Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-05-25
Guiteau to be Hung.

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that tho decision Of the court in buno upon
tho exceptions in the Guteau case would bo
read this morning. attracted an unusual
gathering nt the circuit Court room At
l0.l5 the judges filed into tho court and took
their places upon the bench. Soon after tho
formal opening Of tho court Justice Jnmes
said: II am instructed by the court to an
| nounce the decision in the cuSc of tho United
States against Charles j. Guiteau. upon the
exception to the judgment Of tho criminal
court" llo then read from manuscript the
decision of the court.
Tie opinion Of the court broadly sustains
tho position taken by tho District Attorney
| that the jurisdiction is &lete where the
fatal blow was struck without regard to the
locality Of uctun demise. The court holds
that tho bullet fired at the President by Gui,
teau on the I'd Of July, nt the railroal station
in this city. was the cause Of his death, and
that tb rial could only have been hold in
| Washington, and that tho death Of the Prosi.
dent in Now Jersey, except us affected by q
local statute, could not change the jursdic
tim. The assassin had net been in New
Jersey, had committed no oflcnsc against Now
Jersey laws, and the mere fact Of the Sictim
being rcmuvcd to Elberon to prolong his life
or save it if possible, could not be made to
affect the character Of tho crime. The court
held, in addition. that there are several
ciscd might if they were necessary to decide
the case. First-That this is an United
States Circuit Court with all the powers Of
any circuit court Of the Untcl States.
Second-rhat this is u judicial district and
that under the provisions Of tho law when n
crmo is begun in one and COM
| plcted in another district the olfcnse is CONS
pctc i'll either. Third-That tho murder
being m offcnse in this district against the
| dent to New Jersey did not take him beyond
the jurisdiction Of the government against
| which the oifenso was committed
At its conclusion Justice James said that
although the court was unanimous in tho
views set foth, there were some questions
| which II was desirable to discuss no,c fully
than could we'll lie done in the opinion he
had just rend, and Justice lIagncr had CON
sentcd to discuss these questions ia scpar-
ntc opinion. Justice llngncr then read his
opinion, and Chief Justice Cartier mado the
following announcement: ''Thc opinions
which hnye here been uttered arc the unan.
imous opinions Of the court-thnt new trial
is denied and the Judgment below affirmed in
this" The court then adjourned.
| The counsel FOR Guteuu says he has q plan
which he will put in execution if the decision
on the motion for IL new trial is nd verse to his
| client, to save the country the everlasting
disgracc Of hanging an insane man. 1t is
thought Reed will apply for commission dc
| lunutcO.
From the Washington Post
THE END FoREsnADowED.
| Gutcau, the assassin, will b G hung on Fri
day. JuLc 80, just two days less than u year
from the time he fired the wanton shot at the
Executive Of the nation. The four judges of
the Supreme Court of this district have, after
frequent consultations and close individual
examinations of The questions raised by the
defense, arrived unanimously at the conclu :
sion that there is no ground on which new
trial for the murderer could be legally asked
or allowed The prisoner will be taken ut
once to a solitary cell in tho Jail where he
10 now confined and placed under II
continued guard, better known as the death
watch. Every action will DO observed ur. to
the fatal moment, and not word will be
permitted to bc spoken to him, except by his
spiritual advisers or by persons specially au.-
thOrized by the wnrdcn, General Crockcr,
who has entire charge of and responsibility
Tor the assassin, from this time on until his
dead body is ready to bo consigned to tho
doctors for post norton examination. Dis.
trct- Attorney Curkhill has determined uupn
an exnmina tion Of tho brain Of the assassin
by board Of tho most eminent medical OK.
ports in the United States, to put at rest as
he believes, by such an examination forever
the question Of his sanity. After tho autopsy
the body will DO delivered to the relatives
OF the doomed man if any Of them call for
it. Considerable anxiety has been OK,
pressed rs to the action of Supreme Court
of tho United States, it being announced thai
IN application would bo mado to that bod +,
by defendants counsel for O writ of habeas
corpus. There are now only two Justices o.
that court in the city -s-tho court having ad,
journcd for the tcrm-Chicf Justice Waite
and Justice Miller. Tho BEST legal au,hori.
ties express doubts whcthor such wri
conld be granted by full court in session
and it is not believed that any single judge
will take the responsibility of passing upor
80 important question when it is recallod
that the court was in session for lhreo months
after the sentence of denth was passed. Il
| IL r.