Sect. 4. was so amended nem. con: as to read "The trial of all crimes (except in cases of impeachment) shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, then the trial shall be at such place or places as the Legislature may direct." The object of this amendment was to provide for trial by jury of offences committed out of any State. M^r Pinkney urged the propriety of securing the benefit of the Habeas corpus in the most ample manner, moved "that it should not be suspended but on the most urgent occasions, & then only for a limited time not exceeding twelve months." M^r Rutlidge was for declaring the Habeas Corpus inviolable. He did not conceive that a suspension could ever be necessary at the same time through all the States. M^r Gov^r Morris moved that "The privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended; unless where in cases of Rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it." M^r Wilson doubted whether in any case a suspension could be necessary, as the discretion now exists with Judges, in most important cases to keep in Gaol or admit to Bail. The first part of M^r Gov^r Morris' motion, to the word "unless" was agreed to nem: con:--on the remaining part; N. H. ay. Mas. ay. C^t ay. P^a ay. Del. ay. M^d ay. V^a ay. N. C. no. S. C. no. Geo. no. Sec. 5. of art: XI. was agreed to _nem_: con.[43] [43] The vote on this section as stated in the printed Journal is not unanimous: the statement here is probably the right one.--Madison's Note. Art: XII being taken up. M^r Wilson & M^r Sherman moved to insert after the words "coin money" the words "nor emit bills of credit, nor make any thing but gold & silver coin a tender in payment of debts" making these prohibitions absolute, instead of making the measures allowable (as in the XIII art:) _with the consent of the Legislature of the U. S._ M^r Ghorum thought the purpose would be as well secured by the provisions of art: XIII which makes the consent of the Gen^l Legislature necessary, and that in that mode no opposition would be excited; whereas an absolute prohibition of paper money would rouse the most desperate opposition from its partizans. M^r Sherman thought this a favorable crisis for crushing paper money. If the consent of the Legislature could authorize emissions of it, the friends of paper money would make every exertion to get into the Legislature in order to license it. The question being divided; on the 1^{st} part--"nor emit bills of credit" N. H. ay. Mas. ay. C^t ay. P^a ay. Del. ay. M^d div^d. V^a no. N. C. ay. S. C. ay. Geo. ay. The remaining part of M^r Wilson's & Sherman's motion was agreed to nem: con: M^r King moved to add, in the words used in the Ordinance of Cong^r establishing new States, a prohibition on the States to interfere in private contracts.