Note 1055 — Chapter VIII
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Marshall's error in this opinion, or perhaps the misunderstanding of a certain passage of it (see supra, 350), caused him infinite perplexity during the trial; and he was put to his utmost ingenuity to extricate himself. The misconstruction by the grand jury of the true meaning of Marshall's charge was one determining cause of the grand jury's decision to indict Burr. (See infra, 466.)