The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-23
TuE"POLAND GAG LAW.

TuE"POLAND GAG LAW"
We are indebted to Senator BoREMAN
for copy ofthe report Of the Judiciary
Committee which was presented in ODE
dience to resolution of the Senate adopt
cd ON the 10Th of December last, to the
following effect:
Resoircd, That the Committee OH tn,
Judiciary be- instructed to inquire into
the extent and meaning of the act OF
June -, 1874, entitled AN act confer.
ring jurisdiction upon the criminal court
of the District Of Columbia, and for other
purposes and particularly whether
under and by it, provision, person,
charged with or indicted for libel or other
crime in the same District of Columbus
can be- brought from State or other
place within Federal jurisdiction to said
District to answer therefor; and, also,
whether said act has any application Ia
prosecution or Indictment for the crime
Of libel in any casc, and report thereon.
The act which the above resolution had
IN contemplation, i, is follows:
BE II cnacfed by the Senate amt Ho,l,c
of P,Drc,entrtircx Of the Eitsd Statey Of
.lD,sric0, d, Congress assembled, That the
criminal Court OF inc D',triG' Pi C";u',l-
a D '', ';d i' comoit,eJ in .aid
District. not lawfully triablc in any 9th.
GER Court. and which are required by law
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So y That the provisions of the
thrty.third section of the Judiciary act
oil seventeen huhur'H ana e!Sh'H -n'i''
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The two points into which the Judi
niarv committee were expected to- make
special investigation We're first, whether
The act conferred extraordinary iuri>dic-
ton upon the Court, of the District OF
Columbia over all crimes committed in
il. limits, 50 that person charged with
ANY Grim" 50 committed, might b""rrc,t-
ed IN any State or District ana brought
before said Courts for trial. and seconds
whether the same jurisdiction extended
particularly over III" crime OF hoel.
Regarding the hr>t, the committee re-
ports "'h"' inc 'e''''" S''''o" "' ''' az
oil June - 1904 'oHI'r' upon NV
Courts OF the District "' 'oIu'h'i" '"e
power t" arrest offenders found III the
District WI" are charged with crime
committed within IN" District ana mona
them Tor trial, lWhich was 'he Ia" w.
FORE" and to arrest offenders found III INC
District who have committed crimes
against the United States IN some lud'ci"
district Of the United States ana TO send
them to such district for trial And thai
is all. No person can be brought into
the District Of Columbia under 1t, either
for libel ar any other crime. The com.
........ ., ,ni,;,n ,b.,.h,h tho 500.
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tons oil the act are necessary ana proper
and in perfect accordance with the prlh'
c;rIes Of iustice and the course OF civil.
u,:,,. ,.;.;on.
i|ed Jur''P'""'"''' ''"'"' P'0' '''''''
of this character the District of Columbl'
would h.,n asylum for offenders com
l., ra.
mlttinS crimes against Tue i""' u ~
United States and escaping hlther.
REGARDING the second. the opinion o
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principles mere SGT 'or'"' """ Is pam y
deduciblr thcrefrom, except that it !,
o.r,cs,,5 that the RIGHT to arrest a crini
r..-.-, ,.,.,,;, :.
nal III Tue n''', ~ VI ''''''''' w
crime committed elsewhere, ana sen,
lin, tbn nroner pnint for trial does mo-
-, s. .,lI,,,.;,,,. r,,..,,-
app! To ''''' ''' '"'
set forth by the committee:
Owe are of opinion that. aS betor,
s,.,.J no person charged with the erin,
81 Iihrl can be- brought into the Distric'
e C,Iumhj, under il. for no person car
T.. kr,prb, here under it for any Grim,
,,bo,.yrr
And il i EQUALLY plain that no person
.l.ar,,rl with The crime of libel in any
o,hrr dis,ric, or place in the United
S,n,.. c,r b, arrested here and sent I,
snch district ar place under il, for
l., Libel j. not crime against the
laws of the United States in any of the
States, 80 that no case could arise in