Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-12-30 | Page 1 | Office will not Save Buchanan from Arrest

OFFICE WILL NOT SAVE BUCHANAN FROM ARREST WA8HIN GTON Dec "9 Kopre sentative Buchanan s cla m oE in munity from ar est is under invest ga on by the department of just ce A dec 3 on of the supreme court n 1903 written by Just ce White now chief i stiee s re garded aa suff c ent author ty for thu off c al content on that congress nen are ent tied to no immun ty in cr minal prosecut ons In that case Eepresentat ve William son Oregon was fined and sentence 1 on October 10 190o to ten months m pr sonment upon convict on of conspir acy to suborn perjury H a term d d not exp re 1 11 March 4 1907 and he pro tested that he would be depr ved of the r ght to attend and ret n from the cn su ng boss on of congress Justce Wh te deeded aga ust h n hold ng that the words treason fel ony and breach of the peace used in the const tut on to des gnate exceptions to immun ty should 1 o construed in the same Bense as those wo ds wero commonly used and nlerstood n Eng land as appl ed to the pari amentary pr vilege and as excluding from the pnv lege all arrosts and prosecut ons for criminal offense and conf u n the pnv liege alone to arrests in civ 1 cases