Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-17
LAWYERSATA LYNCHING
THEIR RIG HIT To LOST
BY PARTICIPATION.

THEIR RIG HIT To OPRACTICE LOST
BY PARTICIPATION.
The Decision of a Supreme Court Judge
An Interesting Shreveport Bond
Case Decided-The Chinese Sugar
Trick Denied-French Claims Allowed
-PhyIIOxera Among Imported Vines.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-A decision
was rendered by the Supreme Court of
the United States to-day III the case of J j..
b. Wall, brought here upon petition for
a mandamus from the United States Dis
trict Court for the Southern district of
Florida. Mr.. Wall, the petitioner. was
disbarred and forbidden to practice in the
United States courts of the district above
mentioned for having taken part in
lynching prisoner named John.
who was in Jail at Tampa, Fla,
awaiting trial on charge
of rape. The petitioner asks
for a writ of mandamus to compel the
United States District Judge to restore 10
him the rights and privileges of an attor-
ney in said court on the ground that his
debarment was without due trial and
that his conviction for the crime
was unconstitutional and void This
court, III an elaborate Opinin by Justice
Bradley, holds that while there is
no settled and inf1eXible right for the
regulation of procedure in cases of this
kind, the Federal courts may in their dis
erection disbar an attorney who has been
guilty of conduct of sucf -s-nature- as to
bring disgrace and scandal upon the
court, whether he has been duly tried
under the criminal laws of the State or
not. The petition for a mandamus is
therefore denied. Justice Field read
dissenting opinion.
A decision was also rendered by the
court to-day in the bond case of Charles
f. Lewis, plaintiff in error, against the
city of Shreveport, La, in error to the
Circuit Court of the United States for the
District of Louisiana. This was a suit
upon the coupons of a series of bonds
issued by the city of Shreveport in aid Of
the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company.
This court holds that the bonds are void
for want of valid legislative authority;
that unless specific authority has
been given by the Legislature to
municipal corporation to grant
pecuniary aid to railroad companies
all the bonds of the municipality pur-
porting on their face to be for such pur-
pose are void, even in the hands of bona
tide holders, and this whether the people
voted the aid or not. Every purchaser Of
SuCH DOHOl IL cHdTgcdDlc III law MlJH no
tice of want of power in the municipal
authorities to bond the body polite in
that way. In this case il is not pre-
tended that any such power was eX-
pressly granted, and there is no provision
of the charter from which anything of the
kind can be inferred. The judgment was
affirmed with costs. The opinion is by
Chief Justice Waite.
The dispatch to the Department Of State,
hopntnfnrQ mn m 1iS1 oh
from ROllin n. Daggett, United States
Minister resident at Honolulu, relative
to the alleged reports that Chinese sugars
are brought to that port and reshpped
from there to the United States as the
produce Of the Hawaiian Islands, in order
to secure the advantages of our reciprocity
treaty with that kingdom, shows that
such reports are, in his opinion, entirely
without foundation. During the year 1882,
which Mr.. Daggett particularly investi-
gated, only four vessels arrived at Homo
lulu frOmsChinese ports, and none of these
brought or discharged Chinese sugars.
Mr.. Daggett submits also considerations
which go to strengthen his belief that the
charges Of such proceedings on the part
of any parties is not only groundless, but
asserts that ii is next to. impossible to
successfully operate in that way. Even
granting under the most favorable cOndi-
ton. of things that this could he
done the necessary expenses Incl
dental to this work, viz: Lighterage
to shore, loading and transporting
the sugars inland from one to five miles,
mixing and working in with Hawaiian
sugars, resacking, relOadng and retranS-
porting to shore and lighterage to the YES
sci, would be in excess of the eYaded du-
ties. Under all circumstances, therefore.
Mr.. Daggett is firmly Of the belief that
Chinese sugars have not been in the past
nor are they now brought to the Hawaiian
Islands and reshipped to the United States
as products of Hawaiian plantations.
The French and American Claims Com
mission met to-day. The cases of the Ie-
more Brothers against the United States
were decided. These were claims for
damages for Imprisonment by General
Butler at New Orleans on the
ground that they, were carrying out
a contract to deliver 100000 yards
of gray cloth to the COnfederacy. The
defense was that the contract was made
before the Federal troops acquired pos
session of New Orleans, and that
nothing was done by the claimant
after that time. Albert Lemore recov-
cred $4,000 and Jules Lemore $4,000.
The United States Commissioner dissent
ed. The case of Kuhnagel against the
United States was also decided. Kuhnagel
claimed to be a French citizen. The
naturalization Of Kuhnagel, which Kuh-
nagel declared was obtained by misrepre-
sentatiOns and had been revoked by the
court making the decree. He was
awarded 1925 with interest from June !,
1864. The United States Commissioner
dissented. l.. DeCauloc, against the United
States, was awarded $500, with interest
from March "a, 1868. Jean Minvielle's
claim against the United States was
awarded 500, with interest from April 1,
1864. ;. I. Arramant's claim against the
United States was awarded $500, with in
terest from January 1, 1861 NJ. Gachat's !
claim against the United States was
awarded $430, with interest from April 1, /
1864. The cases of Mcdaniel, Amman ct !
al, Francois Thierville and Mary Debari- !
reis, all against the United States, were |
dismissed.
The Treasury Department has been in |
formed that quantity of vine cuttings |
have been imported into the port of New |
York from China which the custom house !
officers think are infected with phylloXera. !
There is no law authorizing the destruc- |
ton of such importatiOns, The Treasury
Department recognize the fact that this |
is matter of great Importance to the |
vine interests of this country, and will |
confer with the Agricultural Department |
on the subject