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As for Burr, he was put on trial for high treason, 

 with Wilkinson as State's evidence. Jefferson made 

 himself the especial champion of Wilkinson; never- 

 theless the General cut a contemptible figure at the 

 trial, for no explanation could make his course square 

 with honorable dealing. Burr was acquitted on a 

 technicality. Wilkinson, the double traitor, the 

 bribe-taker, the corrupt servant of a foreign gov- 

 ernment, remained at the head of the American 

 Army. 



