, 1875-03-24

proceedings. lilo deulcd that tha tsnsl Of the
ne~spapor reports wsn admitted II ths proceed
Co,lr. had nothing 10 do With. TIN nuonliou
wAB whether they wcro calculated 10 trIpe the
Court and its oflIoors ntn public hatred and con.
tsnpt 10 ~ to hiudcr tho administration ol
Justice. II tho articles arc Of this nature, theu
they were clearly contempt Of Court.
With regard to tho qlieAtion Of wltotjlor
THE GRAND JURY
was part of Tho Court. he cited tho fact that
nobody cotlld l,o brought bcfnre tho Court. OF.
cont III small, n,,aet criminal cRnes WIN lhi nat
Court could do ,nothiug Until tI.c Grau, Jurv
rot ItB machinery In notlhn. In ruppnst of tt,s
he quoted Noe. 608 Of Wharton'a Criminal Law.
With regard to tho law regarding constructive
tcs contempt caac, 10 t'.dnce tic Is'inoip Lovin.
lature TO abolish tho prcscnt Inv. hut lad failcJ,
This contorunt lind boon committed tistl, under
the noas of tito Court, a:ul though lilo i,su,rt
bad rasaed BY tio . attach" tn himself.
to b. oYs Tas 9ng'd sg ue ey y''sa Wa,o =" st, t
Tho 0taml Inry wore forced int1 tic Court
agaiuat their will, and tho law for ,uniHhfur for
constructive contcnl,t SHOULD be tcnfoII moro
rlgIty enforced in their caso tan III tin. Of tho
II 10 did not like the ro!cctlousof nawpphrer.,
but tho former could Hot It lsH1 boeu HaiI tint
tioro waH no cAuse bofoto tho tiralu Jury wien
tho: wnro attacked, but tic respondent could
not dodge Tho iksue IN this why. Tie attack was
rnado upon tl.om rs . body tlIey wers in ra.sion
Of Court to hold then, np to public hatred aid
contempt, and was calculated to deter them
flon jnB. nctiua IN tloodlug upon eases to bc
b,ougnt before thoir police. Tic calling a man
suloss 'p lo ''a' Woro Cromwell St or Sapo1eon a
tho TisHt-from doiuE his duty, and
was clearly d contempt. /. was probable tint
IN TIM brain Of tho man who or.lna'od tie ar.t-
clcs they did not soeu1 10 bn llbclprs, hut .t4as
wnB because ho IN .nau lost 10 I'll nc.,se Of tla
coDcy. Away with tho statement tIlni this VAS
not m imuntatipn uron tim Grand Jury!
Mr.. 1tced read portions OF tho mote yitupesa-
tive u,uces, and asked whether ta!ry vote liot
TnE y1LEsT LANGUAGE
which could be npplicd to them. To en,ly tn
the Court tho accusation that ho saB III the
habit Of tnking bribcs to let rooplo or in lilo
court WIS not moro Of . contempt titaa to caHt
such siurB over o Grand jury. What would the
o,rcct Of ths kind Of maipiIing, be-; simply
that In tho futuro no nun would liz ri.Iiug to
fcryo upon Grand Jury wltll hnucs:y ior fear
that he and hin family miAh. suffer from tho d.
tacts Of tf,iH newspaper.
With regard 10 tho editorial on
TIE CuLLE.S MATTER.
1t was dnmnably ul.truo editorial, and 80 tic
writer lilaw when lle wrote 1t.
Mr.. Iucaby-1 was down at Springfield at that
tfmo Oh TINT blistneas.
Mr.. Rood then referred to member OF tho
Graud Jury, Gen. Frnnk Sherman, ut,d aslcd II
Buc!, inau as bo should bo he'd up to public
contempt and hatred as hc Ind Icen
without aic1, protection AZ ths Court
WAS empowered TO rroyilo l,tn sith.
1t wna II matter vi congrasUlRtion that this ill.,
tfnlidatIon dil not Enyo thu otrec. Of tlcterrnr
the Grand Jury In their worn, and lie llnped that
tho Court would lot himself 10 Eoycsncl by tho
law nf tho State, and would show hlnAelT ready
TO punish such conto,nrts OF cnurt. Iic cited all
imaginary caae of q man who prcfcfroa to 70 to
jail 10 serving oil urand Jury wicYo ho waa
liable 10 llavo ftH character blasted II ltu did not
conduct l,a examination Of CAGES Just "a tho
Times wished him to.
Tho counsel for Mr. Storey had itccly intimnt-
cd. In gtlotn: thoir authorities, thnt thrco
Judges who lind punished rastes sor contempt
had subsequently narrowly escaped irareAcL-
tnent. t1o would not hay tlat this ltAl been doua
with viow to threatening tho Court, but At any
rate tho intinntiun had bccn male.
Iii conclusion, l0 said tint lo believed hc bad
shown that It was
THE GENERAL RULE,
and III Illinois tho firmly y-ebtabliA.cl r11lr, that
such Rcts NJ theso wcro punishable by tho
Conrl; that tito Grand Jury NAB . part Of tIse
Court that It was in sosaion when
tho nets wera committed. and tliRt tho
acts wcro OF nature calculated 10 hrimg tho
Grand Jury into hatred md contempt. Ite
therefore Hoped that tue Court would exercise b
power IL tho matter, and ahow tint such acts
could not DO indutsctl In witll iinpnntty.
Il WAS a quarter TO o'clock Wien tho Stnto's
Attorney finished ILLS argument. h,ld a1s. Dex-
tor Ind yet MI argument to mako tho Court ad-
journed uutll III oclool; tlis morning.