Show I Judge Zane and the New Copper Act I Judge Zanes opinion as to the powers of the new copper act was given in the Third District Court yesterday in the matter of the application of Aurelius Miner for release from the Penitentiary He held as was surmised lie would that the Legislature had no power to make an act that would bo retroactive in its measures that would reduce the term of a prisoner confined before the passage of that act All who have been sentenced since the passage of the act will of course receive whatever benefits itmay confer upon them those who were residents of Marshal Irelands palace previous to Mirch Uth will oft of-t course obtain whatever benefits have heretofore been given by the old act |