Sentencing of Thomas Cooper
4/24/1800
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Thomas Cooper is found guilty, fined $400 and imprisoned for six months.
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In the Circuit Court of the United States in and for the Pennsylvania Districtof the Middle Circuit –
The United States [Sen.?]: Indictment for a
v Libel – Apl. Sep: 1800Thomas Cooper.
And now to wit on this twenty fourth Day of April one thousand and eight
hundred_ It is adjudged by the Court that said Thomas Cooper pay a Fine
of four hundred Dollars & be imprisoned for the Space of Six Months that
and that he enter into Recognizance with Security, himself in one thousand Dollars
and two Sureties in five hundred Dollars each, for his good
Behaviour for one Year after the Term of Imprisonment expires_ and that he
stand committed ‘till this Sentence be complied with_
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The United States_
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Thomas Cooper_
Sentence__
[21st?] April 1800
This primary source comes from the Records of District Courts of the United States.
National Archives Identifier: 278974
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