The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-16
THE RECUSANT WITNESS.
u,tITrT KTLBOURN'S CASE DIS
,fSSID ~ THE HOUSE.

a
m the District Court to-day at 10 A. NJ, bu
Without producing iiaIett kilbourn, Tor whom
Awrt II hahcas corpus was issued "A few day
since by Chief Justice Cartier On the ttate
nent Of Mr. shelabarser, counsel for the Ser
ecant at Arms that the House had not yet acteC
finally upon the matter rs 20 whether or not th'
eereeant-at-Atms should present tho BODY OF
Knbourn IN court. Judge Cartier postponed tne
return of the writ until next Tuesday NJ ~ A. NJ
The case Will then. probably on h"o"urn Az
pears IN court) 90 over to Friday next iof S'Ru-
ment.
In tho House this forenoon. Mr. Hurd Dem"
Obiol nom The judiciary Committee reported
the revolution IN the hahcas corpus cass oil Hal
huKtlhourn. directing the Sergeant-nt-Arms to
make A careful return to tho writ, setting out
The causes Of the detention Of kilbourn, and re-
tain the custody Of his body. and not to produce
II before the Judge or court without further
order Of tho House. lie medc an argument In
i,yor OF the reso la ion. lie iutlmated that the
testimony might implcdte high officials u the
hut nil Efforts in the direction 81 the invcstiga-
non would he thvar,cd II ktlboutn were al
lowed to be taken out ~ the control and power
A. the House hy a court which was the creature
Il tousrtas. He cited various authorities. both
10 his country and England 10 support OF the
POSITION taken by the Judiciary COMMITTEES.
Mr. K1sson tRcp.. Iowa. inquired whether, nm
der section iiS Of the Revised Statutes. the per-
900 mahlnE ne ie'"'" W 'uo VIII mus n0' pIo-
Su'' ,,, ,,,,,s,o.,s ~ -ur co,.,r.
Mr. Hurd rerlied that Il had been decided bv
The supreme Court of the | uited states, In cases
,'eu lf nun, anu We au,n.i',les WeIs unIotn
In execution Il sentence, or In confinement
uhd' N"I'a,' lial'l,l cu1islns treason OF lrl,
T. not bound to produce the hodv.
NJ Nfssoh NOT tbosS decisions prlor
MIR Ufurd-Nanv Of them were hut thev vve-o
wln.t 70 tne statute OF Ihailcs the second
9, Il-lAn,u, Mn,'n ~ 30 rcqHIed the 9.dy 70 nc
az, ~ o, 'nv , ,r ~ ,'r o9uN
ial ,',t lSlu,ttI oNtt auu over ag IN ~ iarllh-
eu,' ~. ueIil'd 'ne Top sl,l,h thit t.nytess'
. n, to.e. ma" ~, o, g. %, re-
% tns, mode, and GAINED That the statutory
,t,,i, 49, .,',u' Nv. anu 'hat w
~ 80 ~ H'',su We 's'.t W = .htIvH~
y, rc,e, congress '' "s power ~ pun
10 ootclu'ion he said that no subordinate
s.It tnNu'u ne ai,"Ntu 20 ihtsltro win inc
, u," ~ Wv l.ust or 81 9upetlpt toltt
,,"%t ,ot re me il'vet ~ ~ ,we ~ "acs, al
soi,d oe IN sp,te OF me ENGLISH snd Of ne
hue,,an eshu'l,'eT, quu 70 result would be
y e's'iIi ,uo ri Naluanie pnWer possessed
o' the II use, me resolution reported by him
gopl,7eu 10 t'.at we ,@utt VITA respect; pro-
eco 40 snoM th4t ihe court nag no jurisdiction
70 lS-ue the VIII ana mat ~ could not discharge
.ne nti,"nei' ana that VINE nolng that' u pre-,
nNeI 'ne olshlt' O., tue House, ana enabled
s,,r fr tt @ W sue p1mers
80, w. ~" W ''s NN''s''
NhN lhL NoNhl NIGHT DO.
Nr. Garfield Niep, Ohio suggested thit the
court might punish the Serecant-at- Arms Tor
cortcmpt Of Its autho ifN la not oLeyiny il or
der. and a Sed what rcneftns Hone co-ili civ.
lin. Could not the Court imrr.sun IN stlcces-
,on every Sergeant alarms. aud every deputy
eetsoant-at Arms. who W 'uld answer the writ
hague say how the House snd tne cur Would
set out q that Involvement
Nj Iur0 IA lurht that tho remedy would be
Very eav. IL would be for the serge ut AT Arms
70 appN 70 INC supreme Court Of the tnueI
hates, which mad al appellate and a revisurv
r,di''ion, and thus The question would be
- iU~u peacefully suI COnclusiyely.
MI lneld Can the supreme Court Of tho
co.rt nelowi
Nr iluri-It can; and that Is the proposition
vhich We teen Maintaining all the due, that
"n' " court GO sesses appelIate and reNisory
~ non ana the fHcts can be brought be
- u ny a VIII u certIorafi, it can judge Of the
"tl'WpI
w fNrNc p., Mainel asked Mr Hurd vheth-
De o'a'in. a thal tue II ouse h!d power g. pun
~ Ut y.hieWlt' reg rdless % the fact whether
us l"h wllch hinouru refused ~ answer
Wa hMiu or unlawfuif
MI. hufd replied that the sur ject matter was
,,,',,N Mlthln the u cfeuon 81 The II 'nse; and
'o,. luslVe on every other auth ortv.
II heu pthcucaly YOU assert that the
tsrG ky rnn, ~ 'HI anu may as
asked IS mere aHy nit 70 tne tune
v ~ '"e nc VI '"o n0uSe'
AZ INblstoS ilNleHAtNTs
MT Hurd-Ihat Is matter In dispute which
has not been settled.
, MI. frye-ln your opinion, Is there any limit
70 the Tune OF punishment except the life VI the
House7
MT. llurd-In my judgment, the power TO pun
Mr.. Frye-If that power inheres in the Uouse
Representatives, does it not also inuere III the
Al, Witch ro,.. a..
NJ ufd-Trnonesfinn tiy,t a..
NJ To-, III a. ra, ~, ,, 49,, o. ,u 49,,
10 -.t.te ,'i,nt ,i,,,i rs, :. $500 ,o.l1" 't,at
G. t.f.,f ..nftrsi, a., - ,t ~
xfi,n ~" t,tnsss rsf,sa ~ tuc aus
LAfInr M i.,yf,I and ni,nt IA ~, ~ va, " as
n B III DURING Ma liz 1850 "N'N '""' Ni''-oH
Nr ll,r, lion liam n IAc,n,o, .,, ,
doti'fi - y" """'' any 0OuI'
A. r'v. y. no o.,,., A., c..,-..,
d. o., 'r, ~, -" v"rr' ID Onrs'ehdom can
Mr. Glrn,iu fnsving ex ,r,lncd "a. -o.oi,,t..,
tsl4d afien ~ H. ,,,,',u ,"e reS.lutpnl
wfffsn ~ t.,,,',d Il ii, ~ ~ "s .iltlHaIIS
tfsv,- ,ofi o,lostio,,s 49, n t'tus'i- ~
o. WAR; l,d tssn evr,,,,.s,d ny 80 80 WIN
Mtt t. tto',.i,i", 49,. n.u iei,'4. No
cut ..ti ia ti Ia, 'ios ~, as 'a' MIN
Ls-IrIu even tnst tbe n',ss, n 'rJ i"Its.,un'
lRfu and urgnu.ftt,, i',si ia u,''ae .t ~"
tr0oecd vim A.. art,"n ,.,. ~ -, DC s"Nu'u
Mr. Hurd rem ied ttat ma v,otd = Ice, ,,i,, 10.
teen sin, l on ,',, rac'','s. A., ~. hdu
ss-,fy nv" ~ OeS4use u was "hVi'y unne-
NJ r sal4 that tho M. - 49,, 49,. ...,
olttnt h. tlfiict tr, o., ~ oeen S,richeh
cla,r.nrs wt.fh,r Xxx "o,,'o,'' t"at u ihaue no
uhl.wflf Wv tNNS''" was iam'ui Vt
Mr. llurd -preeieoiv 90 .,d tn.,.. - A..
yfnpnsi lru ana / A. ~, u,N = n"s'st on tnat
coLti- II is ttt,inili,r y,t a. ~ b1ihon VINO
TIE subject Inc nrIr os.it ,'e ~, @ 1 On