| Show THE CASE of the Chicago Anarchists is not before the United States Supreme Court on appeal as some of the newspapers news-papers assume There is no provision in the law for an appeal to that tribunal in such a case The Supreme Court has nothing to do with the merits of the case and it interposes only for the purpose pur-pose of ascertaining whether or not the State of Illinois has defied the Federal Constitution in denying to the accused such a trial as the organic law of the nation guarantees to individuals in any State The Supreme Court will simply consider the questions Did the prisoners prison-ers have a public trial by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime was committed Were they confronted with the witnesses against them Did they have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in their behalf And did they have counsel for their defense If the published accounts counts of the trial were reliable the Anarchists had all their rights and as fair a trial as it is possible to give under the American judicial system |
