The trial ended up narrowly defining what treason ... The verdict: “We of the jury say that Aaron Burr is not proved to be guilty under this indictment by any evidence submitted to us.

Aaron Burr had traveled West just six months before to carve out his own empire. Now, he would return East to stand trial for treason. Nearly 200 years later, the exact details of what became ...

He reached Richmond, Friday August 6th, and on Monday the 9th, the trial of Aaron Burr commenced. To be continued… Bob Enoch is the president of the Wood County Historical Society. The group ...

“First of all, people have to understand, we once had a former vice president, Aaron Burr, who was put on trial in a criminal case. He was acquitted of treason in 1806. But we’ve never had a ...

Since Aaron Burr’s trial for treason supposedly occurred on the island, Deputy United States Marshal of Virginia, Thomas Drew was sent to Wood County to summon a jury for the trial. The Richmond ...

Aaron Burr had traveled West just six months before to carve out his own empire. Now, he would return East to stand trial for treason. Nearly 200 years later, the exact details of what became ...