New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-10
THE ASSASSINATION CCNsPIRATORs.
PETITIONS FOR HABEAs CORPUS IN THE CASES
OF sPANGLER AND ARNOLD.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.--P. Phillips of this
city to-day presented the petitions of the abovenamed
prisoners for habeas corpus petition had been
prepared in the case Of DIR. Mudd, but was
not presented, he is about TO be liberated Dy
the exercise OF Executive cemency on the application OF
nearly all the Maryland, and most OF the district ana
large representation Of Congress. The petitions are SUP
stanally the same except IN names and minor clrcum
stances The following is that in Arnold's case: ,.
1. The RoS c,ss .. %et Z s.SS! D. orasy
Aonoe County fornl and IoTpsy lor saS' s,se
ofM.and aud that the ih day Of AI A. u IS DC "a az
claiming under the military suiho Of TIE feNasut OF 'Is
Ss'' Di Sss' Of GcIa@l. I'D Mere tired Gw
Military Commission, Ou,Hrsd uad.' The Seet'" o. d
S S.;t S ss.,ls 90 otGs No. III; that nciTn,,aapE
q ry hn The G ssSos Arnold orA ,l.
. pea, 'DS 'A h s's''Ts s .S G'' s.%as Arnold
Ss AID Hs sa S'G ss, nor E he %
e When called into .,. 'e,'i be ss su s.@sS b. he %
Military Co9mssioa to be iHpn'osed that ia yana1a1.
confirm. .2s to the constitutes and til, U, sanu
anSa h been sp Sssns gi S % T states
there bed eS,.05 , os s 5.lI ..a.b hE :: ycs
the United States AID , T, The IN. II ,bs s.., and
Conviction a samuel Arnold The Court, o. thS GH'i,. Il.
sIse, Of their Judicial fractions .Od The ,u. IN the said District
s S.ts oTEs.a s IS, Court. q ,h sid Ds
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any Ssst f.', 10 s'sSsr.s tom eossssusS,
so sA aSs s,o;.os, 81 m, at Of t6e 81 March
1904 Further petitioner represent. that the charge before II,
,Ss .Ias s,bsnon .gainH The United states 3. ,,d
S ss%l and 1 S 2s, d til. S
The Uud states The aSh dag Of Detmbtt "
Wherefore petitioner I'M ou0Iib o, ns 10
Of hAbsN directed TO ne m Gen. buss's -, ma
all other persons OBTAINING the d samuel Arnold IN eaoas 70 @
% the body samuel Arnold day 10 be nshtd
said writ and for eeTslorAn drse%a 70 we ssers
other oheer having custody Of me pfoeeolpg
OF certified Of the same that dse inquiry
be made as and ihs Legality Of The oos
Of the said Samuel Arnold ioar petitioner an.gi al r.
Tor such other nod further relief as the ,.d naEse
Arnold be Untitled TO- TO tn s' , e y. s,,d - Gen
Hill in Jtu for permission to see hs ehsnt .ul -.
hs application TO this Court for rebel and ID. .Ppeah "a,
he ba, therefore unable get the AFFIDAVIT Of We
ArnI aud therefore makes this application IN hs beha
The paper also forth communication from uon
Ill., acknowledging tho receipt OF tho certain letters Oh
MalOney requesting permission 10 see and CONFER win
Mudd Spangler, and Arnold, and stating that they
have been forwarded 10 the War Department. iot
copy OF the charges and specifications against Ill inc
parties concerned In the trial resulting In the cohVc
ton Of petitioner Is appended for the Information
The provisions or the act or lb5 referred
to In thcl petition, that all prisoners within the
loya States the action OF the Courts was nnim
peded who should be arrested by the military TOT
civil courts for trial. aud IN the event OF no conviction
should be discharged from custody. The point made
that the prisoner Ii entitled 70 his discharge
under the Presidents proclamation OF pardon ana a
nesty Is that having been convicted OF participating IN
the OF President Lincoln In AID OF the he
beon and for the purpose Of promoting the interests or
the bel Confederacy The prisoner lis entitled 10 DC
discharged for that proclamation includes Ill such
persons conviction under the charges and specifea
lions appended TO the petition by military commission,
IL Is commended cannot but result In placing the prisoners
now confined at the Dry rortugas within TIE terms OF inc
proclamation IL II not known when tho Court VIII take
ucfiun on he