Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1877 — Important Decision. [ARTICLE]

Important Decision.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, after hearing arguments, pro and con, has decided that the Governor and other State officers cannot be compelled to attend the court at Pittsburgh which is trying the railroad rioters, as witnesses. This maintains a very important constitutional principle, namely, that the judicial department of the Government cannot exercise jurisdictrau over the dejWtoent,