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The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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On June 30, 1801, in Washington City, the Editor of the National Intelligencer entered a $1,000 recognizance to answer a libel charge against the U.S. Judiciary, stemming from a June 12 publication signed 'A Friend to impartial Justice.' Respectable citizens offered sureties, though none required. Editor suppresses comment due to contempt ruling.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1801.
Yesterday the Editor of the National Intelligencer was required to give his attendance at the Circuit Court, to enter into recognizance to appear on the ensuing term to answer a charge of libel on the Judiciary of the United States; to which effect recognizance was immediately entered into by him in the sum of 1,000 dollars. No sureties were required by the court. But previously to this being understood, a number of the most respectable citizens of Washington and George-Town unsolicitedly offered to enter into such recognizance as should be required.
The Editor is not able distinctly to state the grounds on which the charge of libel is founded, as he has considered the affair too unimportant, in its present stage, to occupy an attention necessarily devoted to other objects. But from an Alexandria Paper, it appears that the prosecution originates from a publication, under the signature of "A Friend to impartial Justice," which appeared on the 12th ult. in the National Intelligencer.
By a recent judicial decision a citizen has been severely punished, under the doctrine of contempts, by a court, without the concurrence of a jury, for animadverting on a pending prosecution. The Editor, aware of this circumstance, will, for the present, suppress all animadversion.
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Washington City
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Yesterday (June 30, 1801)
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recognizance entered for $1,000 with no sureties required; citizens of washington and george-town offered to provide sureties.
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The Editor was required to attend Circuit Court to enter recognizance for a libel charge on the Judiciary of the United States, originating from a publication on the 12th ult. signed 'A Friend to impartial Justice.' The Editor suppresses comment due to a recent contempt ruling.