1To Benjamin Franklin from Francis Maseres, 17 June 1772 (Franklin Papers)
...the king in council to prepare a plan of laws criminal and civil for the use of that province,...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, [20–27 May 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
alone of a law, renders an action against that law criminal in pure theory but as the proof of
3Alexander Hamilton’s Notes on Jefferson’s Letter to George Hammond, with Jefferson’s Response, [20–27 May 1792] (Jefferson Papers)
alone of a law renders an action against that law criminal, in pure theory, but as the proof of
4Thomas Jefferson to Skelton Jones, 28 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
law; criminal [index entry]
5Enclosure: Eugene Aram’s Defense at his Trial for Murder, [3 August 1759] (Jefferson Papers)
law; criminal [index entry]
6Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
By law, criminal defendants could not testify.