Marshalls rulings in the past case of Bowman and Swartwout complicate the case by, the memebers of the court had a discussion on wheater or not to revise the case and the prejudice that could be affecting Burr’s case. Marshall had uncertanity about the Bowman and Swartwout case, the theory of wheater the ruling on the past Bowman case applied to the Burr case was confirmed. Marshall, declared, his reasoning for examinging this previous case was in the view of, nobody was unbias in this case; he held the president and the press responsible. The subtle point of the case, included it was a necessitate to have two witnesses to convict Burr of treason, Burr’s autorney voiced the witnesses, Hay, provided were “irrelevent” and inabmissable in court.
