The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-28

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snat sne SUBJECT OF Il Il held In custody By vrtu
Of mittimus issued by w. II. Clune, Justic,
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cxnaOHe0, ana y % ioiiows:
STATE " IOWA. a.
c...;1 - ss $500 - MsraR.l IN said
county: Whereas j, W. II. Clune, Justice q
the Peace within aud for the county OF Des
Aoanes s.ase = 49, 81 ,hs - ~ the Cerk 81
IN C;rc.;t Court Tor the county Of St. L0uis, in
the State Of Missouri, issue subpoena for one
Thomas ncaee 70 aPpeAl 1870 A.o !" sise =
C;.,.n;t q Cont for the county of 81 Iouia Is
said State Of Missouri, wherein Ben. G. Plat 10
plaintiff, and VIM Bevard - defendant; and
wneress ~, ~, A.o.as ~ ~ sasI
chem .rI there rrihsel 10 he svoyn IN aid csuee-
and neterly rcfnaed when REQUIRED nv me To hc
sworn aud vhereaa said Thomas Hedge vaa bv
me therefore adiud4cd guilty. Of contemDt Of
this Cour4. and whereas nm order haa thia dav
been made by me that said Thomas Hed0e ,,e
committed to the iail Of Des Moines county lows
until ne puree himself of said c,,nsemnt ~ teirr
sworn in the aforementioned cause. Now. there.
fore. in the name &c the State of Ines vo,, no
hereby commanded to receive the said Thomas
hedge INTO your custody, and detail him in the
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Justice Of the Peace.
The first question which arises ia. Does the
return show sufficient authority for restraining
the petitioner Of his liberty We think it does
not. &H e
An officer taking dispositions under commits
sion from another State acts in ministerial ca
capacity, as an agent of such State. His author.
ity to act il derived from h;s commission His
authority to compel persons to appear before him
and to give testimony, isderiyed from the laws Of
Iowa Section 24s7 of the Code reads as fol-
lows: @
When by the laws of any other State or CONN.,
try, testimony may be taken in this State to be
useu IN !ne Courts OF sach state or country,
annas;,ons ~ ~ pus'a LOT .aN'ns
denos;tona b.vo nov.r 60 ;.s. s,,,,,..n.. ' -
compel obedience thereto to administer oaths,
ana 10 any other ACT OF court which is neccs-
,sh.h .,,",s VIZ p',s""en' VI 'ns purpose ior
Til. eoo.;on no. 49,, H. o., -
sam,,lv 90 a., a.. os aom;,r ;.
laws oranx o,hor Stat. ~ oo.a.,.
x;s;ons nc ..,,;oh to.,;,ro,r -. -. ~ ~.
State N he psaa IN tho oo,r.s oesu.h o.,.-c.'.s'
or countrv $3.50 ','''.
Tho aid oe o,n 49,.
monv fr,,n . &c. - ~ s'', :" 'o''p0, 'css''
Cd o,,v rn,r a. - -. =, - '".oN
of.hai So So''e.o"'
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baen coun,;.a ,.;,h ~ 49, ''.s se. AA'e
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u 'o'n''s WI. Jake Judicial
-, - " '"0 ''A's % M'SSoat'' '"ey
VIM ""'u's presume against tie liberty OF the
cit'zens OF Iowa, that the officer taking the de-
position il clothed with the reauis.e authority
from that State
LUZ '".''''''"' Is ae'ec'"e. IL states that by
virtue OF commission from the office of the
Clerk Of the Circuit Court for the county Of ST
Louis. in the State IF ,.;s:
go, s"'t'"'''a ""'
IVA vac A"'1i's 1e"ge' 10 appear, &C.
ihis Is not sufficient. The commission, either in
original or by copy, ought to have accompanied
the mittunus. that the au,bor;,v 70 comm;, .,a
"'! " eoi'''ii' anu
"oio III e"s'ouy might f1iiy appear.
"u' io"Ni's beyond the return, the next and
remaining question Is; Had the officer authori.
s " commit tne petitioner tor contempt altho'
."'"' =" ''' 'al''''nuS IL the laws Oh Mis-
''' p'o'eeu'nss' up % 'he 'ine OF issn-
"a' ''en co.1pAe" ~i'h' he
"' "au i''' Ane primary re-
f1's''e - '"e'e Jaws rs Tue commission. Inc
-" - u'''''eu any '"dse' Sasslce
o'"e' ''u'e'a' oince' Vi inc
0'a' =, IOWA, anu SO 'ooeh Oh II as is deemed
.''A' w ''''s enquiry reaus as ioiiows:
,,.nra .,a 4. td ,. wv" ~ commence OIL your pru-
ize Won /, cause 70 CANA hafora -, .o 49, ~
ami ned AS witnesses IN cause pending in our
S,feut Court Tor the county OF Sc. Louis, in the
.;~ az VIM m "neie,i Den - Iiatt Is pam.
every such person and At spch t;n,e and nl.cs as
shall be named to you for that purpose by the
said ben. T.. Piatt, his attorney or agent. And
nerso, mon ~ o.,,, 81 a,,' al "mu every secn
made or taken before YOU 10 testify the whole
truth touching his knowledge of ANYTHING relat-
ing 10 ,he sad natter IN controversy between
on anna,;on .n, soa .aa' you uo 'aks sucn nus
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