CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS.

The following is a copy of the charge and specification against David. E.  Harold, George A. Atzerodt, Lewis, Payne, Michael O'Laughlin, John H.  Surratt, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Mary E. Surratt, and Samuel  Mudd:--

Charge 1st.--For maliciously, unlawfully, and traitorously, and in aid  of the existing armed rebellion against the United States of America, on  or before the 6th day of March, A. D. 1865, and on divers other days between that day and the 15th day of April, 1865, combining, confederating,  and conspiring together with one John H. Surratt, John Wilkes Booth,  Jefferson Davis, George N. Saunders, Beverly Tucker, Jacob Thompson,  William C. Cleary, Clement C. Clay, George Harper, George Young, and  others unknown, to kill and murder within the Military Department of  Washington, and within the fortified and intrenched lines thereof, Abraham  Lincoln, and at the time of said combining, confederating, and conspiring,  President of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief of  the Army and Navy thereof; Andrew Johnson, now Vice-President of the  United States as aforesaid; William H. Seward, Secretary of State of the  United States aforesaid, and Ulysses S. Grant, Lieutenant-General of the  Army of the United States aforesaid, then in command of the armies of  the United States, under the direction of the said Abraham Lincoln, and  in pursuance of, and in prosecuting said malicious, unlawful, and traitorous conspiracy aforesaid, and in aid of said rebellion, afterwards, to wit  On the 14th day of April, 1865, within the military department of Washington aforesaid, and within the fortified and intrenched lines of said  military department, together with said John Wilkes Booth and John H.  Surratt, maliciously, unlawfully, and traitorously murdering the said  Abraham Lincoln, then President of the United States, and Commander in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, as aforesaid, and  maliciously, unlawfully, and traitorously assaulting, with intent to kill  and murder the said William H. Seward, then Secretary of State of the  United States as aforesaid, and lying in wait with intent, maliciously, un lawfully, and traitorously, to kill and murder the said Andrew Johnson,  then being Vice-President of the United States, and the said Ulysses S.  Grant, then being Lieutenant-General and in command of the armies  of the United States aforesaid.

Specification 1st.--In this that they, the said David E. Harold, Edward  Spangler, Lewis Payne, John H. Surratt, Wichael O'Laughlin, Samuel  Arnold, Mary E. Surratt, George A. Atzerodt, and Samuel A. Mudd, in cited and encouraged thereunto by Jefferson Davis, George N. Saunders,  Beverly Tucker, Jacob Thompson, William C. Cleary, Clement C. Clay,  George Harper, George Young, and others unknown, citizens of the  United States aforesaid, and who were then engaged in armed rebellion against the United States of America, within the limits thereof, did, in aid of said armed rebellion, on or before the 6th day of March, A. D. 1865, and on divers other days and times between that day and the 15th day of April, A. D. 1865, combine, confederate, and conspire together, at Washington City, within the military department of Washington, and within the intrenched fortifications and military lines of the said United States, there being, unlawfully, maliciously, and traitorously, to kill and murder Abraham Lincoln, then President of the United States aforesaid, and Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy thereof, and unlawfully, maliciously, and traitorously, to kill and murder Andrew Johnson, now Vice-President of the said United States, upon whom, on the death of the said Abraham Lincoln, after the 4th day of March, A. D. 1865, the office of President of the said United States, and the Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy thereof, would devolve, and to unlawfully, maliciously, and traitorously kill and murder Ulysses S. Grant, then lieutenant-general, and under the direction of the said Abraham Lincoln, in command of the armies of the United States aforesaid, and unlawfully, maliciously, and traitorously to kill and murder William H. Seward, then Secretary of State of the United States aforesaid, whose duty it was by law, upon the death of said President and Vice-President of the United States afore-said, to cause an election to be held for electors of President of the United States; the conspirators aforesaid designing and intending by the killing and murder of the said Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and William H. Seward as aforesaid, to deprive the army and navy of the said United States of a constitutional commander-in-chief, and to deprive the armies of the United States of their lawful commander, and to prevent a lawful election of President and Vice-President of the United States, aforesaid; and by the means aforesaid to aid and comfort the insurgents engaged in armed rebellion against the said United States as aforesaid, and thereby aid in the subversion and overthrow of the Constitution and the laws of the United States; and being so combined, confederated, and conspiring together in the prosecution of said unlawful and traitorous conspiracy on the night of the 14th day of April, A. D. 1865, at the hour of about ten o'clock and fifteen minutes P. M., at Ford's Theatre, on Tenth Street, in the City of Washington, and within the military department and military lines aforesaid, John Wilkes Booth, one of the conspirators aforesaid, in pursuance of said unlawful and traitorous conspiracy, did then and there, unlawfully, maliciously, and traitorously, and with intent to kill and murder the said Abraham Lincoln, discharge a pistol then held in the hands of him the said Booth, the same being then loaded with powder and leaden ball, against and upon the left and posterior side of the head of the said Abraham Lincoln, and did thereby then and there inflict upon him, the said Abraham Lincoln, then President of the said United States, and Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy there-of, a mortal wound, whereof afterwards, to wit: on the 15th day of April, A. D. 1865, at Washington City aforesaid, the said Abraham Lincoln died, and thereby then and there, and in pursuance of said conspiracy the said defendants and the said John Wilkes Booth did unlawfully, traitorously, and maliciously, with the intent to aid the rebellion, as aforesaid, kill and murder the said Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, as aforesaid, and in further prosecution of the unlawful and traitorous conspiracy aforesaid, and of the murderous and traitorous intent of said conspiracy, the said Edward Spangler, on the said 14th day of April, A. D. 1865, at about the same hour of that day, as aforesaid, within said military department and the military lines aforesaid, did aid and assist the said John Wilkes Booth to obtain an entrance to the box in the said theatre in which the said Abraham Lincoln was sitting at the time he  was assaulted and shot as aforesaid by John Wilkes Booth; and also did  then and there aid said Booth in barring and obstructing the door of the  box of said theatre so as to hinder and prevent any assistant to or rescue  of the said Abraham Lincoln, against the murderous assault of the said  John Wilkes Booth, and did aid and abet him in making his escape after  the said Abraham Lincoln had been murdered in the manner aforesaid:  and in further prosecution of said unlawful, murderous, and traitorous  conspiracy, and in pursuance thereof, and with the intent as aforesaid,  the said David E. Harold did, on the 14th of April, A. D. 1865, within the  military department and military lines aforesaid, aid and abet, and assist  the said John Wilkes Booth in the killing and murder of the said Abraham  Lincoln, and did then and there aid and abet and "assist him, the said  John Wilkes Booth, in attempting him to escape through the military  lines aforesaid, and did accompany and assist the said John Wilkes Booth  in attempting to conceal himself and escape from justice after killing and  murdering the said Abraham Lincoln aforesaid; and in further prosecution of said unlawful and traitorous conspiracy, and of the intent thereof  as aforesaid, the said Lewis Payne did on the same night of the 14th day  of April, 1865, about the same hour of ten o'clock, fifteen minutes P. M.,  at the City of Washington, and within the military department and the  military lines aforesaid, unlawfully and maliciously make an assault upon  the said William H. Seward, Secretary of State as aforesaid, in the dwell ing-house and bed-chamber of him, the said William H. Seward, and the  said Payne did then and there, with a large knife held in his hand, unlaw fully, traitorously, and in pursuance of said conspiracy, strike, stab, out,  and attempt to kill and murder the said William H. Seward, and did there by then and there and with the intent aforesaid, with said knife, inflict  upon the face and throat of said William H. Seward divers grievous  wounds; and said Lewis Payne, in further prosecution of said conspiracy,  at the same time and place last aforesaid, did attempt, with the knife  aforesaid, and a pistol, held in his hand, to kill and murder Frederick  W. Seward, Augustus H. Seward, Emrick W. Hansel, and George F. Rob inson, who were then striving to protect and rescue the said William H.  Seward from being murdered by the said Lewis Payne, and did then and  there, with the said knife and pistols held in his hands, inflict upon the  head of said Frederick W. Seward, and upon the persons of said Augustus  H. Seward, Emrick W. Hansel, and George F. Robinson, divers grievous  and dangerous wounds, with intent then and there to kill and murder the  said Frederick W. Seward, Augustus H. Seward, Emrick W. Hansel, and  George F. Robinson.

And in further prosecution of said conspiracy, and its traitorous and  murderous designs, the said George A. Atzerodt did, on the night of the  14th of April, A. D. 1865, and about the same hour aforesaid, within the  military department and the military lines aforesaid, lie in wait for An drew Johnson, then Vice-President of the United States, aforesaid, with  the intent unlawfully and maliciously to kill and murder him, the said  Andrew Johnson.

And in the further prosecution of the conspiracy aforesaid, and of its  murderous and treasonable purpose aforesaid, on the nights of the 13th  and 14th of April, A. D. 1865, at Washington City, and within the military  department and military lines aforesaid, the said Michael O'Laughlin did  then and there lie in wait for Ulysses B. Grant, then Lieutenant-General  and Commander of the armies of the United States as aforesaid, with in  tent then and there to kill and murder the said Ulysses S. Grant.

And in the further prosecution of said conspiracy, the said Samuel Arnold did, within the military department and military lines aforesaid, on  or before the 6th day of March, A. D. 1865, and on divers other days and  times between that day and the 15th day of April, A. D. 1865, combine,  conspire with, and aid, counsel, abet, comfort, and support the said John  Wilkes Booth, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, Michael O'Laughlin,  and their confederates in said unlawful, murderous, and traitorous conspiracy, and in the execution thereof as aforesaid.

And, in further prosecution of the said conspiracy, Mary E. Surratt did  at Washington City, and within the military department, and the military  lines aforesaid, on or before the 6th day of March, A. D. 1865, and on divers other days and times between that day and the 20th of April, A. D.  1865, receive, entertain, harbor and conceal, aid and assist the said John  Wilkes Booth, David E. Harold, Lewis Payne, John H. Surratt, Michael  O'Laughlin, George A. Atzerodt, Samuel Arnold, and their confederates,  with knowledge of the murderous and traitorous conspiracy aforesaid,  and with intent to aid, abet, and assist them in the execution thereof,  and in escaping from justice after the murder of the said Abraham Lincoln, as aforesaid; and in further prosecution of said conspiracy, the said  Samuel A. Mudd did, at Washington City, and within the military department and military lines aforesaid, on or before the 6th day of March,  A. D. 1865, and on divers other days and times between that day and the  20th day of April, A. D. 1865, advise, encourage, receive, entertain, harbor,  and conceal, aid, and assist the said John Wilkes Booth, David E. Harold,  Lewis Payne, John H. Surratt, Michael O'Laughlin, George A. Atzerodt,  Mary E. Surratt, and Samuel Arnold, and their confederates, with knowedge of the murderous and traitorous conspiracy aforesaid, and with in tent to aid, abet, and assist them in the execution thereof, and in escaping  from justice after the murder of the said Abraham Lincoln, in pursuance  of said conspiracy in manner aforesaid.

By order of the President of the United States.