Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-08
THE [OCRR[N OPINION
Written Opinion in the Famous
Case Of Ortiz, the Porto
Rican. Filed.
Decision Says That the Constitu.
ton Extends Over All Ac.
quired Islands.
Congress Has Same Powers in New
Possessions as in the
States.

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st. Paul, May S.-Judge Lochren has
filed in the United States circuit court
his decision on the application Of Rafael
Ortiz, Porto Rican, to be released from
the Minnesota state prison.
Ortiz was convicted by military tri-
bunal in Porto Rico for the murder Of a
United States soldier, and condemned
to die. The sentence was commuted to
life imprisonment.
An application for release was based
on the claim that the military authority
had no Jurisdiction over Ortiz. that
peace had been declared and that he
should have been given a civil trial.
Judge Lochren refused the application
IN a oral decision Thursday last, and
Yesterday filed an exhaustive opinion
thereon.
The decision has evoked great interest
turnout the country as it bears largely
on constitutional questions which have
arisen on the position of Porto Rico as
a territory of the United States.
The decision states:
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