Show unwarrantable intrusions IX int view of the outrageous conduct of a deputy marshal marshai lar shai at the residence of president angus 31 cannon yesterday and other proceedings of a similar character it may be well for us to reiterate some statements statement swe we have already made on this subject an officer having a warrant lor for the arrest of hn alleged criminal may perhaps under the common law but how far that will lie in presence of our written statutes remains to be proven enter premises where the accused is supposed tal tat to be without anch warrant po ue nas nay no right to enter except by the thu permission of the inmates A search warrant is not authority tor search for an individual it id is for we tiie recovery of stolen property y I 1 which must uv 00 ues aes bribed in tue tae warrant an officer has no right to forcibly enter a house to serve a subpoena on oil a witness this should be understood by every citizen to prevent intrusion ana imposition people should not be scared seared by the pretensions ions lons of impertinent persons claiming g to be officers A marshal sheriff or other court official is required to keep within denned defined bounds arhe or he is liable to punishment and he has no right to put on airs because of his position lie he has no right to question people in regard to ezeir kneir private affairs or those ol 01 their nel nei neighbors I 1 labors if a witness is wanted there is a proper way and a proper place in which to obtain his testimony the witness must be summoned by legal papers and questioned if it at all in court A witness or a prisoner Is not required to answer the questions of an officer anxious boget to get hold of something to criminate the accused we advise the people of this city to stand upon their rights we counsel no violence but we do not want to see peaceable people abused and insulted no person claiming 11 to be an officer has ally any more night right than a private citizen 11 to enter any one Is a dwelling dwellen without the consent of the owner unless he has a warrant in proper form forin authorizing him to make a search people are not required by law to answer ane impertinent questions of any man claiming to be an officer either elther of the united unfed states or of this territory the obtrusion of deputy nic Alc mccurdy Curdy into a ladys sick chamber without a color of legal or any any other right was unqualifiedly brutal and would have justified his ejection from the premises at the pointed end of a stout boot an officer should never forget that his official capacity does not necessarily deprive him of the ability to preserve the demeanor of a gentleman in this instance the deputy referred to appears to have been beun totally oblivious to that important fact conduct such as he was guilty of renders it still more strongly important that citizens should be informed in relation to their rightson rights right sin in protecting themselves from unpardonable and brutal obtrusions of contemptible miscreants dressed in a little brief authority |