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3r of arrests have been made through the igtlance of the Poiice. and the whole continuity is deeply interested in having the guilty irtles promptly tried, duly convicted and iverely punished.Upon this point we fear the public is doom-i to disappointment. The rioters seem to iYe a special representative of their own n the Bench. John II. McCunn, City Judge, as been devoting himself for the last day or vo to issuing writs of habeas corpus for the itcase of persons accused of having parlici-led in the riot, and in the few cbes where te accused have been heid for trial, the baii as been fixed so low as to render it morally ertain that they will never be tried. Wo no-ced a caae yesterday in which one John !TZPi.TRTca, proved to have headed the mob i Amlry-street, andtohaveBhouted, “ Kill the d niggers,” was released by the City□dge. We have been informed that cases till more flagrant have occurred.The right of the City Judge to issue writB of abcas corpu$ at ail Is denied by many very ouud lawyers—the Diatrict-AUorney of this ounty among them. A case involving this ueation was argued before the Supreme ourt, general term, a short Umo since, and a scision ie expected on the 1st of August. It i quite possible that Judge McCunn antici-ates the decision, and is on that account raking indecent haste to discharge these paries accused of participation In the riot, rhile he has the power thus to serve them.It is an overwhelming public calamity— reater by far than the mob itself—to have upon lie Bench a man capable of wishing to screen
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New York Times
New York, New York, US
Fri, Jul 24, 1863
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