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To: wasp69
Still waiting for you to name me just one that was ever convicted.......

None. Abraham Lincoln refused to allow it.

Merryman was a citizen of Maryland. Maryland did not secede. He actively aided the enemies of the United States.

He could easily have been hanged based on the standards used to hang loyal Texans in Gainesville, Texas in 1862. In that instance --I just read this recently-- confessions were elicited from slaves -- every slave in the county was whipped according to the one source. And, the "court" stipulated that the convictions could be obtained by a majority vote by the jury. And the majority of the jury members were slave holders.

Forty loyal Texans were hanged even though no overt acts were proved on any of them.

Merryman was released after 49 days in jail.

Walt

89 posted on 12/13/2002 8:58:12 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa
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To: WhiskeyPapa
None.

Didn't think so. Thank you.
92 posted on 12/13/2002 10:11:39 AM PST by wasp69
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