"In 1795, shortly [six years] after the Constitution was ratified, the House ordered its sergeant at arms to arrest and detain two men accused of trying to bribe members of Congress. The House held a trial and convicted one of them."
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/opinion/04tue4.html
"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, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed."
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/articles/article-iii
"The first Chief Justice of the United States was John Jay; the Court's first docketed case was Van Staphorst v. Maryland (1791), and its first recorded decision was West v. Barnes (1791)."
https://www.google.com/search?q=first+case+ever+judged+in+the+us
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