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Show JUDGE SWAYNE DEAD. Was Tried for Impeachment Proceedings Proceed-ings by Fifty-Ninth Congre.ss. Philadelphia, Pa. Judge Charles Swayno of tho United Stntes court for tho hoi thorn district of Florida died ut tho University of Pennsylvania hero on tho Dth of complicated kidney kid-ney trouble. Judge Swayne's name became familiar fam-iliar to the public through an attempt to Impeach him for "high crimes and misdemeanors." His trinl took place in tho United Stntes seunto toward tlio close of thu first session of thu Fifty-ninth congress. It lasted six weeks and wns tho first Impeachment proceeding In that body Blnco tho trial of Secretary of War llclknap under tho Grant administration. The trial resulted in Swnyne's acquittal uy a voto which was almost strictly along party lines. |