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The Daily Advertiser
New York, New York County, New York
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On September 16, 1788, the Pennsylvania General Assembly resolved to investigate charges in Eleazer Oswald's memorial against the Supreme Court Judges to determine if they warrant impeachment.
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State of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly, Tuesday, September 16, 1788, A. M.
THE Committee appointed September 12th on the Address and Memorial of Eleazer Oswald, made report, which was read, and on motion, and by special order, the same was read the second time:—whereupon,
Resolved, That as the General Assembly is of the nature of a Grand Inquest for the state, this House will, on Tuesday next, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole, to enquire by parole or other evidence, into the truth of the charges exhibited in the Memorial of the said Eleazer Oswald against the Judges of the Supreme Court, and to determine whether or not the charges are a sufficient ground for impeaching the said Judges.
Extract from the Minutes,
J. SHALLUS, Assistant Clerk.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Tuesday, September 16, 1788
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resolution to form a committee of the whole to investigate charges and determine grounds for impeachment.
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The Committee appointed on September 12th reported on the Address and Memorial of Eleazer Oswald. The report was read twice, leading to a resolution for the General Assembly to inquire into the truth of Oswald's charges against the Supreme Court Judges via parole or other evidence to assess impeachment grounds.