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Crime History: Hamilton, Burr team up

By Scott McCabe
Published March 31, 2013 4:00am ET
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Crime History: Hamilton, Burr team up
On this day, April 1, in 1800, America’s original legal dream team, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, won an acquittal in the infamous Manhattan Well Murder Mystery. Before the men fired shots in America’s most famous duel, Hamilton and Burr partnered to defend Levi Weeks, a young carpenter accused of killing his bride-to-be, Gulielma Sands. […]

On this day, April 1, in 1800, America’s original legal dream team, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, won an acquittal in the infamous Manhattan Well Murder Mystery.

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