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On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary tells Charles Stelzle that Roosevelt just found out Stelzle plans to give an address on the McNamara case on the day Roosevelt is to attend the Labor Temple. Roosevelt has said all he wishes to say on the subject and will not attend if Stelzle cannot change the topic of his address.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-16
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Charles A. Moore to George W. Goethals of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and asks if Fred L. Hartigan can be given another trial.
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1908-08-19
Henry E. Huck claims he was falsely accused of misconduct at a Sanitarium in Guelph, Canada. He hopes to vindicate himself in a private trial. He encloses a list of letters sent by him, with recipients included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-19
Hugh N. Johnston asks for assistance from Theodore Roosevelt in his litigation. He feels no one else can help him and he greatly admired Roosevelt as president.
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1911-09-16
Idaho Governor Gooding informs President Roosevelt that there is an attempt to have Senator William Edgar Borah’s trial postponed, which would interfere with Borah’s involvement in the case against George A. Pettibone. Through Roosevelt, Gooding appeals to the Department of Justice that the local authorities not postpone it, as its resolution is a matter of public interest and necessary for the proper conduct of the Pettibone trial.
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1907-08-21
In a courtroom, a prisoner and a police officer stand before a judge. The prisoner is explaining to the judge why he assaulted another person. Caption: Judge — You admit you sand-bagged the man. Have you any excuse? / Prisoner — Yes, yer Honor. De sand-bag wuz me own property and J.P. Morgan says a man has de right ter do wot he pleases wit’ his own property.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-02-17
Justice, wearing a crown labeled “Law” and carrying a sword and scales, rides on the back of a snail, climbing a steep hill strewn with bolders labeled “Certificate of reasonable doubt, Appeals, Change of venue, Injunction, [and] Stays” toward the “Hall of Justice” at the top of the hill.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-12-23
Theodore Roosevelt had not dared to hope William Austin Wadsworth would accept but had to try. Had he known the conditions, he would not have tried.
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1912-07-23
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Representative Cooper for the editorial and asks him to give his regards to Judge John Q. Van Swearingen. He thoroughly supports Van Swearingen’s work regarding the speedy trial and sentence of Thomas Wade and men like him.
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1911-12-07
Theodore Roosevelt does not know about the trial James D. Corrothers refers to. Regarding lynching, he has an article in the current issue of The Outlook.
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1911-11-23
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary asks John F. Clark if the newspaper reports on Frank Brach’s trial are accurate, especially regarding the $1,000 bail.
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1911-10-25
Theodore Roosevelt writes J. T. Newcomb about the libel suit trial in Syracuse. Roosevelt would like Newcomb to be a witness in the trial. They would like to show that William Barnes was taking a personal interest in what was going on in Albany.
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1915-01-30
President Roosevelt sends Representative Jenkins an excerpt of a letter from Secretary of War William H. Taft, and asks if action could be taken along the lines that Taft outlines. In the excerpted portion from Taft, Taft suggests that for the Court of last resort on the Panamanian Isthmus, cases can be appealed directly to the Supreme Court of the United States, rather than first passing through the Court of Appeals. Taft also suggests limitations for the types of cases able to be appealed this way.
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1908-01-27
President Roosevelt sends Senator Clark an excerpt of a letter from Secretary of War William H. Taft, and asks if action could be taken along the lines that Taft outlines. In the excerpted portion from Taft, he suggests that for the Court of last resort on the Panamanian Isthmus, cases can be appealed directly to the Supreme Court of the United States, rather than first passing through the Court of Appeals. Taft also suggests limitations for the types of cases able to be appealed this way.
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1908-01-27
President Roosevelt sends Judge Hunt papers he had received from two senators. Roosevelt told the senators that he would follow Hunt’s recommendations, that Hunt was acquainted with all the facts, and that he had handled the case well.
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1908-01-21
President Roosevelt responds to a letter from William Henry Jackson, sent on behalf of the Cook County Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone Conference. Jackson had taken exception to an earlier letter in which Roosevelt had referred to several people, including Charles H. Moyer and Big Bill Haywood, as “undesirable citizens.” Roosevelt stands by his description of Moyer, Haywood, and Eugene V. Debs as undesirable citizens, although he assures Jackson that his statement was not an attempt to influence the outcome of the trial of Moyer and Haywood for the murder of former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg.
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1907-04-22
President Roosevelt informs Judge Cohen he cannot reopen cases that have been decided by the courts several times already, like that which Cohen mentioned in his last letter. Roosevelt has determined that James A. Jewell is a poor public servant.
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1907-02-01
President Roosevelt is having “the case of Quinton” held until Senator Proctor has the opportunity to be heard. Roosevelt passes his regards to Morrison and wishes he was with Proctor even if it is a short hunt.
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1904-10-03
President Roosevelt informs Cyrus Northrop, President of the University of Minnesota, that Third Assistant Secretary of State Peirce is formulating charges against Consul General to Shanghai Goodnow regarding his diplomatic service. Roosevelt has summoned Goodnow back to the U.S. for a hearing to respond to the charges against him.
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1904-09-28
President Roosevelt is pleased that Frank Swett Black is “taking up the case of poor Caleb Powers.” Roosevelt believes the Republican National Committee can help with funds and that it is their responsibility to help prevent “the judicial murder of an innocent man for political reasons.”
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1904-04-14