Concerning the constitutionality of trying a captain
Document 1800Asks the Attorney General whether it is constitutional for the military to deliver Capt. Devin of the 4th Regiment - who had recently gone from Maryland to Tennessee - back to a municipal court in Maryland.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Asks the Attorney General whether it is constitutional for the military to deliver Capt. Devin of the 4th Regiment - who had recently gone from Maryland to Tennessee - back to a municipal court in Maryland.
Date
03/10/1800
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1800031000101
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Notable persons
Charles Lee
James McHenry
Attorney General
Devin
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
regiment
governor
President
Deven
military tribunal
courts
George Baer
Congress
Notable locations
Tennessee
Maryland
Virginia
Allegany County
Notable items
Post office
municipal law
refuge