Connects abstract federal enforcement to the burdensome long-distance legal process that sharpened local conflict.
The summonses followed a decision to prosecute excise resistance more vigorously. Service of the processes immediately preceded the July confrontation involving Marshal David Lenox and excise supervisor John Neville.
District Attorney William Rawle secured processes from the federal court in Philadelphia ordering the appearance of over sixty western country distillers before the court during August.
PDF p. 184; printed p. 177
PDF p. 184; printed p. 177
Chapter 11 — Rebellion
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District Attorney William Rawle secured processes from the federal court in Philadelphia ordering the appearance of over sixty western country distillers before the court during August.
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Section: Chapter 11 — Rebellion
The summonses followed a decision to prosecute excise resistance more vigorously. Service of the processes immediately preceded the July confrontation involving Marshal David Lenox and excise supervisor John Neville.
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