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Trial of Alexander McLeod Opens in Niagara Court
The trial reports show Judge Gridley, jurors sworn, and prosecutor detailing the murder indictment against Alexander McLeod. Evidence concerns the 1837 Durfee case and the Caroline vessel incident near Navy Island, with witnesses from Buffalo to Schlosser and a tense public mood in Utica.
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Alexander M'Leod
George Washington
Liverpool
M'Leod
New York
M‘leod
NEW York Herald
Utica
Monparx
Wood
Niagara
Theodore Stane
Lockport
Oyer and Terminer
Judge Gridle
Hall
Jenkins
Oneida County
Seth C. Hawley
Buffalo
Gridley
Mr. Spencer
Spencer
Bradley
Ganther
Root
Charles O. Curtis
Paris
Hell
Curtis
Baldwin
Pennsylvania
Henry Addington
Hew Hayters
Kirklaid
David Tuttle
Broomville
Nan
Amsville
Joseph Davis
Remser
Joseph Seymour
Weatern
Babcock
Marcy
Stephen Northrup
Thiat
Charles O'Cortin
Edsound Allen
Augusta
John Mot
Sangerfield
Bemih
Ross
Camdens-Sutter
Farmer
Allen
Ailes
Rhe
Floyd
Vola Farmer
Kirk
State of
Alexander M‘leod
Alwaya
Jane Considucsso
Amos Durfee
John Mosler
Thaite
Gata
Sustein
Deosa
Caroline
Hardone
Schlosser
Falls
Niagara ‘Falls
Ericaty
E.e Sy Kiano
Navy Island
Mr. Wells
Weiss
Grand Island
Na Island
Waterloo
Coosa
Canada
Fort Schlosser
Field's Tavern
Wells
Sasajlania
Iisten
Secoe
Naty'Island