, 1877-07-15

,n-nf o. Is It meant that be cannot claim ,lis-
charge until 30 many teruas after toth his commit"
ment and the requ's'ton OF 'of1sd'es'on os INC
!. What ia meant By ANY person eommittedi un Cd
and not admitted to eail! Admitted Wnen: lana ana
in January and is oaiied outin February ana then
surrendered By his bail, can he bc hcd !or t1a.
nrefcamcnt and what lawyer In this city will u't-
deItakr to teil nc what his rights are under This
law! ...,,a t.rr
Of the Court having jurisdiction OF the oaeuse:
Doe. II mean the second term after the sA1e Lon-
ssuoa wst opsa M qF i, II oae since sa
Court va. constituted. OF does it mean The second
term alter the crime was committed 1or surrey ,hu h
Court has jurisdiction overa crime IS soon a. tns
crime il committed. Or docs it mean the .scoha
term after the crime is committed 1 ana ,h,t tns
criminal has been committed: taoasn isisle. Of
reason with reference to jurisdiction. nnt
any OF these interpretations is, - 'nnn't hns h,
taiued IN our criminal Court where it Is held that
'.the second term :" means the second term at:e.
the AZ which the ind.etntnt 'ras Jga1a. ,r"t
fur crime over which the Court Of which i i
part, had no Jurisdiction: and suppose The Grand
jury should overlook the prisoners cdse and heftr
ipdict him could he undcr the law. be kept in jail
to all eternity! Under this INTERPRETATION peson
who commits petit larceny ~ Boone ~neoo ssn
pened to be committed immedlateis. alle; me au-
tournmeni Of court, might be kept IN as ttro geors
l
I. What is meant BY 'unless the delay shall
happen on the application OF the prisoner sh snp, P,
look over his Indictment before nc pleads 70 T. ean
hr therefore b. kep in Jail awaiting trai foscse1:
| Suppose he even asks for continuance for ~nolo
| tenn are his rights under the }aw ctcsn gone, Or
dues that continuance simply lengtnen pro 1amuo
the period for whirh he may be detainsa: cae ane
tf.ctrin.. IL rvidlY enforced in Urr Criminal court
1hut. If a prsoner ever asks for moment" time
for any purpose, he may thereafter be kept IN jail
Wh.t IL meant br 't1f such court at the sec
ond term shall be satisfied that due e1ertons have
been maae etc: Il i meant that II inc ~. ssa'1 81
Attorney does establish to the Court during INC
existence Of the second term his rl.ht TO eoatno
ancr to the thira he cannot claim it u al:
e;,nr a. MY for tr.1 Who has been admitted to baf
,he lasi sentence of the section ssya that b. may
be held to thir.l term II the wtnesscs for tue Peg
peonie. and II thc n1atefality Of their testimony
! lie shown. Hut what is to become OF them aItrF-
ward aud when re they to De Sd It IL cne
tomary in our Criminal Court to hold theHa ~ lvis
~ the people choose: I have scen man "a !atety
near for trial In that Court and has been ready 1or
''a' FinalIy. What ts meant By .-shall be set at
tihrav -! docs it TINT the particular action -
nbated or that the right OF action on thu paft VI
thc people il gone. Does it mean that hs may b.
There il no settled -u1e about this in our Criminal
f,nurt: but in Ut least one case, TIE Judge 81 fhas
Conrt rei<aset man ."aer H. r.. t: ~ -"f sn ~ H.
ee s1,"e ,n.te,meaf. and ,rnxnced Nun TO t> Iens-
l i"aiiur~. ;t .raere he il non. And make bold t
fsy ina. Of anons oast, tS;s act should
L an iuipcachmcnt or civil wat Eur ea. thea'
mny 80 od 1s ene is sssoistcy na limitation to
+, tons for crinc and man hnd oettcf HIVE III -e~e1
: than in Chicago. ,.n+,. o., ,ns
c iaiI which You published last Sunday, aud whitl
, denied the truth Of MI representations. hope an.
rsos; che'FS H. arr %tn a'f &c
a. nos n suen ~ mnery tat for tue slightest anera
lion Of their eoudltoh they vii wslts ~ aayta'ns
and g not G'ams 4sc sm eonton would @ write lie
Of thc DUNGEON gt me bath TO allsrt,at
view risw o, the ail the ;ery !st MI
:, ss PUTTING Il avoid s's pS
r But just about the TING TINT be wEo:e h's e.es .
70 TnE Tn,nrSE he was led out OF his celi. flsss @
on, saees 10 stouud a. turnkey Does an bam
him, am sure do ot Bat a. any = 1as qhc troblc
n tion. On The other hsnd, those prisoners VII
to have yenture to make aidavirs before hssng r.
ssa sas IA. dafse to 10 %
hc be surprised therefore, at letters from tnsse
nv fcrtrs. append Twp o. thsse nn ahoa'' @nA' 'o
" readers may see ~" ''' FEonzscz MccAnrr.r.
I'D AFFIDAVIT OF THOMAS COLE.
W. State Of Illinois, ou"ty el cook - !. 1nG ,.31a
1n that he was in the Cook County jail for over 10
to months suspicion Of Petty lsreSnE 7a ans ms
nc, discharged without trial jay - - ~ conesr
in. the cruclties Of the jail, which wss punstn ~
cu,cAco TnsE Of utH s an' ,nan ma exe s.t
snaI Ina ts"t on ny D. when the men in the cells
both sides Of him were let out for '.ash an anu .
ercsr. The turnkey refused to let h,i'. ou!: ~
hn hf
M t;as .nlu ui'N 'A'S A~ Tno-4= ;'"LE.
al ''ea Subscribed and sworn before me- Notary P
c. IN III. " 1x7T FLORENCE MCCARTHY, n. +.
" AFFIDAVIT OF PETER MORGAN.
led State Or Illinois, County Of co"k; a.: re-
MoEsan bsiss dag fsGf 'bc ah ahaa9it which
w. .,h1fshcn nuhifn In Tue SuspAr TniKusE OF J1fy
in Vas taken by the turnkey Of the lel', a pu. nn
hi. thirty hours into dunseoh nnt says that /.
IL la. lar inn.eon was dirty and sickcnns bcy.n't
ven dcscr,ntjon Afiant says that be believes hna
et wv the lat adav and letting the public III"
It ,nys men arc treated In the jail before tnss
eonvsssd Aaa, ~ vspee ,dys 'ee' u ,.nr
~ rt,irned coffee given the prisoners" ~ tns !a
wy mi erfIcc nor ANYTHING like coiee. anu ea""''
drank, but tastes lisc rotten ''nssas s1.. Mox..s
our snh.crfbed and sworn before me. Notary pn T.,
r, and for the said esqnsy p,sxen eae MccAnra @
lur. 0e III, -. f,ounfu nj Coax, xx.. Will
b as oMse ~ h.;ny duly sr0rn, says that he lives
sea- Ss1t; stafe etreet in Chicago; that ne "as ~
but m1tted to tho CooK tounss ~ - a,chn ~ r,at the
this suspicion OF pttls I,Thnnt trin AiI!ant |.
that from ". Il. i'm rnrfsonmcnt he never got ba
opy thnu"h he asked for 1t, and that nus cell VIZ
4 to lousy Atant says that ths oseae seti ti's 81
that good, hut deae1ent ~ ~ ua" nanrs and the cook
:h leetwas hs snun was Disgusting stuff that Gu
he -, h., esten and that even no" the soup on15
that tans piece Of meat once auaJ' ha., and r
be- mans thumb. anu ~. .i,na IN Aftapt says
he tatns potasov ,rr;.anment be WIS never let ou
for -; III, fnr exercise except on visiting oaJ ~
man u II se;erds nntfl about Jnnr ~. W. i1".kAa !,
the =" "tnh.cTb.J and sworn before me. Sotati
~ ~ "na for the said county. the 1@th "a
that ~ III ~ 1x77 FLORENCE MCCARTHY, y.
shall "''''
The ,,o.,a
linal WttUM