Facts
Barzillai Hudson and George Goodwin, the defendants in this case, were charged with a libel on the President and Congress, having accused them of secretly voting to give Napoleon Bonaparte $2 million to make a treaty with Spain. The Circuit Court was divided on the question of whether they could exercise common law jurisdiction over such cases.
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