that noble person.

With regard to the one hundred and eighteen days employed in actual
sitting, the distribution of the business was in the manner following.

There were spent,--

Days
In reading the articles of impeachment, and the
defendant's answer, and in debate on the mode
of proceeding 3

Opening speeches, and summing up by the Managers 19

Documentary and oral evidence by the Managers 51

Opening speeches and summing up by the defendant's
counsel, and defendant's addresses
to the Court 22

Documentary and oral evidence on the part of the
defendant 23
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The other head, namely, that the trial has occupied one hundred and
eighteen days, or nearly one third of a year. This your Committee
conceives to have arisen from the following immediate causes. First, the
nature and extent of the matter to be tried. Secondly, the general
nature and quality of the evidence produced: it was principally