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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...to entertain any action against officers, soldiers or others for acts performed in accordance with the orders of military authorities. General Meade somewhat later issued an order instructing the military to cooperate with the civil authorities in detecting and capturing criminals, but stated that where the civil courts failed to do their duty prompt action would be taken for the punishment of criminals and also for the removal of officers. In the fourth district it was provided that where a person indicted for a criminal offense could prove by two credible witnesses that he was a loyal man during the rebellion and on that account could not get a fair and impartial trial by jury, the hands of the court were to be stayed and the papers transmitted to headquarters. By December, however, it was declared that boards of arbitration for the protection of laborers would be appointed only where the laborer com plained that his compensation was wrongfully withheld or creditors complained that he was allowed too much. Next month there was restored to the civil courts of Mississippi jurisdiction of horse-stealing and the like, although if it should appear that the defendant could not obtain an impartial trial by reason of race or political sentiments, the jurisdiction should still remain with the military. From January, 1868, however, all questions as to settlement of crops and the relation of debtor and creditor in Mississippi were to be left to the proper civil courts, excepting cases affecting the rights of freedmen or others which by acts of Congress were especially committed to the Freedmens Bureau. In the succeeding April jurisdiction as to carrying concealed weapons was likewise remitted to the civil courts. In Texas, General Griffin...
| ISBN-13 | 9781152793811 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152793810 |
| Weight | 1.06 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.73 In |
| List Price | $27.36 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 326 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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