Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-11
Star Route cases:
INDICTMENTS HOLD.

INDICTMENTS HOLD.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-Judge Wylie has
decided the star route indictments are good
and sufficient. The motion to quash was
overruled and the indictments stand.
Gems. Brady and Turner, Minar, Rerdell,
Ca5ell and Boone of the defendants being in
court, Judge Wylie SAID the motions IN the
case of Dorsey and Brady were similar, the
principal point made being that defendants
had not been bound over by the commissioner
to await the action of the grand jury and that
the jury had found the indictments without
the case having been properly brought before
them by an order of the court The Judge
then read the Maryland law of 1772 upon
which these points are based and reviewed the
history of the adoption of the legal code of
the district, and defined the force of the Mary
land statutes, which are claimed to constitute
part of the District of Columbia. The de-
cision he finally arrived at, after an exhaus.
tive consideration of all the acts subsequent
10 that organizing the district courts and that
act itself was that the law of 1772 had disap-
peared from the district code, along with the
MARYLAND laws of the same class, many years
ago.
The Judge then took up the other points of
The motions to quash-the question Of the
jurisdiction of the court, and the point that
The conspiracy charged in the indictment had
not been sufficiently defined, both receiving
statutes bearing on the jurisdiction of this
court, he declared that the court certainly
had the jurisdiction in the premises. AS to
The claim that the conspiracy had not been
established by the indictment, he said it was
only necessary to consider whether or not the
defendants had by their joint action endeay-
ored to obtain or did obtain money or its
equivalent from the government by illegal
methods.
After reading the statutes at length the
Judge gave his definition of the meaning OF
conspiracy, and reviewed carefully the por-
tions of the indictment countenancing these
allegations and said that in his opinion the
evidence presented therein was strong enough
10 warrant the prosecution OF these defend
ants, and he therefore decided that the lndict
meuts were good and sufficient in all particu
lars.
He then took up what are known as The
straw bond cases, which were sent to this
court, aud again decided that the indictments
were sufficient in these cases.
Judge Wylie said this decision would dis
pose OF the motion to quash in the SoteldC
murder case. The recognizance of Stepher
W. Dorsey was declared forfeited and his ar
rest ordered. Col. Iotten formally: noted thll
objection to the decision of The court. Mos
of the defendants entered appeals and cour
adjourned till Sp. m.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO wRIGGLE OUT.
At the reassembling the clerk read the III
dictment against Gen. Brady, W. Il. Turner
NC. Randall and John r. Miner. They wer
then called on to plead, when Col. Totten
counsel for defendants, stated that in the cas-
of Brady and Turner he had certain pleas o
abatement to file. These pleas were to tn
effect that pending the time the grand jur,
were finding the indictment certain partie
other than the district attorney and assistant
had free access to the grand jury room, ant
made speeches before the jury, and also lai
before them pamphlets and other ex parte eyl
dences.
Col. Totten asserted this was exercising I'm
due influence upon the grand jury, and sal
that he put in this plea instead Of pleading #
the indictment.
Merrick-for the government, contends
the defendants were there simply to plea
guilty or not guilty, and they could not ente
INTO any other question.
After further discussion the court at 6 i
the evening remarked that as the defendant
were under srraignment he could not adjour
court, but taking into consideration the late
ness of the hour he would direct recess III
til tomorrow.
THEIR LAST HOPE GONE.
Judge Wylie's decision in the Grimm;
court refusing the motion OF the defendants
Star route cases to quash indictments is +