should have dictated a more critical and extensive "view of the whole ground." The omission to do so, has involved your... Continue Reading
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Recipient: James Kent
A CARD.
Amicus-Juris Consultus having observed, that he is charged by the chancellor, in the Gazette of Thursday last, with an attempt "to tear asunder the bands of friendship" which has so long subsisted between him and the chief justice, deems it proper briefly to notice the unfounded imputation.
The facts alledged by him were directly connected with the subject of his animadversions, viz. the... Continue Reading
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Recipient: James Kent
A.
(From the Albany Gazette of Dec 1st. 1814.)
"Communication."
"The Chancellor has observed that an anonymous writer in the Argus of Tuesday, under the signature of Amicus Juris Consultus, has thought proper to charge him with using some offensive expressions in the course of the discussions which took place in the late Council of Revision. The expressions or detached words imputed to him,... Continue Reading
Sender: James Kent
Recipient: MVB
