Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1880 — Justice in Egypt. [ARTICLE]

Justice in Egypt.

. Our telegram from Cairo reports that the trial of Mirzan for murder has at last begun. This man, it may be remembered, is a naturalized citizen of the United States who was formerly* subject of the Sultan and is actually a resident of Egypt He is charged with murder, and claims his right as an American dtisen to be tried by the laws and authorities of the United .States. His case presents a notable illustration of the curious wisdom of exterritorial jurisdiction. Her; is an Egyptian who makes an American citizenship a convenieacetand actually an Egyptian,be i 8 l . rie i lQ °V n country by the laws and officers of a people several thousand miles beyond the sei But he is evidently not satisfied with the immunity from the

laws of his own country which he thus He would also like to slip through the fingers of his adopted country. His counsel objects th kt .the law of the United States which authorizes ministers in certain cases to Uy crimes of this nature is contrary to the constitution, which guarantees the right- of trial by jury.?,But the teuis in this country. That the United States authorities might some time tiy a man in Egypt was not contemplated in the constitution and was not provided for. Congress has had to provide under its , auth °nty for such cases. It is not HMy therefore, that Mirzan win escape.— N. Y. Herald. ’.

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