That the common council without notice or process to the owners, entered into a trial and heard statements not under oath, & evidence which was under oath in relation to the character of that Paper; and in relation to the character conduct and designs of the owners & Editors of the press; that upon hearing such statements and evidence the common council passed an ordinance or resolution, declaring said press & paper to be a public nuisance; and ordered the same to be as such; that a writ was issued by the Mayor to the of the for that purpose; that a Military order was issued at the same time, by the Mayor who is also Lieutenant General of the , to the in command of that Legion, for a force sufficient to ensure the execution of the writ aforesaid

It appears, also the press was destroyed in obedience to the foregoing ordinance and writ according to a return on the same by the in the following words; “The within press & type is destroyed and pied according to order on this 10th. day of June 1844. at about 6 oclock P. M. C. M.

It appears also that the owners of the press obtained from a at a warrant against the authors of this destruction for a ; that the charged with the execution of the process, arrested some of the persons accused, who immediately obtained writs of from the Municipal Court of your , by virtue of which they were tried in and dis [p. 2]