Caje
09-13-2009, 10:03 PM
Has anyone posted about this case before?
A guy named Levi Weeks was brought to trial for allegedly murdering Gulielma "Elma" Sands almost 210 years ago. According to wikipedia it's the first recorded murder trial in the United States. Just like OJ Weeks was acquitted, “after only 5 minutes of jury deliberation.” The case remains unsolved.
From wikipedia: “...The trial, which took place on March 31 and April 1, 1800, was sensational. Through his brother's connections and wealth, Weeks retained three of New York's most prominent attorneys, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Aaron Burr, and Alexander Hamilton. Several years later Burr mortally wounded Hamilton during the most famous duel in American history. Chief Justice John Lansing, Jr. presided on the bench, and future Mayor of New York Cadwallader David Colden was the prosecutor....”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Weeks
The LOC has a 104 page report on the trial.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2005/20051214001re/20051214001re.pdf
The report is strange reading because a lowercase “f” is used in place of a lowercase “s”, so prisoner is “prifoner”?.
A guy named Levi Weeks was brought to trial for allegedly murdering Gulielma "Elma" Sands almost 210 years ago. According to wikipedia it's the first recorded murder trial in the United States. Just like OJ Weeks was acquitted, “after only 5 minutes of jury deliberation.” The case remains unsolved.
From wikipedia: “...The trial, which took place on March 31 and April 1, 1800, was sensational. Through his brother's connections and wealth, Weeks retained three of New York's most prominent attorneys, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Aaron Burr, and Alexander Hamilton. Several years later Burr mortally wounded Hamilton during the most famous duel in American history. Chief Justice John Lansing, Jr. presided on the bench, and future Mayor of New York Cadwallader David Colden was the prosecutor....”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Weeks
The LOC has a 104 page report on the trial.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2005/20051214001re/20051214001re.pdf
The report is strange reading because a lowercase “f” is used in place of a lowercase “s”, so prisoner is “prifoner”?.