[Smith, William S., and Samuel G. Ogden]; Lloyd, Thomas, Stenographer:

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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, ... "Colonel Smith, the son-in-law of John Adams, who had been surveyor of the customs at New York, was tried on the charge of initiating the Miranda expedition of 1806. Ogden, a merchant who had furnished ships and supplies for the expedition, was also tried on this charge. The counsel for the defense attempted to show that Smith and Ogden, though they had taken part in the affair, had not actually begun it, that members of the government, including even Jefferson, were cognizant of Miranda's plans, and that moreover Spain and the United States were at the time practically in a state of war. Secretaries Madison and Robert Smith, and others in Washington, who were subpoenaed as witnesses for the defense, refused to appear, but the defendants were finally acquitted. In spite of the acquittal Colonel Smith was removed from his position" - Sabin. The proceedings were recorded by the stenographer Thomas Lloyd.

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