 The trial began October 27, after a doctor pronounced the still-wounded Brown fit for trial.Brown was charged with murdering four whites and a black, conspiring with slaves to rebel, and treason against Virginia.A series of lawyers were assigned to him, including Lawson Botts, Thomas C. Green, Samuel Chilton, a lawyer from Washington D.C., and George Hoyt, but it was Hiram Griswold, a lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio, who concluded the defense on October 31.