Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-04-18
Columbia County in Court.
FORT MIFFLlN PRISONERS.


THE INDIANA CONSPIRACY cAsEs--TuE SENTENCE
OF The MILITARY COMMISSION DEcLAREr IL
LEGAL.
In the UnitedsSt Supreme Couri, the
Indiana cons piracy cases came up for de-
cision. The Chief Justice said in case No
$50 er p'iTfe in the m alter OF Lamo5in r
I MilIigan, petitioner, the following order
ia directed by majority oil the court TO be
entered in this cause, and the ike order
will be entered in No 365 .er pIrte ia the
matter of VIM A. Bowles, aid 10 No 376
ez parfe in he matter Of Stephen HofseY
This cause came on 10 be heard on the Iran-
! script Of the record from the Circun Court
OF The United States for The District oil In
diana, aud on the points and 9nesIions on
which the said judges of the Circuit were
opposed in opinion, and which were cerii-
fed 10 the court for lis opinion asreeabiy
TO The act of Congress in such cases made
and provided, and was argued by counsel.
On consideration whereof the Court i, OF
opinion
Isl, That on The facts stated in said petition
and exhlbirs the writ OF hQbeaS corpus ought
to be issued according to the prayer OF the
said petition
Second, That on The facts sla,ed in said
peli ion and exhibits The said Lambdin p
MiIIigan ought 10 be discharged from GUS
lody, as IN said petition is prayed and ac-
cordng 10 the act of Congress passed
March 9 1853 entitled an act relating 10
habedS corpus aud regulating judicial pro
ceedinSs IN certain cases.
1hid, That cn the facts stated in said pc
Iiiiua aud exhibits he military commission
mentioned therein bad no Jurisdiction le-
aaily to ny aud sentence said Lam bdin u.
Milllgsn in manner aud form as in said pc
4 80,
upon now here ordered aud adiudsed oy
this conrl that it be 20 certified to the said
Circuii Court ! am instructed 10 say that
the opinion OF the Cour in these cases
Will he read a, the next Term, when such ot
the dissenting Indges see iit to do so will
state he grou( OF their dissent The rea-
sou why ;he opiniot OF the Court is not dc.
Iiversd now j. that the cases were reached
80 late in the term that the Court had not
lime to prepare au opiuion.
An immense crowd was in The court
room, and The delivery OF the opinion was
received with the deepest interest.
II will be remembered that Col. Freeze,
Mr.. Alricks and Mr. Herr, couussls for De-
PENDANTS in The Colombia County case, put
in plea Il The jurisdiction Of the "liil-
iary comm. s>,pu," convened TO try he
prisoners. Thai plea rs orders from Wash
ing,on was overruied and dsaliosed and
the causes were ordered 10 proceed. The
evidence in every case Of conviction was
published aud It was universally pronounc.
ed unsatisIac trr ,inconclusivs irFeIevaa' ,ab-
surI or false. And now the heat Of passion
having subsidized, 10 saue or dscea; man
believes our citizens 10 have been guilty Of
any crime or mi>demeanor even in intent
AID the TACT that The whole taing was
mere political rail, Tor little personal re-
verge is absolutely set,ied
Boz now comes, within eighteen months
of the meek trial hy The military commits
sions, solemn judgment, pronounced by
The chief Justice OF the Uaited States, that
ssrhe military commission mentioned there
in had 10 JURISDICTION legally 10 Try
and sentence Sc.
Those Indiana cases were in every way
Stronger, in their e az, ,han these in Column
bia county. Suppose any Of our citizens
had teen brug sotne blond-lhir>ly aboli
/ lionists here boas ed and desired they
should be, what wonld now become of the
necks of the military commission which
pronounced The sentence MURDER in
the firs, degree, ,">would be The sentence of
civil court against each member of the
commission. If the commission had no
iurisdiclion the judgment and everything
in pursuance thereof was Uoid
What then becomes OF TIE fine Of $500