The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-18
THE GATE CITY.
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THE vALLANDgCMAA TRIAL.

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THE vALLANDgCMAA TRIAL.
A,ysmens In he Ua,kd STATE, Court for
d Wa u H.Seds C~pa-- ~ ( HE-
t,on and Notion scf taiiasdykoa-
.Ghavrsessri.dc EJptnndtosy tlksssssi
from General Bxrnsitie.
Pursuant 70 The sdjournment OF last
SATURDAY sAsyspoa.sytlg Le1sjtA prsi.
ding 10 The Circuit Court Of the United
SsAlss. 1iassed yesbFasy to tbe iesg NJ
arguments. pro aud con, In the above.
mentioned case. J0Sast Goa ssAsd at 10
o'clock, ADD, after the reading Of he min
uteS. TIE Hon. George E Pngb. sbpesr.
ing with lion. George H. fendleton, IL
conhSfl for Dir. vallsndiRham, renewed
his motion Of Saturday, for the issuine
ofawrit. Tie following dooumeni which
was read on Saturday last, was then pro-
duetd BY Mr.. Pugh:
UKIrED SrATEs or ANERIcA.l
SpuTuxsN DIATRicr or uaio-u
To the Honorable, the Judges Of the Cir.
cult Coun Of the United StatSs, within
and for the District Aforesaid
sYouv pssi.iones. Clsmsst L. yallspdig-
ham, says thst he IL . nstiv~-born oiGisen
Of the ktais Of Ohio, residing 10 Mont.
gcmery county, and not enlisted or CON-
missi0nsd 10 che LEX d or he naval forces
OF the United States, nor called into 90
tusi serviss . oss Of the milisia Of ssy
Ssstss sssssshsIss, % The II d, %
May. instant, between two and ihrss
o'clock In ths uoynipg OF sssid dsv. his
Dwelling hssse. ~ Which be and his
family than we're. in the city Of Dayton.
snde Soanay Il AlonsgoueiUg afreais.
was surrounded by sbout one hundred
soldiers, armed and, b gasifosm ~ such.
and acting under the direction Of AM
brose T. tusaade, . MAJOR General IN
the Armyaot the Unitsd Stasss which
soldiers thcn snd there violently broke the
outer door snd two inner doors OF your
petitioners said house, aud entered the
saes, ssad thsn asd there ssissd your -
tiuoner BY overpowcripg numbers, and
thence carried him to the city OF eincin-
mali, in Hamltos Oousty, 10 the State and
Ssushern Disssiet Of ONO. where ehsy
imp,ispa.d him. asuiBss his will, Ia u
building ON Second VI Columbia street,
then ussd Is . military prison; and your
petitioner says thu. he i,asevcr ssnec been,
sud nos IL. detained in custody in said
city OF Cincinnati. under miiitary guard.
Of which said AmbrOss Z. Burnside is
commander.
Your petitioner alleges that he was
thua Violently seized in his own house, In
the night time, without any ~arrsnt issued
upof probibis esuss, supported by ca,h
or sfirmation, and 10 contcmpt of his
rights as an American ei,iseo. lie SAYS,
also, that since his Imprisonment. q.
aioressid, pspsr has been delivered to
him (of which true cory Is herewith
annexed b pnrporling 10 cUutsin charge
and specification against him, signed b.
J. NJ. Cuts, Captain end Judge Advo.
cate. on which charge and specification he
las besa arraigned, sgsinsl his will, DC.
fore a number Of offers of tbs army Of
the Uaiisd States, assent led in room oil
the 81. Charles Lxchsagc. On Ess. Third
street. in the c,ty Of Cincinnati, styling
t5emselvrs . A,ii,sry commissios. and
assuming 10 exercise judicial authority
ut the ins,igation Of said Ambrose E.
Burnside, ss Major General aforesaid. -
But your petitioner deems tina. I've u 90,
subj ct 10 any such mode OF arraignmenl
OF ~ trixl. aud liaims that all proc eding.
Of that description are. in his case. for.
biddsn by The Constitution and laws of the
United States.
Tters.ore, and TO the end that he INA,
be relieved from maniisst oppression un
der color OF military authority, and thai
he may be charged in due course OF law
In this Court or come other, with whs,
soever crime lie Is intended to be impu
ted BY the charge and specifications aLov,
msstionsd. your pstiiiUner moves Yen
Honors 10 grant him d writ OF AaLe0s cor
PES, directed to said Ambrose Z. Burn
side, and all persons assembled TO act j,
obedience lo'his orders. comniandin9 kn
aud them forthwith to bring the body o
your petitioner before this Court, toQeth
sr with The cause (ifapy J. Of his c.p,ur,
and depcosisn. And Jour petitioner sub
mits hereby to whatsoever the Const,tu
ton Of The United States in this bshsl
may require. ss. -
G. L. VALLANDTGHAM.
H Gxo. +. Poem. bic AtsQfpsS.
Southern District Of Ohio-to-wir;
George h. fugh, being duly sworn
says ti,st he makes this application Tor
wri: Of h0beds corpus. at the request o
&. l.. Vslisndigham. the petitioner above
nsmed. and that he believes tho matter al
legged IN the foregoing petiuon to BE- true
GRO. Il. PUjH.
Sworn TO before me, and subscribed il
my presence, thH 9Th day, Of Mag. "a, u
1868. JOS. ii. GElGER,
Clerk, C. c. U. s, Southern Dist. Ohio
Cincinnati, y, May II, 1865.
The application on my behalf, on MAJ
9Th, 1865. 10 the Circuit Court of I'll,
United States, for writ of hn1eas corpus
to release ms from illegal D.il,tsry custo.
dy, was made BY Hon. Geo. L. Pugh, .
my express instance and request.
G. L. VALLAADIGHAM.
On mosios u Flames Ball. lie, Dis
trict Attorney, Q recess OF one-haif houl
was taken. in orJ0fte enable him 10 pro
ducc written statement which Genera
BurAsids sas prapasiag, ssd desired /.
present. The following is COPY or Ii,