NOVEL COURT PROCEDURE
The order of the United States Court releasing the convicted banker, Charles W. Morse, by day, and returning him to the Tombs .it night ,has (says the New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph") startled even this community. Morse, it will be recalled, is under a sentence of 16 years' imprisonment for violation of the national banking laws, and an appeal has been lodged on a writ of error. His release on bail has beea refused, but instead lie has •been granted the right "to go in custody of a United States marshal to such places in the city of New York as the reasonable transaction of his business may-require, Drovided he be tak e n back to. the city prUon for safe keeping daring the night." Tho United States District Attorney (Mr Stimfon) denounces the proceedings as "a revolutionary action in the matter of court procedure,'' while the public generally regard the order \Vith amazement.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 12 April 1909, Page 3
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159NOVEL COURT PROCEDURE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 12 April 1909, Page 3
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