Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
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] The unanimous decision of She Dis trct Supreme Court un the question | raised by the defence in the Gulieau ease, was announced on Monday. The | following are the points of the decision; "Ihe opinion oi the Court will broadly
 sustain tne position taken by the Dis ! trlet Attorney that jurisdiction IS com 1 plete where the fatal blow was struck, without regard Co the locality Cfactual de ! mlse- The cOurt hoi0s tls bullet that was nred at the ? ssideut ly Guiteau the
 second day of July, ia is city, was the cause of bis death. and that the trial could only have been held in Washing
 top; that the death of the President in
 New Jersey, except as affected bv tue
 local statute. could not change the luris-
 dIctiou. The assassin had not been in
 New Jersey. had cuMIni ted no offence
 against New Jersey laws, and the mere
 fact of the victim being removed to FL
 JetOn tO prOioug hlt, or save II, If pOSsi-
 ble, could not be made to affect the
 character of the crime. The Court VIII
 hold. in addition. that there are several
 grounds on winch jurisdiction IS not exercise q. which might be maintained If It were necessary tu decide the case. First That this Is a United States Court,
 with all the powers Of any Circuit Court of the United States. SeeOnd-That this IS judicial dIstrilt, and that under the provisions of the law, when the crime IS begun iu one aud completed in anOtb- CT district, the Oifense is complete in either. Third-That the murder being an offense in this district against the United States, the removal of the Presj- dent to New Jersey did not take him be- yOnd the jurisdiction of the Government against which the offense was commit ted
 Considerable anxiety has been express ell as to the action of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1t being an- nOunced that an application would be made tO. that body by the defendants counsel for a writ of habeas corpus, the Court having adjourned for the term Chief Justice Waite and Justice Miller, the best legal authorities, express doubts whe ther such a writ could be granted by full Court III session, and n ls not be- heved that any single Judge will take the responsibility on so important question when it IS recalled The Court was in session for three months after the sentence of death was passed It may, therefore, reasonably be concluded that Gmteau w1lI hang as sentenced, and that there k no earthly hope for him.
 After the delivery of tie opinion, the prisoner will bO taken at once to a sol Itary cell m the iaII Vhe he IS now confined, and placed under a continued guard, better known as the Death Watch Ev ry action VIII be observed up to the fatal moment, and not a word VIII be permitted Co he spoken tO hlm except by hs spiritual advisors, or by persons specially authorized by Warden Crocker, " O has gLtue charge and
 responsibility for e..e assassin from this -Ime on uUtii his dead body IS ready to 1e cuusi-t cd to tbt Doctors for post murtem examination. Distinct Attorney COrkhill hos determined upon an ex- . imitation oi ta, hraIt uf the as sassln Jy a board of tIy most learned medical experts m tLc United States, to put At 'est, as he believe. ialtvrr, the question of his sanity. Ate the autopsy the body will te delivered Go the relatives nf the doomed nan, fl any Or them call for 1t.