Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-06
TIE TRIAL OF CUTTING.
He II Convicted and Now
Awalt. Sentence.
Fan Assoant q he Prosesdiurs-rhs
Argsnsnss q counssl cutti,s
causluass % nsry As Jursa-
aistiea q The court

-4NNN|- .ANA4 4-AN. = - ~ III "a. 81. D."
a1R. A that boar the Maxlaan nu9hnri.
ttss TIE coaFf Judra. .Ssnof Hannel $40
hida. hss clerk; lha olIisisl intnrrrefes ,
Louis Daniike, with the piaintin. En.
iEdio Medina. Consal Rri<ham anf
oleFk, tAe pfi9onGF, and 4 few Amnriaan
and Msxit1a citie9ns and raufessufa.
tlVe1 % ne Ei Paso pres, assembled II
tie en4il e1ort room, furnished with
tso taelez and few chairs AZ ~
O'Clock the krosee1iinr AtfoFnaV. j II.
elertAs and Jesus Nslas, the atNnFmnvn
Tor tae eefense. snno1need thaa thag
vsze ready fer trial.
Qa the openinQ a. CuuFa, 1nina sab
elda a4kod t1e interpreter & rad all
TIE 2r0eeedinos aud doeum nfa il the
case. AmonR them we're Meainaan alf. /.
davie charging Cutting with : failure Il
carry cut The 1eooncilia1ion uladn hafnrn
t1a Mexinaa Court ia rerarf " khe
pahlieation Ia ~ Csafenes. - inn.lsl.
tately csuslng - BE- rnh'ishe6 Ia
tee SanilgH herai3 6f E pnra
4 fepetition ot tbs olanse thea Al an.
davit from Medina oharaina thaA cat.
ting had clfUul1ted over no saniea ~
tast p9per 10 81 Paso del Norta. an8
alleging his malisioas intentiona. mada
CLAIM beoause Cuttings dsfamasarV
esrd HppeaEd q "a holA Spanish and
buRlish, White ths Herul9 uualiy nuh-
lishea noihin0 but English. Then ~.
lowed the order a. The Judge covering
al The eopies Of the Herald conlalnEn9
said article 50 circulated. Than ths
written minutes q the c0art from day
% day we're read, embracing the tine
from when C1itinR nrst appeared Be-
fore the courl b the day and hauF
- 80 -.
charge oi libellina q Mexican eiil-
3 paper pabliehrd a III faao. nex.
e. Medina had hlea AZ eVisenea
aaAinz1 she prisoner the aos 81 nnnr71lo-
ton previously siznsd bF both, osniae
81 lbe Hsr1ld and an intarviaw had
wish tho priaaaer by hnothsF local a.
per. Oae part of The o0urt minnear
said thai CgtfiuR, at II O'clock "A nfRhk
when be was told that ha might eira
bends. answered teai be uoald not give
ball, that bis ease waa Ia the hanas Of
his GosernmeDt. and THAI II tis releaas
vas not RKaoled et onoe, the uniie6
States troops from ForG DAVIS would ~
once arrive aud liberaia him 81 faFoa.
The miaates 40 On % shsW thas parties
had been appointed By the court % az.
iend Cutting aaainst his Will. All thesa
d8olined until 5asas Tslaa accepted thn
task. Then follows 40 tntpodeotion 81
the laws Of the State % Texas appliea.
bla N the case, aa lha o8snso waa con.
ceded 70 have been oommi Ted il Toraa.
When fhe reading ass anished, Cat
ting Vas asked u all vas satisfactory 20
him. He roplisd that he eoald nea
o0antenanos the proceedings. as he con
sidered the court wifhous Jurisdiction
10 the case. The other olisials lhan
signidea their approval % th8 aontenta
of the minntes and Argument vas de-
clAred e ordsr.
Josa Maria Sierra, The prosecuting A.
torney, took TIE door and delivered ne
aFRament, stepping only 20 quote from
the Law books such articlea and para
graphs - we're referred % 80 ths speech.
He aaid thai the case huge % the
written agreement batwDan Medina ana
Getting called an act Of Cancellation,
which vas broken and made void b. the
Fesiio4ti0n By Cutting in iha El faso
Herald; that this brelch 81 o1ntrant
gave Medina perfoct right fe nantinne
his caae against tie priaonnr. anf ~
quoted aeoiian Of article 65 81 the
Mexican oeda. IL support o. thia vtsw
be saia that C1iiinR Wa nuf
az Ignorant man. bat had re-
peaiedly acted IN dIfaei op-
position % The aot Of oonoiIiation. -
The publioatiou Of fhe interviews with
the prisoner 10 thR Ei PAse papers
proved. Aho prisoner merited 40
clemeuey beoauae his crime va Wofss
than II be we're iRnorant. II he had
recognized TIE gravity Of bis crime and
aoaRh % make amends Instead OF con-
stently Feiteratine hig attacks aqainst
Medina IN iniarfi9Wa. Iha prisoner
had made The easa didoreat bY refusing
% answef the i1dge, and this waa "a
aQRsaEalinG eifeumslanoo "a The casa,
TIE roault Of bis eriale haa been 10 tef.
roriEs tbs peopie ~ this vicinity disturb.
iBg society, causing fear % regolnllon
and probably war. an these wafa
aNRfavatlnQ aifo1nstanel aud orimaa
10 themselves Sections ! and {. Artistic
i8is q SIZE Mexican Law gave tna oonrt
Jurisdiction aud he ohafaofaFizsd he
oaense - q crime. boeaase i vas also
punishable ID Fexta as tke qaotsd iaw
of Iexss specified. by impfisonmaal
from six m0nths 20 tWa years o. naa
FROM $500 20 s21oo. Ne eoDolud8d 81
calling attention 70 Ariicis 6 of he
Penal Code defining tas santsnea In
ansh q serious oaee an asked he coart
foE q term of tg0 ysara' impsisonmsnt
at hard iahof againat tne pFtaonaE. He
then asked tue oourf % osug1Fe Ouusal
Brigham for bis ufiiaioas inteFforonoa
10 tie casa and requested that the fsa-
erai authorities b. noti1sd Of ths Oon-
euI's nols - that tie nseeagar1 diplo-
masic ourrespondenas mag - eom-
meneed - sfeci bis removal.
Emidaio Medina, tie accusing party.
a. 49, 49, a.mhtnsN
tha4 Cattina had dafamnd hia character
10 81 CsatfNsl on 1uue 6th. FoF this ha
had C1fiing cited b. TIE eourl fef q -.
oonoiiiaiion. Tbs result ~ this uea
that Cutting promised 10 pnbflah foar
times. in both English snd 3 snint, s
ral7aCiion. he haa broksn bic WoFd,
e. as evident from Ne. l8 Of ~ Crnffaef,
b having emitted ne Hpsaish version,
snd Tor giving The knRllah in bad faith.
omistinR she eapitat letters and u8inR
small type foF capital letfera. sad no1
satisfied visa bufieaqa NJ ny aood
faith and bic oath. be cansed %
sppaaf tuo sftlcies mors offensive
tnan the dret il tha IA Paao 6madae
Herald on Juuo 01th. 0na II Spanish
and tbo other IN EnQiIsh. reiiafalina
bis former charges aud eiaimiua fhMs
be had Estracied only bsosuaa 81 We
fofeed - DO - b Mexloan Jadea.
and Cufting pos aEtisaod with fha hnrm
d0ne ny fep1tatiuu and ny b1sint9a
has said in tbe int erFisw with q 1rlbMaf
Fsportsf THAI / an 8 ffsad and E
tosd oeat. that this had alNaFs
been hia opinlon % me ard mg
nswepaper suterpfia9, and for ihig raa-
lon Be pEbiished Il" Ihs wilkes fur
iheF said; u being pabile and n0taE.
io14 thst Cutting hos aefsmsd ny
nanle, thus making 4 imDosabls for nla
70 eo1tinue my newspaper entaFprisa.
and my Interests hseiDa suffered grave
iGmars, % thai ] sili 81 unable lnnaef
10 o5ntlnus Ia bcsane4a thstofagn. 1
,nDpiisais l1s judge - name so per-
Iosa - AZ ihs DAMAGES oanasd me ~
aid Cott NJ A. the mozi equitatis va
u ssitiement o. ny Bsri
Az the egacfpaiou ~ tha aeniimonR.
sanor DEUS xsias. aftsrnsg for Cutting,
COX ~ 9zsr. He arR1sd tsat rs Tor
mcF aeiion euded tna olaim 81 Medina.
ihat b waa responsible oaly fer fha
l1nd1et nf ahe rfis1nsF sinoe thcushnlha
aid that Cgttina dla net Voluntarily
lreak a1y nexisan iaHs, sad fhat 4
ny O. wsat - far aeay ia raratiIan
IA a.ra sNrf IL fne onnnae aaa ssrm-