[Reily]

Pretty sure Chief Justice John Marshall presided over the trial. John Wickham was Burr’s chief counsel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_conspiracy#Trial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wickham_(attorney)

Burr trial was very important, set security & executive & jurisprudence standards still in use today.

[oldplayer]

Thanks, Reily, I got that confused about John Marshall. The rest of my post I rate “Mostly True.” LOL

For an interesting and fun read about Burr, nothing is better than reading Gore Vidal’s “Burr.” I can’t believe I would ever like anything this flaming liberal did, but “Burr” was recommended to me by another staunch conservative. I am so glad I read it, if for no other reason than the historical period is portrayed so wonderfully by Vidal. He uses a huge amount of actual letters and documents from the period. 90% of the book is historically accurate - the remaining 10% Vidal makes up anyway he wants to weave a twisted tale.