Английская Википедия:Benjamin Fairbanks
Шаблон:Short description Benjamin Fairbanks was an 18th-century farmer and selectmen from Dedham, Massachusetts who received the lightest sentence of anyone ever convicted under the Sedition Act of 1798.Шаблон:Sfn[1]
Fairbanks was charged with having a role in erecting the liberty pole in Dedham, along with David Brown. Brown held the ladder while another, presumably Fairbanks, put up a seditious sign on it.Шаблон:Sfn
When it appeared, Fisher Ames and the rest of Dedham's Federalist community were enraged.Шаблон:Sfn The pole was taken downШаблон:Sfn and the culprits were sought. Fairbanks, a prosperous farmer and former Selectman but also an "impressionable, rather excitable man," was quickly arrestedШаблон:Sfn on November 6, 1798.[1] He was brought to Boston by the United States Marshal for the district, and accompanied by men from a neighboring community.[2] He was questioned the same evening by Judge John Lowell.[2]
He posted bond and was scheduled for trial the following June at the Federal Circuit Court in Boston.Шаблон:Sfn[2][1] When the trial came, Fairbanks requested the legal aid of Ames. While Ames declined to serve as the defendant's attorney, he did appear as a character witness.Шаблон:Sfn Fairbanks, facing the "powerful forces" arrayed against him, confessed on June 8.Шаблон:Sfn
Fairbanks said that "it was not then known by me, nor perhaps by others concerned, how heinous an offense it was."Шаблон:Sfn[3] He then added that he was a patriotic citizen, and would attempt to live his life accordingly in the future.Шаблон:Sfn Justice Samuel Chase sentenced Fairbanks to six hours in prison and a fine of five dollars, plus court costs, the lightest sentence ever given for any of the Sedition Act defendants.Шаблон:Sfn[3] When Thomas Jefferson became president, one of his first acts was to issue a general pardon for any person convicted under the Sedition Act.Шаблон:Sfn
Personal life
He was a descendant of Jonathan Fairebanke, builder of the Fairbanks House.Шаблон:Sfn He was also related to Jason Fairbanks, the murderer, and Vice President Charles Fairbanks.
He served one term as a selectman in 1785.[4]
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