The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-24
CUTTING RELEASED.
THE SUPREME COURT OF CHI
HUAHUA REFUSES TO
HOld Him, and Gives Him His Lib
eriy-ReasOns for the Courts
Decision.

DENVER, Col, August 23 An III
Paso spycial says: At 1850 o'c oCk
this morning Cutting wss 'asen once
mere before Juogs CastenaGs'S court,
when the official minutes OF The Chi.
huahus Supreme Coult, which had
arrived this mornirg, were resd to
him, which recited the decree ieleas-
ing him from fuItder custody. The
decision Of the Cou,t is bcsed entirely
upon the fact that Medina, the Of.
iended party, has waived his right TO
a civil suit fer damages, the Court
ho dj' 6 that this ended the proceeding
Of the S'ate,
When relealed by The Court, Cut
ting replied: "As long y l am not fur
ther detained rs prisoner | accept
my liberty ard request that a copy OF
the decree Of the Supreme Couft be
given me for lay fufuie use." This
tho Court consented to do in Spanish,
Judge Castenada cent a copy of the
decree to Mr.. Provincio, of the Joze
Politico, who sent back word that he
in person would give Cutting his lib
erty, ACCOMPANIED with some whole
some advice. Cutting said 10 re-
porter:
"Well, l caa't understsnd what all
this has to do with my card in the FL
Paso Herald, for which solely l WAS
arrested, for four weeks incarcersted,
and Yves being tried at the time my
government made demand for my
Immediate releale."
1t is said on the other side of the
liver that the Mexican constitution
prohibiting the residence Of agitators
md dangerous characters in the re-
lublic will be enforced sgainst Cut
ting.
The decree giving Cutting his lib.
city, ter long pteSmble Tehearsing
the history OF the case, says; Consid.
erng the offended party, Emigdte
Medina, has desisted from &C.
to which he had right as
sgsinst A. X. Cutting, and
Therefore the principal motive of the
proceedings do not exist, therefore
there is NOT, in the judgment of this
court, a sufficient foundation to con-
tinue the case, and consid-
eriug this act OF dessting on
the part of party offended
is conserved to be with the priucipal
the objsct Of qu;etiDg the alarm con-
ssQuent upon his former complaint, az
his terms clearly express. And con
linuing the proceedings on the point
legally and accurately decided in the
frs. instance would be not only 10 di.
vest that lsudsble proposition of its
effect, bu. also, it would 60 beyond
the intent aimed by law and national
decolum. Therefore, the Court de
ci 1es, in the name of juetics of the
Safe, the following propositions:
Firs.-The act of desisting on The
pa,t cf Emigdio Medina is granted
nom the civ,l action to which he YVES
enti'led against A, X. Cutting, who
shall be paced Immediately il abso
hte liberty.
Sscond-Thst the General Prescott,
ing Attorney OF the State, Lawyer Jose
Maia GauCarj, and the delendant't
attorney, Lawyer joaquin Villsloa, bc
not fed, aud after returning the fir {
book o. minutes let corresJ onding or
der he issued to second lower Judgr
o. Br4vos for its exact fullillment
Let it be recorded in the archives o
the Stite Government that l, Lawyer
Ciprianoi Pine, Magistrate of the Sec
end Chamber of the Supreme Trib
unal of Jus ice Of the State of Chi.
Luihua, for the act tried IN the op
pei a,e grade do SO decree order and
sign before witnesses.
CIPRIANo PIMA.
JESUS 0, MAJERA, Secretary.
Alter the decree had been read tC
Cutting and a copy furnished to him
he wfs carried to the office OF Mayor
ProyenCio, where he was formally sci
at liberty. Consul Brigham, with a
number Of Amer,caus, were with him
A cordial shaking of hands between
The Americans followed and oil ad-
iourned to a casino on the corner
called FL Principale, kept by q Mary
lander. Here they were compelled tc
wait q few minutes for a street car
on which they expected to leave
Mexican soil. Danlin, the official in
terpreter, the Mayor and seveTa
Mexican officials entered the casino
and a few words We're exchanged be
tween the parties, the evident inieot
baing to arrest Cutting. The latter
in reply to some remark from the in
terpretcr. said TO Danlin, with fngel
raised. 81 will meet the five principa'
in this matter later" This WAS sait
in an impressive manner, Just rs
man might cay: when / get ycr
aone We will have the thing out.
It was instantly interpreted, aud the
Mayor and DanIin cried out, "Pues y;
es an mayo delito," which in EDglisl
is "a new ofiense." Several of thi
Mexjcans stepped toward him, bu
tn, car having oppor,unely arrived
Cuttings American friends closed il
around him, and hulrging him to tn,
cor, he was as rapidly as the tim,
table allows, driven across the border