John W. Ashmead District Attorney United States Courtesy of Lancaster County Historical Society

Prosecution  

The following individuals were representing the Prosecution in the Treason Trial against Castner Hanway:

For the United States

John W. Ashmead : United States Attorney for the Eastern District Court

George L. Ashmead: Attorney from Philadelphia and cousin to John Ashmead

James R. Ludlow: Attorney from Philadelphia

For the State of Maryland

Robert J. Brent: Attorney General of Maryland

James Cooper: United States Senator from Pennsylvania

R. M. Lee: Philadelphia City Recorder