In Convention of the Representatives of the State of New-York, Kingston, April 1, 1777 Whereas from the want of courts properly instituted for the trial of treasons ... resolved, that all such persons as have been or shall be apprehended, in this state, without the enemy's lines ... be tried for the said offences by martial law.

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  by: Bayard, Nicholas, 1644-1707
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