The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-05
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months ~ the medlcal SKIN oil his attend !
4nts. lne) far a. the result. Of the shot are
concerned, in so far A. the offense ofmurder
IN the part Of Guiteau il involved, ii mat
ters not whether he died instantly, in few
hours, or in eighty days, II the wound
killed him. Guiteau i, the murderer. But
the lawyers-that is, some Of them--of the
the law Of the case. The law is sacred
and holy thing in q certain sense, especially
in government like ours. lis broad pgis
covers and protects all, showing 10 differ
cncc between men Justice, blind goddess
IS she i, with scales evenly balanced and
with her cleaning blade in hand, knows
neither color ar station in life, or influence
or prestige, or antccedents when ali Amer
can citi1em i. arraigned before her bar
when this ceases TO be the case, when
hairs weight can swerve her bal
anccs, then it is time 90 break her
sword, tear the s.i, from her
eyes close the doors Of her temple. and pro-
claim from their turrct-stonos in terms more
full than ever characterized the pronunca-
mento Il Mexican rcyolutionist, that
might makes right, II seems from the
enunciatiOns of the law that we have scen,
that when an ,ssault ia made and a death
wound given in one jurisdiction and the
victim dies in another jurisdiction, tho muir
derer cannot he convicted in either, the sim
gc exception in this country being the
state " Alabama, which has a special stat
ute covering the case. II seems, from the
discussions going on, that before Guiteau
can be tried and convicted either in the
District Of Columbia, where the death wound
was mven, or in New Jersey, where the
president died, number OF precedents must
be reversed and rule established, which has
never obtained either in this country or in
England. The District of Columbia has no
special statute, nor mas New Jersey one for
the other horn Of the dilemma, like Ala
bama, to try for murder, no matter whero
the vctcm died. This being the case-wc
say this being the case without asserting
LlliL IL NflllNNhu Ntlll4'Nf NlA'lNt wv blAN'A
and convicted IN the District Of Columbia
without a decision independent Of statute
to the effect that it matters not in what
! jurisdiction his victim died, no is arncnable
TO the law there. How are We get such
decision The courts administering the
| law, and therefore the grandest bulwarks
OF the liberties aud the safety of the people,
| cannot in the face ofprecedcnts in the face
of the reason and the mercy Of tho law,
make such decision simply to tit the case
in question, In the Jurisprudence
of this country, if there is not
a strict adherence To precedent and the
established construction of laws, then the
direst tyranny that ever cursed a people
must set up its throne t" Cypress and out
rage every citizen, In the state OF Ala
bama. daring las; year, a man named
Green was arrested for the murder Of u man
named Thompson. who died after being
wounded, in Georgia. This was done, rs
before stated. under statute Of That state
covering such cases, which wa, sustained by
the supreme court Of the state. There are
five cases ON record, it seems, whore men
have been tried in the Jurisdiction where
the death wound was inflicted, the wounded
man dying IN another jurisdiction, and the
result in THESE cases were In decisions from
the supreme court Of the United states,
from the supreme court o. the District Of