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Starring: Maurice Franklin

Added: May 12 2005

This is one of the most famous and important criminals files in American history. Aaron Burr, handsome, brilliant, witty was the third vice president. While still in office Aaron Burr challenged his political rival Alexander Hamilton to a duel and the bullet, which killed Hamilton on the field of honor, also killed the political career of Aaron Burr. He disappeared from the political scene migrated in to the western territory despised by all but a handful of friends. But fate had still more disaster in store for him. On 22nd May 1807 Aaron Burr was brought to trial before Justice John Marshall in the city of Richmond Virginia, the charge high treason against the United Stated.