McLeod was the subject of a "curious spectacle" of a trial, in that his defence attorney Joshua A. Spencer had been appointed United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, but chose to remain as McLeod's counsel.
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In April 1861, he was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, and remained in office until 1866 when he was removed by President Andrew Johnson.