Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-03

to come with clean hands. washed not in Invisible
soap in imperceptible water. that the defense
sPg ru that at the
REPRESENTATIVES rel OF the government had covered
he rns District
to arraign the legislative branch Of this govern
me ment, for acts that they had passed, in
passing the Very appropriation i Witch 1 these Sc
gentlemen are talking about here. II you say
be al Member 'ais asd Senator
who voted for that bill could be arraigned. 1t
be This is 50
ordinate branches, each equal, but in
dependent OF the other; and your honor has
| ator, or Representative, or Speaker of the
House of Representatives for acts done by them in
the discharge of their legal duties than you have
to try the Chief Justice Of this court The princ-
| pie, he said, must be the same, and Mr.. Horton
said sai the principle is the same He then argued
do an act and the court may determine that that
crime, and not the legislative authority; that the
court could not define the crime, and for this
the varying views of the diferent Judges 10 Would be
lhat that which might be considered fraud by his
honor might not be fraud in the eyes of judge
| hundred miles away: the conspiracy would be in
| the one instance held to be crime and in the
other wholly inoffensive; the whole thing depend
Ing upon the idea OF the judge as to what consti-
9TH The Coz Cogrt-Why may not man perpetrate
clvll WI fraud , upon the United States?
| Mr W1lson.-FOr the reason that am arguing
that the statute must show that. There can be no
offence except something that is defined by law,
you have not made it any more certain than If
you use any other general term The criminal
law law mus must be certain" He then took the ground
ton, that the doctrine OF the American courts is
that an Indictment must inform the defendant of
s the third Count he
izsd 1sin,od It .,. as most wonderful count He
sho% n as for the
the United States; it was not enough to
say that what was done was unlawful,
He said they had charged that the service was in
ere. creased; but that was lawful that calculation
that was lawful M f ey have not 's SHOWN aDy nv.
thing" said he, 'which makes these things unlaw-
iuL Our client went to the city of New York! 1t
Is the worst case ever saw. [Laughter.l You get
hm out OF that II you can. [Laughter.l
"There is little worse case than that have
had been making figures for that department in
| an obscure room for a good many years, hobpling
around there on one leg. Turner cOnspred and con-
| He drops out Of sight; and after awhile he bObs
up serenely IN this case and what do you think he
c' ne a@e Laughter He made
was his duty as clerk. That is what he did, and
It Is IN the records, the very figures that he made
law, and the regulations that have been
nee he Sas sad
| to do with the department. Now, he turns up and
makes his calculation, and our learned friends let
Iurner go, and he disappears from sight, and that
is the last you hear from him. Now, 1 would like
to know how your honor is to say, when they aver
work fraud upon the government of the United
have not shown"
He said they have charged that our client went
to New York, and that Walsh was the only man
who got any money.
"A "And d he did not conspire, said Mr.. Ingersoll.
| the most singular conspiracy ever heard of, a
conspiracy to defraud the government Of the Uni
Having read number OF authorities, Mi. Wilson
closed, by saying that "aside from the common
law rue,we have here two statutes in this District
Which have made this charge infamous, and hence
this proceeding by information cannot be permit
ted.
After Mr.. Wilson finished his argument, there
was some discussion between Mr.. IngerSOll and
MT Bliss as to the position that Mr.. Inger-
Brown After Mr. ngersoi had with the his saperor
wit, stated, as he termed it, general outline of
what he was going to say In behalf Of Brown not
very long face, arose and said:
"Have you any authorities bearing on what you
This created quite a laugh, inasmuch as Mr..
1ngersOll had adverted to nothing but what are
treated as facts in the information.
TREASURER GILF1LLAN to-day submitted his an
nual report to the Secretary of the Treasury. The
report is quite lengthy and is devoted to details of
the business OF the treaSurerS Office during the S
cal year ended June Both last 1t is accompanied by
tables showing the movement of gold and silver
government. No Recommendations Of anv i'm. inn
portance are made.
ARMY ORDERs.-Capt o. E. Michaelis, ordnance
department, is relieved from temporary duty under
the orders OF the chief signal officer, and will re-
S+ !Ciii h1o PaolyTIt SCaCUh, flahioIu aISeHa fa
will
port to the chief signal omcer for duty.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR to-day appointed Nathaniel
A. Adams Of Manhattan, Kansas, pension agent at
st. Louis, Mo-, vice Rufus Campion, whose term
has expired
THERE IS RuMoE that ex-Speaker Geo. Sharpe
OF the New York legislature, is to receive at the
hands of President Arthur an Important federal
appointment.
CAPT. FRANCIS NJ. RAMSEY, U.SN., has been de-
tailed superintendent OF the Naval Academy, in
place OF Rear Admiral c. X. P. Rodgers retired.
Capt. Ramsey was born in the District OF Column
bia and entered the navy in 1880 being appointed
| from Pennsylvania as midshipman.
Mr. DAN FARRELL, JR., United States navy, who
has been attached to the tron-clads at the navy
yard, Washington, and has been ordered to proceed
| to Nagasaki, Japan, will leave this city Friday
next, visiting his home In Illinois, where he will will
OF Pekin, which sails from San Francisco on the
10Th instant
No JOINT REPLY OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND TO Mr.
BLAINE's NoTE-The Liverpool COurie,'s correspon-
dent In London says he has good authority for
stating that Lord Granville, the British Foreign
secretary, has drawn up no reply to Secretary
Blaine's note relative to the Panama canal and the
Monroe doctrine. There has been, says the CORE
sPondent, an exchange of views between Lord
French minister Of foreiSn afrars but % no ,ojnt int
reply is likely to be made.
WHAT WILL SHARPE TAKE7-A telegram to the
n Y: Sun, from Kingston, Nov. I'd, says: A story
mas Deen circulated here to-day which finds many
1ntmate and confidential friend OF Speaker Sharpe
Is 10 the enect that he has decided not to accept
Ine IenOimnatlon to the assembly rendered him
ts tasf week. Ine reason why,as alleged, is that
ieueTal posluon mas been pfonered him. which he
mas under consideration an(fw probably accept
A CRANES CLAIM.-Andrew j. Rice, an insane
person OF Boston, has. through his guardian, COM
menced test suit against three shoe manufac-
' uuIeIs OF Lynn Mass, for a5 600 damages, based
upon the use of the steel shank for shoes The
pla1ntln claims the ownership OF the natent COW