Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1886 — THE CUTTING AFFAIR. [ARTICLE]

THE CUTTING AFFAIR.

He Is Tried but Not Sentenced—The - War Feeling on the Texas Border. [EI Paso (Texas) dispatch.] Cutting’s trial has been concluded. By • the advice of Consul Brigham he denied the jurisdiction of the court. No evidence was introduced, but the prosecuting attorney addressed the court in Spanish, demnnding that Cutting be sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at hard labor, that being the longest term given by the statutes of Texas. He also demanded that Consul Brigham be censured for officious. interference. Medina spoke in Spanish,, demanding a speedy punishment. Then a law student, appointed by the court to de- 1 fend Cutting, spoke a few words, claiming that Cutting did not know he was breaking the Mexican laws by publishing a statement in Texas, and asked the court to assess the lowest penalty: Cutting was then offered the floor, but simply stated that he could not recognize the court, and that he was in the hands of his Government. The court took the matter under advisement and said ho would give judgment within fifteen days. The people in all this section are excited over the affair,' as such outrages are of daily occurrence. Everybody is anxiously awaiting the actioii of the Government.,