The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-30

the accustomed formaltes, that they win speak the
ruth tina laey will speak nothing contrary TO pure
they will say, without emitting anything all they know
OF the case in question After that the court will hear
what they have to say, and viii punish them IL II Is
proved that they have not declared the truth.
80 long 1t shall not be that the persons
who have come to lay nformatons should be present TO
gether they shall be introduced all ut into the
court but they shall be interrogated separately None
Of them shall be introduced there while another is un.
dergoing examination The witness shall be examined
in the presence of the accused
If there shall be persons who confidently assert
that the deposons Of the witnesses under examina
ton are not true the Court shall listen to what they
have the matter after having made them take
an oath In the manner aforesaid and the Court shall
pronounce conformaby TO the opinion of the Majority
OF its members, ON the verscity of each party
Everything which goes to establish the innocence Of
must be taken into consideration with the
same that the dispositions which have been made
against him shall be received.
With view Of clearly establishing the guilt or nno
of accused person. that il say with view to
prevent man really guilty from ping the sword of
the law and an innocent man from being punished ua.
justly the dispositions of individuals Of every matte
and uiHts without exception who have personal and
particular knowledge of the question at ISSUE are to be
taken only while the Court is investigating the affair h.
order that 1t may obtain the positive information which
1t is necessary that it should procure.
Individuals who shall have been designated by the
plantin or BY the defendant having a knowledge Of
the question at issue shall be obliged to come before the
court to declare what they know.
CURED by the accused-convicted on the examination
which took place in his to the
degree Of his guilt and conformaby with the penal laws
OF the Sublime Porte and it will have to carry the sen
tence into execution such shall have
bee approved by the Vail.
A. regards crimes which call for the ekissasn (capta
punishment according to the er t&omis) the eddy
etc, the price of blood for slain the court will
make no decision thereon will pronounce no sentence
ana VIII content itself with presenting to the Vail the
suit Of the positive information which it may have OBJ
tanned in either Of the two cases. and the Vail will lay it
before the Grand Council which will have to pronounce
lime Porte.
either as plaintiff defendant shall discussed in
this court in the presence of the Consul the protecting
government or before that Consus delegate and that in
virtue OF the treaties which require his presence and his
consent and his assent rst both
for the sentence which to be and for tbs
II the individual who is trial is a subject Of for
egn Power, or an Ottoman subject who may have
mtted any offence against foreign subject the exami
nation and the sentence shall be proceeded with in
cordance with existing treaties before the Consul
fore the dagoman delegated by him. of the government
il the subject And the Consul his delegate will have
the right as well as the other members of the court to
who make their depostons and to express If need
be, his own opinion and observations
the majority Of the members of the court are Of
opinion that according to the information obtained and
according to reason ITSELF accused person is innocent
snss use has no bad
the prisoner being set at liberty. - ~
If an accused person, of his free will confessss
himself to be guilty there win remain nothing further
'uch individual is not guilty and that the false state
nent which he has made attributable solely threats
'r promises and that it is in spite of himself or from
having been led into error that no has made that con
ession such an avowal made to his prejudice shall
ount for nothing And If 1t is proved, by his own avow
that he is really guilty, and after that he pretsnds
hat he was by others to make that
hat ne made from having been led into error no at
ention is to be paid to that assertion.
At the examination and at the punishment OF the
uilt the Court shall not employ blows or the bastna
% and above all it shall not subject them to any sps
les Of torture
When shall have become necessary to arrest any in
ivdua he shall be taken before an authority who shall
ecide Immediately II there sufficient grounds for
ending him to trial. or If he is to be set at liberty.