The Trials of William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden, For Misdemeanours, Had in The Circuit Court of The United States for The New York District, In July, 1806. With a preliminary account of the proceedings of the same court against Messrs. Smith & Ogden, in the preceding April term.

The Trials of William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden, For Misdemeanours, Had in The Circuit Court of The United States for The New York District, In July, 1806. With a preliminary account of the proceedings of the same court against Messrs. Smith & Ogden, in the preceding April term.

Author: Lloyd, Thomas (Stenographer) (1756–1827)

8vo.(4.75" x 8.25")1807. Lloyd, Thomas (Stenographer). New York. Printed by and for J. Riley and Co. Quarter black cloth over original calf boards. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to tips, rounded corners. Leather flaking near board edges, boards scuffed, scraped, and rubbed. Text starts with title page, lacking first free endpaper and flyleaves. The book appears to be Ex-Lib with erasures to title page that appear to be discard stamps and evidence of something removed from the front pastedown, perhaps a library bookplate or card sleeve. Erasure to reverse of title page of discard stamp resulted in hole created to top of title page, affecting text. Intermittent foxing throughout. The Book covers the legal proceedings against William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden, who were tried for misdemeanors in the Circuit Court of the United States for the New York District in July 1806. The trials related to a controversial expedition to assist Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda in his fight for independence from Spain. Smith and Ogden were accused of violating U.S. neutrality laws by supporting Miranda’s military activities. The trials highlighted early issues concerning U.S. foreign policy, neutrality, and the nation's role in international affairs.

From Wiki: Thomas Lloyd (1756–1827), known as the "Father of American Shorthand," was born in London on August 14 to William and Hannah Biddle Lloyd. Lloyd studied at the College of St. Omer in Flanders, where he first learned his method of shorthand. This very method of shorthand earned him his nickname as he published the most complete and official record of the First Continental Congress from the notes taken in his shorthand. Some of his other prominent accomplishments include working for the United States Treasurer and reporting the first Inaugural Address given by George Washington, which was then published in the Gazette of the United States.

Colonel Samuel Ogden (December 9, 1746 — December 1, 1810) was a colonial businessman in New Jersey who had an iron works. He fought on the winning side during the American Revolutionary War. Afterward, he became a developer and land speculator for a large tract of land in upstate New York. He worked with his brother Abraham Ogden, brother-in-law Gouverneur Morris, and others on developing this tract. The City of Ogdensburg, New York, at the confluence of the Oswegatchie with the St. Lawrence River, was named for him. In 1805, Samuel Ogden was working with Colonel William Stephens Smith, a prominent federal official in New York, to obtain soldiers, money, and war material for General Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan war hero who was waging revolution to liberate South America from oppressive Spanish rule. On February 2, 1806, Miranda sailed from New York City for Venezuela on the Leander armored by Ogden, and carrying 180 men and weapons. Among the adventurers was Colonel Smith's 19-year-old son, William Steuben Smith. The expedition failed and two ships were captured by the Spanish. Miranda escaped, but the young Smith and the other mercenaries did not. Put on trial in Puerto Cabello for piracy, ten of the mercenaries (mostly Americans) were sentenced to death by hanging. Their bodies were beheaded and quartered, with pieces sent to nearby towns as a warning. William Steuben Smith had survived; he later escaped his captors and made his way home. When the expedition was publicized by the Spanish ambassador in Washington, Smith and Ogden were arrested in New York for violating the federal Neutrality Act of 1794. That law made it illegal to "set on foot directly or indirectly within the United States any military expedition or enterprise to be carried on against the territory of a foreign state with whom the United States is at peace." On March 1, 1806, Judge Matthias Talmadge of the U.S. District Court in New York questioned Smith and Ogden. They signed incriminating statements outlining their roles in the affair. Smith and Ogden were formally indicted on April 7. If convicted, they each faced up to three years in prison. In the meantime, President Thomas Jefferson dismissed Smith from his post. Colonel Smith claimed in court that his orders came from President Thomas Jefferson and U.S. Secretary of State James Madison, both of whom refused to appear in court. Judge William Paterson of the US Supreme Court ruled that the President "cannot authorize a person to do what the law forbids." Both Smith and Ogden stood trial and were each acquitted. On November 24, 1807, Col. Ogden moved to quash the indictment of Aaron Burr for the murder of General Alexander Hamilton after the Burr–Hamilton duel.

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