Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Sketch of Francis Scott Key, With a Glimpse of His Ancestor
As United States District Attorney for the District of Columbia he had occasion to demonstrate his fitness for the position, and it will be seen was not found wanting when weighed in the balance. At the funeral Of Warren R. Davis, a member of Congress from South Carolina, a man concealed behind one of the large pillars of the east portico of the Capital fired at President Jackson, but before the assailant could fire a second shot he was overpowered and taken into custody. Carried before the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia the pris oner was given a hearing. Mr. Key appeared on be half of the government. Convinced that a criminal proceeding should be a prosecution, not a persecution, the care with which he conducted the examination prevented a miscarriage of justice, even removing. A popular misbelief of a, criminal conspiracy against the life of the President.
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