Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-28


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from want az aTidenae. aAn be gfsen-
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ldsferuiniaQ IN issae % ike eoucezn %
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allop % haEe any infaenos Whatever
urea him, o. uaks him pause o. heai-
tsts il arriving 60 his detefminatlcn.
/ The odense, far which these defend
ants are % trial here ]. one ereated -
Etle 81 ths Revised s1aiules q ne
Opited States, ghieh ia e follozs;
.'sen. 65f9. II too o. more persons n
ang STATE on Territory eonapife or 20 IL
disnuiss o. the highway oR On the prem
ises Of another for the purpose Of DE-
orivinQ either diroetiT e. indirectly ans
person Of elias of persons Of the equal
nFoteutio1 Of tie laws er Of equal priv
ilaQea and immoniiies undef she laws;
Or for the purpose 81 PrsVeniing o. hin
derinQ the constituted authorities 81
any Stats or Territory from giving or
securina 30 an persons within Bneh stats
a. TeKriteFy the equal protection Of tha
laws; each 81 saeh peEsons shall be pun
iahod by 4 ina u nos less thaa 500 nor
more than 5000. Or By imprisonment
with or without hard labor, not less than
six mouths nor more than six years. o.
hy both onch fine and Imprisonment"
This section, and particularly thai
uurkion Of ie whish defnea the crime
CHARGED ia this indiatznent. namely:
where AtBo or more persons IN ans
State 81 TexFikory consplFe for
the pRrpOsa og deprivinQ. either directly
or indirectly, any person Of class Of per
cons az the equal pr0teoeion Of tha laws.
1 or Of equal privileges or immunities
under the laws" ID nov and vas 81 the
time the conspiracy Is alleged 20 have
oosurred, IN fail force IN King county,
Washington Territory.
several spsoies Of odenss are in
Guided, as VOC see, IN this statutory Ian
0uaQo. One only Of thess Il covered b
the indictment IN this case.
The tndictm nj charges, Ia Substance,
that the defendants oonspiFed 10, an
lawfully, BY force and Intimidation,
drive ont Of this county certain OAinesG
persons soiourning within it and pre-
vent them from living therein In peaol
and seoarity aa 20 their persons and
property and from following thereir
their various trades, eallinea and ooou.
pati0ns. Such driving out Of the hi
nese, OF interference with their resi-.
dence or pursuits, would BE- & depgivine
them Of the equal protection Of the laWI
and Of the equal privileges and imnuni.
ties under the laws intended 20 bG
secured them By Section b5l9, Just noa
lead 10 yen. and accordingly the indict
ment charges it as amounting 10 such q
deprivation. So the precise okenss
charged Is q conspiracy, 20 eject b
certain specified means. namely, f0rog
and Intimidation, eertain specified ur.
posed, that IL to say, unlawful driving
out the Chinese and unlawful interior
ence with their pursuits.
Three elements concur 10 make the
crime, namely, the conspiracy, The
means and the purposes. All thFee ele-
menis are material aud essential. II
fr0m the evidence all are duly proved
each beyond reasonable doubt, the Of.
Tense IL proved; bot Il any enc Of thea
10 improved, she offsnss itself is an.
proved. The precise time Of the con.
spiraey Is not material to be Established
! al laid IN the indiotment II the evi
denos show, that about aha time named
and before the indictment vas found
the defendants conspired as charged
} that Il enough IS regards time. It il
not necessary, in order 10 sustain ths
Indictment as against any or al Of the
dofen aats, that you should End thai
they eonspiFed for ell the parposes and
20 use all the means specified therein
Il IL sufficient. II you End FROM tue evil
dence that they eonspiFed either for the
IpuFpose Of the unlaNfullg driving oul
the Chinese, OF for the purpose OF an
lawfully interfering With their pursuits
AZ particularly charged Ia the indict-
ment, By any one or more OF the meanI
which the Indictment alleges.
A conspiracy n al agreement between
two or more persons 20 do an unlawful
thiAg or g lawful thug by unlawful
means. Such conspiracy IS is forbid
den By the section HAYS read from the
Uniaed States Revised Statutes and %
b described il this indictment, Ia uniaw-
ful and punishable. though nothing
whatever u done under IL. The mere
combination, the mere conspiracy,
thoagh pethinR h done 10 carry oat ils
puFpoae. ID unlawful and puniahAble.
In arder, then, 20 oonvict any Of ths
defendanfs on trial, tie prosecution
mnst have established, By eompeteni
evioanoe and beyond every reasonable
doubt. that be and some ether one OF
more Of the defendants named Ia The
indictment combined together for TIE
purpose OF accomplishing b. anms cen
cert Of aotion, some one Of he uniau-
fui objects alleged 10 said iadielment
Il b not safhoisnt for the prosecation "a
sheu thas 0ns or all Of the defendants
desired o. intended % aoeompiish
any Of the objects, OF 10 oAFFy
out any 81 The purposes charged il TIE
Indictment; b1t before the 6overnmeni
can ash q oonviciiou e year hAnda Il
needs 70 establish bsyond every reason
able doabt that there VS. actually &
csmbination Of tEo OF more Of said de-
PENDANTS With Z csmmon design 30 40
oomplish, OF carry Gus one o. moEs Of
TIE objects OF purposes charged. Al
thoaeh yoa should believe from The eyi
dencs that she defendants, o. some iva
OF more Of them. intended 70 combins
for sach parpoee. still sou oannoa Be