4i I cannot reconcile it to my sense
of duty to give aid in placing mana
cles and handcuffs aroiuid and. about
the individual citizen for the purpose
of surrendering him bound into the
hands of those who may not be dis
passionate enough to vindicate the
true right of the individual, or to
those who might be led by impas
sioned appeals to a condition of mind
J that could not resist Zeal for the
correction of wrong has led to the
conviction of the innocent
" It is the duty of courts to sit
still, deliberate, and, with civil pro
cedure, throw their protection in such
a direction as may curb and control
wayward action. Let the man be re
macded to the body of which he is a
member. That body is legally, con
stitutionally, morally, intellectually
capacitated to dispose of the ques
tions involved, and to condemn or
acquit. I discharge him from the
arrest of the warrant for his extra
dition, and the same is hereby or
dered."
Senator Patterson was congratu
lated on the result by his immediate
friends, and with them retired from
the court-room.
One of the hist tliuigs to be done
by the next Legislature of Ohio
should be to amend the militia law.
