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# Ex parte Riddle/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court
255 U.S. 450
Ex parte Riddle
Argued: Feb. 28 and March 1, 1921. --- Decided: March 21, 1921
The petitioner was indicted for a violation of section 215 of the Criminal Code of the United States (Comp. St. § 10385) by a use of the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud. This is a felony, section 235 (Comp. St. § 10405), and therefore, we assume, must be tried by a jury of twelve. The petitioner was tried, convicted and sentenced, the record stating that 'to try this cause come a jury of good and lawful men duly impaneled, sworn and charged a true verdict to render according to the law and the evidence.' During the term the petitioner filed a motion setting forth that as the result of an agreement between himself and the District Attorney the case was tried before a jury of eleven, and asking to have the record corrected to show the fact. There was also another motion to set aside the judgment on this ground. The record recites that after hearing the evidence and argument the Court being of opinion that the record is as it should be, and does not need amendment, denies the motion, and similarly denies the motion to set aside the judgment. The record discloses exceptions to both orders but sets forth no grounds. No exception to the jury seems to have been taken nor does the fact alleged or the exclusion of any evidence competent to prove it appear of record in any form.
The petitioner now comes here asking for a mandamus to correct the judge's conclusion and setting forth evidence offered in support of his motion that was rejected and that he says should have been received. He might have saved the point by an exception at the trial or by a bill of exceptions to the denial of his subsequent motion, setting forth whatever facts or offers of proof were material, and then have brought a writ of error. Nalle v. Oyster, 230 U.S. 165, 177, 33 Sup. Ct. 1043, 57 L. Ed. 1439. In such cases mandamus does not lie. Ordinarily, at least, it is not to be used when another statutory method has been provided for reviewing the action below, or to reverse a decision of record. Ex parte Morgan, 114 U.S. 174, 5 Sup. Ct. 825, 29 L. Ed. 135; Ex parte Park Square Automobile Station, 244 U.S. 412, 414, 37 Sup. Ct. 732, 61 L. Ed. 1231. In this case the facts were more or less clearly admitted at the argument but the record does not establish them and the extent of agreement or dispute with regard to them does not change the remedy to be sought.
Rule to show cause discharged.
Writ denied.

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# Ex parte Roberts

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United States Supreme Court
31 U.S. 216
Ex parte Roberts
IN the matter of the United States, upon the information of M. M. Noah, Surveyor of the port of New York v. Certain Cases of Cloth, marked F. Joseph, and marked S. Roberts, and George Adshead, claimant, in the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York; Mr Beardsley, of counsel for the claimants, in these cases, in pursuance of written notice to the counsel of the United States in the district court, moved the court for a writ of mandamus, to be directed to the district court for the southern district of New York, commanding the said district court to set aside the verdict or judgment taken by default in those causes against a number of the cases of cloth which were the subject of the information; or commanding the said district court to show cause why the said verdict or judgment by default ought not to be set aside: and further moved the court for such other and further relief in the premises as this court shall deem just and proper.
In the district court for the southern district of New York, an information was filed by the district attorney on behalf of the United States upon the information of M. M. Noah, surveyor of the port of New York, against certain cases of cloth seized as forfeited to the United States under the act of congress of the 28th of May 1830; upon the ground that the invoices under which the same were imported were made by a false valuation, extension, or otherwise, to defraud the United States.
These cloths were claimed by Joseph Roberts and George Adshead; and, after various proceedings in the district court, they were, on the 4th day of January 1832, on an inquest by default in the cause, condemned as forfeited to the United States. An application was afterwards made to the district court to set aside the inquest, on the ground that regular notice of the day of the trial of the same had not been given to the proctors of the claimants. The court refused to set aside the same, and an affidavit of one of the proctors of the claimants, stating the circumstances of the cases, and the proceedings of the attorney of the United States in the district court, was laid before this court as the foundation of this motion for a mandamus. The district attorney of the United States also made affidavit of the proceedings, which was presented by Mr Taney, attorney-general of the United States.
The motion for a mandamus was argued in writing by Mr Beardsley, as counsel for the claimants.
Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Ex parte Roberts (82 U.S. 384)

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United States Supreme Court
82 U.S. 384
Ex parte Roberts
ON petition of M. O. Roberts for a writ of mandamus to the Court of Claims to require that court to hear, entertain, and decide a certain motion made there by him for a new trial, and also to correct the records of the court in certain particulars set forth in the petition, the main question arising on the motion being whether the allowance of an appeal to this court by the Court of Claims, absolutely and of itself removes a cause from its jurisdiction, so that no order revoking such allowance can be made.
Messrs. T. Wilson and E. N. Dickerson, in support of the motion; Mr. C. H. Hill, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.
The CHIEF JUSTICE stated the case and delivered the opinion of the court.

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# Ex parte Roe

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United States Supreme Court
234 U.S. 70
Ex parte Roe
Argued: April 6, 1914. --- Decided: May 25, 1914
Mr. S. P. Jones for petitioner.
Messrs. Joseph W. Bailey and F. H. Prendergast for respondent.
Mr. Justice Van Devanter delivered the opinion of the court:

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# Ex parte Riser

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United States Supreme Court
149 U.S. 191
Ex parte Riser
D. A. Townsend, Attorney General of South Carolina, J. Randolph Tucker, Sam'l Lord, and Ira B. Jones, for petitioners.
Henry Crawford and Hugh L. Bond, Jr., for respondents.
Mr. Chief Justice FULLER.

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# Ex parte Riser/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court
149 U.S. 191
Ex parte Riser
The differences between the general facts in these cases and in that just considered are not controlling as to the result, and for the reasons given in the opinion in that case (13 Sup. Ct. Rep. 785) the applications for the writ of habeas corpus are severally denied.

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# Ex parte Roberts/Opinion of the Court

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* Opinion of the Court
United States Supreme Court
31 U.S. 216
Ex parte Roberts
The court is of opinion that the present is not a proper case for the interposition of this court, by way of mandamus. The application to set aside the default and inquest, was an application to the discretion of the district court; and is not distinguishable in principle from applications to grant new trials. This court has always considered such applications as resting in the sound discretion of the court where the cause is depending, and not a matter for a mandamus or writ of error.

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# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CLXXXVIII

Fab. CLXXXVIII.
An Ant formerly a Man.
THE Ant, or Pismire, was formerly a Husband-man, that secretly Filch’d away his Neighbour’s Goods and Corn, and stor’d all up in his own Barn. He drew a General Curse upon his Head for’t, and Jupiter, as a Punishment, and for the Credit of Mankind, turn’d him into a Pismire; but this Change of Shape wrought no Alteration, either of Mind, or of Manners; for he keeps the same Humour and Nature to This very Day.
The MORAL.
That which Some call Good Husbandry, Industry and Providence, Others call Raking, Avarice, and Oppression: So that the Vertue and the Vice, in Many Cases, are hardly Distinguishable but by the Name.
REFLEXION.
WHEN Vicious Inclinations are brought once, by Custom, and Practice, to be Habitual, the Evil is Desperate, for Nature will be still True to her self, through all Forms and Difguifes. And Custom is a Second Nature. By the Poetical Fictions of Men turn’d into the Shape of Beasts, and Insects, we are given to Understand that they do effectually Make themselves so, when they Degenerate from the Dignity of their Kind: So that the Metamorphosis is in their Manners, not in their Figure. When a Reasonable Soul descends to keep Company in the Dirt with Ants, and Beetles, and to Abandon the Whole Man to the Sensuality of Brutal Satisfactions he forfeits his Peerage, and the very Privilege of his Character and Creation; for he's no longer a Man that gives himself wholly up to the Works of a Beast. Only one Word more now, upon the Judgment that Befell the Husband-man, which bids us have a Care of Avarice, Rapine and Oppression; for the Curse of Heaven Attends them.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CLXXXVII

Fab. CLXXXVI.
Hares, Foxes, and Eagles.
THere goes an Old Story of a Bloudy War betwixt the Hares; and the Eagles; and the Hares would fain have drawn the Foxes into their Alliance, but very Franckly and Civilly, they gave them this Answer, That they would serve them with all their Hearts, if they did not Perfectly Understand both the Hares themselves, and the Enemy they were to Cope withal.
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
'TIS a Folly, to the Highest Degree, for Men to run the Risque of their Lives and Fortunes, by Entring into Leagues with the Weak, against an Adversary that is Manifestly too Strong for them Both. 'Tis Hazzardous to Contract Unequal Friendships and Alliances, and there’s an Inequality of Disposition an Humour, as well as of Power. The False are as Dangerous as the Fearful: Only with this Difference, that the One will do a Man Hurt, and the Other can do him no Good. The End of Leagues is Common Assistance and Defence; And he that joyns Interest with those that cannot Help him, stands as single as he did before; which destroys the End of Common Union; for where there’s no Hope of a Reciprocal-Aid, there can be no Reason for a Mutual Obligation: And it is the same Thing in Bus'ness, Councel, and Commerce, that it is in Arms and Force. The Case of the Hares and Foxes in a Confederacy against the Eagles, is a Common Case betwixt Kingdoms and Common-wealths.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CLXXXXV

Fab. CLXXXXV.
A Hen and a Swallow.
THere was a Foolish Hen that sat Brooding upon a Nest of Snakes Eggs. A Swallow, that Observ’d it, went and told her the Danger on’t. Little do you think, says she, what you are at this instant a Doing, and that You are just now Hatching Your Own Destruction; for This Good Office will be your Ruine.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
THIS is the Case of Many People in the World, that spend their Time in Good Offices for Others, to the Utter Ruine of Themselves: And there’s No Better to be Expected from a Wicked Age, and an Ill Natur'd People. They that want Foresight, should do well to Hearken to Good Council. He that thinks to Oblige Hard-Hearted People by an Officious Tenderness, and to fare the Better Himself for putting it into Their Power to Hurt him, will find only so much Time, Pains, and Good-Will, utterly cast away, at the Foot of his Account. 'Tis Good however, to Hope, and to Presume the Best, provided that a Man be Prepar'd for the Worst: Not forgetting the Old Proverb, That many a Man brings up a Bird to Peck out his Own Eyes. The Mistake lies in This, that the Charity begins Abroad that Ought to begin at Home. They that cannot see into the End of Things, may well be at a Loss in the Reason of them; and a Well-Meaning Piety is the Destruction of many an Honest Man, that fits Innocently Brooding upon the Political Projects of Other People, tho’ with the Heart all the While, of a Patriot, and a True Friend to the Publique. Tell him the Consequences of Matters, and that he is now Hatching of Serpents, not of Chickens: A Misguided Zeal makes him Deaf and Blind to the True State, and Issue of Things. He fits his Time out, and what's the End on't; but the Plot Naturally Discloses it self in a Common Ruine? It is a Great Infelicity to make a Wrong Choice of a Friend: But when Men are Adyertis’d of the Danger beforehand, it is as Great a Fault if they will take No Warning. The Hen was told on't, but the Swallow had the Fate, as well as the Gift of Cassadra; to speak Truth, and not to be believ’d: Which has been the Misfortune of many an Honest Man in All Times, and particularly in the very Age we live in.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CV

Fab. CV.
A Man and a Wooden God.
A Man that had a Great Veneration for an Image he had in his House, found, that the more he Pray'd to't to Prosper him in the World, the More he went down the Wind still. This put him into such a Rage, to lye Dogging at his Prayers so much, and so Long, to so Little Purpose, that at last he Dasht the Head on’t to pieces against the Wall; and Out comes a Considerable Quantity of Gold. Why This 'us, says he, to Adore a Perverse and Insensible Deity, that will do More for Blowes than for Worship.
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CVI

Fab. CVI.
A Dog Invited to Supper.
A Gentleman Invited a Friend to Supper with him, and the Gentleman's Dog was so well Bred as to Invite the Friends Dog to come for Company. The Dog came at his Hour, and into the Kitchin he went, to see what Good Cheer was toward: But as he was there, Wagging his Tayle, and Licking his Lips, at the thought of what a Meale he was like to make on't, the Roguy Cook got Slyly behind him, and Spoil d the Jest. He took him up by the Tayle at Unawares, and after a Turn or Two in the Air, flung him out of the Window. So soon as ever the Poor Devil had Recover'd the Squelch, away he Scampers, Bawling like Mad, with I know not how many Prick-Ear'd Currs at the Heels of him, to know how he lik'd his Wellcome. Why truly, says he, they have given me as much Drink, as my Skin will hold; and it has made me so Light-Headed, I could not find the Right Way out of the House again.
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
It looks well among Friends, when Masters and Servants are all of a piece. The Dog invites his Guest, and the Cook throws him out of the Window, and in so doing, the Man shew’d himself the Arranter Curr of the Two; for it was against Hospitality and Good Manners so to do. There is a Duty of Tenderness and Good Nature, even toward Those Animals: But when it came to the Worst at last, the Dog had the Wit, we sec, to make the Best of a Bad Game. Though 'twas an unmannerly, and an Ill-Natur'd Frolick of the Cook all this while; for the Ill Usage of a Servant is some sort of Affront to his Master.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CLXXXIX

Fab. CLXXXIX.
Travellers by the Sea-side.
A Company of People that were walking upon the Shore, saw somewhat come Hulling toward them a great Way off at Sea. They took it at first for a Ship, and as it came Nearer, for a Boat only; but it prov’d at last te be no more then a Float of Weeds and Rushes: Whereupon they made chis Reflexion within Themselves, We have been Waiting here for a Mighty Bus’ness that comes at last to just Nothing.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
THE Doctrine of this Fable is held forth to us in a Thousand Cases of Curiosity, Novelty, &c. We make a Wonderful Matter of Things at a Distance, that Signify Little or Nothing at all, nearer hand. And we are as much Impos’d upon in the Prospect of our Hopes and Fears: The Dangers, and the Blessings that we either Dread, or Propose to our selves, look a great Deal Bigger afar off, then in Effect they are. And what's the Mystery of All this now, but that we judge of Things by False Images and Appearances, without Entring into the True State and Reason of them? So that at this Rate, we divide our Lives betwixt Flattering Illutions, and Restless Apprehensions: Never at Ease, either on the One side, or on the Other. The Mischief is, that we are Over-solicitous about Matters that are out of our Power, and Star-gazing after Fururitics; when in truth, our Bus’ness lies just under our Noses; That is to say, in the Attending, and Emproving of Present Opportunities. In few Words, a Wise Man Counts his very Minutes: He lets no Time flip him; for Time is Life: which he makes Long, by the Good Husbandry of a Right Use and Application of it, from One Moment to Another. This is not yet to Exclude the Provicence of Tracings Premisses into Consequences, or Causes into their Effects; but to Caution us not to look at the Wrong End of the Glass; and so Invert the Prospect. We see Thing at hand, as they really are, but at a Distance, only as they seem to be Patience and Consideration will set us Right in our Judgments and in our Measures. It is much thereabouts with the Common People too, in the Matter of Remote Grievances. They Represent, and Fancy to Themselves, Hell, Slavery and Damnation, at a Distance, in many a Case, which at hand signifies not so much as a Flea-biting.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CLXXXVI

Fab. CLXXXVI.
A Wolfe and a Sheep.
A Wolfe that lay Licking of his Wounds, and Extremely Faint, and Ill, upon the Biting of a Dog, call’d out to a Sheep that was Passing by, Heark ye Friend (says he) if thou wouldst but Help me to a Soup of Warer out of that same Brook there, I could make a Shist to get my self somewhat to Eat. Yes, says the Sheep, I make no Doubt on't; but when. bring ye Drink, my Carcass shall serve ye for Meat to’t.
The MORAL.
REFLEXION.
# Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CLXXXXIV

Fab. CLXXXXIV.
A Lyon, Ass and Fox.
AS an Ass and a Fox were together upon the Ramble, a Lyon Meets them by the Way. The Foxes Heart went Pit-a-Pat; but however, to make the Best of a Bad Game, he sets a Good Face on’t, and up he goes to the Lyon. Sir, says he; I am come to Offer Your Majesty a Piece of Service, and I'll Cast my self upon Your Honour for my Own Security. If you have a Mind to my Companion, the Ass here, ’tis but a Word Speaking, and You shall have him Immediately. Let it be Done then says the Lyon. So the Fox Trepann’d the Ass into the Toyl, and the Lyon, when he found he had Him sure, began with the Fox Himself, and after that, for his Second Course, made up his Meal with the Other.
The MORAL.
We Love the Treason, but we hate the Traytor.
REFLEXION.
# Eyewitness Statement of Tex Gray

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From the National Archives and Records Administration; Record Group 472: Records of the U.S. Forces in Southeast Asia, 1950 - 1976; Series: Medal of Honor Awards Case Files, compiled 1965 - ca. 1972; File unit: Case File for Joe Hooper, ca. 1968 - ca. 1969; ARC #305378
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EYEWITNESS STATEMENT
Late in the day of 21 February when our company had cleared much of the enemy resistance and we had approached their final lines I was moving in a trench trying to close in on a bunker when enemy fire wounded me in the shoulder. The trench was so narrow that the only way I would have been able to get out would have been by pushing up on the shoulder that was wounded. And I couldn't do this so I was trapped and enemy fire was still coming in at me. Just then I saw Sgt Hooper running across the field toward me with bullets hitting all around him. When he got to me he set his rifle down and I noticed it wasn't even loaded. He got into the trench to help me out and the bullets were landing right next to us. Just then someone tossed him a .45 caliber pistol and he caught it. But he set it down so that he could lift me up. Just as he did, a VC sprang up out of nowhere and aimed his rifle right at Sgt Hooper's head. But Sgt Hooper grabbed the pistol and shot the VC about five times. The .45 tore gaping holes in the VC and there wasn't much left of him. Then Sgt Hooper carried me back to safety after saving my life twice.
TEX GRAY SP4, Co D (2/501)
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# Eyewitness Statement of Dale A. Urban

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From the National Archives and Records Administration; Record Group 472: Records of the U.S. Forces in Southeast Asia, 1950 - 1976; Series: Medal of Honor Awards Case Files, compiled 1965 - ca. 1972; File unit: Case File for Joe Hooper, ca. 1968 - ca. 1969; ARC #305376
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On the 21st of February 1968 the Delta Raiders were fired upon from an enemy stronghold. Sgt Joe Hooper moved across the river in pursuit of an enemy position. When he was across the river the rest of the company followed. After everyone was on line we moved out sweeping the village. After we were ten meters within the village, PFC Hopkins was hit. Sgt Hooper crawled to his position and got the man out of danger while under enemy fire.
As we moved forward PFC Delaney was hit. And again Sgt Hooper moved to his position to help the wounded man. All the time he was under heavy enemy fire, and was even hit himself. However Sgt Hooper refused to quit fighting. As we move on there were but just a few men left. Continuing the sweep forward he knocked out bunker after bunker; upon one of these bunkers Sgt Hooper, with utter disregard for his own safety, fought a NVA officer in hand to hand combat.
Sgt Hooper by his brave and courageous actions kept the Delta Raiders on line to finish the deadly battle. After the fighting had died down, Sgt Hooper helped the more severely wounded men to safety for evacuation while all this time he himself had been wounded in the fighting.
* DALE A. URBAN
* SGT, Fire Team Leader
* Co D 2/501
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