The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-21
Bv Southern Associated pre,s.

shhounceu tue ioiIOwlnS CONCLUSIONS:
lat, We adhere to The opinion al.
ready announced that taxes on real es.
mte being undisputably direct taxes.
ShAes op rents or iDcome of real estate
ere equally direct taxes.
Cd. We are OF the opinion that iaxos
on petsonEl property. or on Income or
personal property, are likewise direct
saXes.
Srd. Taxes imposed by sections 27 to
S1,inclusive, of the act OF 1894, SO far AS
St ialls on income of real estnte and of
Tersonal property, being direct tax
within the menniug of the Cousttu.
Hon, and, therefore, Unconstitutional
ana VOID, because not apportioned ac.
Toruing TO representation all those
sectlohs constituting one entire scheme
OF taXutlon are necessarily invalid.
Tho decreea herein before entered in
ahis court Will be vacated; DEGREES
below will be reversed and the case
Eemanded, with instructions TO grant
the relief prayed.
Opinions will also be read hy Justice
Jackson, White, Harlan and Brown.
Upon the question OF the general
nnconstitntionnlity of the law the
court WAS divided as follown: Aeainst
the law: Chief Justice Fuller. Justices
Field, Gray, Brewer and Shiras. For
.he law: Justices Harlan, Brown,
Jackson and White.
Separate opinions wcre read by each
OF the dissenting justices. beginning
~lth Juetice Harlan. Justice Jackson
was tho second to read his dissent, He
concluded ct 2 80 p. m. aud went inI.
medIately TO his hotel, feeling qaite
exhausted from his long stay in5 the
court room. He left Washington this
afternoon presumably for Sphiiadelphia
ior further treatment by br. Pepper.
Vustice Jackson was follosed bv jus
tice Brown. Justice wla read the
last opinion in the case, Hating nine.
Keen different points upan which ne
restcd his adherence to the views bith.
orto expressed by him in Dpposition 10
she Judgment of the court.
After the Supreme Court had finally
disposed OF the lncomj tax 1t occupied
gu hont IN the annouicem6nt of decis.
IONS III other cnseF. or the eases de.
cided, the one OF most Interest and
Importance was that popularly known
@s the white cap cases from Alabama.
- j. Ns-4461fc N-46d1ffcf GtSi score OF associates
SGT5 convicted in tie United States
Court for tho Northern District of
Revised Statutes, of Whipping Wiley
and William Pruett for testifying on
behalf of the United States before
Robert ChnrIson, United States Cir
cult Court Commissioner.
The opinion of the Supreme Court
was announced by Mir. Justice Brewer,
sudge Harlan dissenting. The judp.
ment of the court below, sentencing
1odd and his companions to four wears
imprisonment aud $500 each, was re.
versed.
Solicitor General Conrad announced
Shat counsel in the case of the United
states VS.. Burr and HardwicFe, involy.
lug the question OF the date on which
She tariff law OF 1884 went into effect.
hnd agreed to submit the case on briefs
and thnt there would b. 10 oral srgu.
ment
Attorney General Wm. = Barber,
oil South Carolina, made his eXected
motion for loave fo file petition for
writ of hsbeas corpus for the relasc of
u. B. Beach. IL co fstable Of that State,
who IS i'll the custody of United States
Marshal Huntey, for contempt OF Judge
Slmonton's coulrt III seizing shilment
of whiskey maize to j. G.. Byrd, aresi
dent of Charleston, for his ow, use
and consumpti0n III violation Of Judge
bimontons iuju action.
Chief Justice Fuller informed Mr..
Barber that tho court conld not inter
sake ut this advanced period of ,he
term to hearfor argument. The At
torney. .Goneral responded that be
understood that and believed tlat
briefs lndfhe oase would be filed with
%week
'The liabeas corpus case which M,.
pes Z. Carter had to present was II
alfof w. p. Farmhouse, Of New
1Hs. who is in custody Of the
III Statea officials there for viola.
y the anti lottery law enacted at
20 last term of Congress. He de.
nurFed to the indictment, the demurrer
~as oyerruled ami he was remanded to
custody.
qnasmuch as Farmhouse has made no
appllca'lon for relense under bail there
vas double expressed by members OF
ine court as to their power to release
pim' but MIR. Carter was told to print
IL motlon and 1t would be examined.
81 "hen tho court adjourned, which it
il at 40 O'Clock. 1t was to meet
IN next Monday. The Chief Jus.
! announced to the bar thnt the
would finally adjourn fol- the
on Monday. June Sd.