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case of Henry Wetherly (freedman) vs. The State of Alabama at the January Term of the Supreme Court. The case came up on a motion to overrule the sentence of a lower court administered under "the old code" - the sentence being one of death in precisely a parallel case to that of Morrison. The Court decided that the sentence was properly administered, on the ground that there was no other law at the time the crime was committed, under which it could be punished. This was precisely the ground, also, on which sentence was passed by Judge Chamberlain upon Morrison - his crime having been committed on the 14th of March, and the "Civil Rights Bill" not passing over the President's veto until the 9th of April. It will be seen, therefore, that the constitutionality of the "Civil Rights Bill" was in no way involved in Judge Chamberlain's action.

In accordance with your desire, I to-day had an interview with Judge Chamberlain to ascertain if he would write