Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-09-21

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The PETITION OF Char.e- A. Dunhsn re-
spectfully shows that IN the month of Jan
uary last he was tired, con, ieted aud sem
teuced to the Peuii-n,iary for perjury. al
legged to have been committed before the
judiciary Committee OF the House OF k@p-
rrsentatives during the investigation by
said committee of charges against Jeficr-
son Davis of completely in the conspiracy
to assassinate President Lincoln; that the
perjury assigned in the indictment against
your petitioner was in having falsely tes-
tilted that he had no reason to doubt, and
did not doubt, the truthfulness Of certain
dispositions made by two persons, named
Campbell and Snevel, at the time said dc.
positions we're given by them in the Bu-
reau Of Military Justice; and in tcstiiying
that he had first seen Campbell in Cana
la, in june. 1865, and said Snevel in
Wilmington. N. c., in August, 1865; that
on the trial Of your petitioner said Camp
bell and Snevel declared their real names
were House and Roberts, and that the de-
positions they had made and sworn to in
the Bureau Of Military Justice were abso-
lNtely false from beginning to end, and
were known to be SO by your petitioner; /;
and that they were no. at - said Camp
bell in Canada in June, 1865, or said
Snevcl in Wilmington in August, 1865,
the places at which your petitioner
claimed first to have seen them that it
was entirely upon this testimony of self
confessed pcrjurors that your petitioner
was conv c.ed; and that without the said
testimony Of said persons the jury before
whom your petitioner was tried could not
have found verdict of guilty.
Your petitioner further says that he
was tried and convicted by Jury not
qualified to try him; that the jurors be-
fore whom he was SO tried and condemned
were illegally selected and drawn. as de-
cidel by the court in the case Of John II.
Surratt--the manner aud form of selecting
and drawing the jurors in tho case Of Sur
ratt anI your petitioner being identical F.;
that in the discussion on the opening Of
the trial Of Surratt as 10 the legal lqualiticn-
ton of the juries who had been summoned
and empannelled TO try him. it was con-
tended by the prosecution and decided by
the court that said jurors were informally
and irrcgula'ly selected and drawn. and
that any verdict they might render upon
any trial would be absolutely void.
Your petitioner further says that under
the rules and practices Of the Supreme
Court Of this District the above informali
ty in the selection and drawing Of jury
does not, afier sentence under a verdict
found by such jury, constitute ground
for a new trial or other relief by the court
and that the only remedy for such an lille
gal conviction lies in an application to tn,
Executive for pardon.
CaARLEs A. DuxuAx.
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