Show THE CU CUTTING TrING CASK CASE FROM an impartial investigation ot of the cutting case which has caused so much excitement on the mexican border it is evident that the court which tried him could do no less than pronounce judgment against the li belling editor under the laws of mexico cutting was liable there can be no doubt when he first committed the 1 libel I bel against medina he recognized the authority and jurisdiction of the mexican court and made an agreement to carry out the terms of the reconciliation I 1 under the order of that court but he violated his agreement and uttered a new libei against medina which he published in spanish as well as in english that it might be circulated in mexico the libel was printed in texas but it was distributed over the border and the offense was a crime in both countries cutting could have been released before trial and have had bad time to take any L agal gal steps he be chose but he would not give a bond and therefore the mex lean ican authorities were justified under their laws both in keeping him in custody and convicting him upon the evidence but counsel appeared for him under instructions from the court and the proceedings appe appear arto to have been regular there should ba no violent disturbance tur bance of the peaceable relations existing between the wo two republics over this tempest in a teapot if it were not tor for the strained condition of public feeling in texas and chihuahua it is proba probable 1 that no material difficulty would have arisen or beer beel contemplated and the question now should be decided on legal grounds there is not the least necessity for a resort to violence under the laws of mexico a libel on a mexican citizen it if circulated in mexico I 1 Is punishable even though it was pub dished in a f eign country and the li beller may be arrested when ahia on mexican soil here is the portion of the mexican penal code under which the prosecution against cutting has been conducted article titled title 5 chapter I 1 crimes committed in a foreign country by a mexican against a mexican or b by y a foreigner against a mexican shall be punished 1 unis lied in the republic according to fa faw W if there appear any of the following circumstances first that the accused be found in the republic either by having come by bbown bs own free will or brought oy by extra duon second that if the person offended is a foreigner complaint be boade aade against him by the proper party third that the accused has not been definitely tried in the country where the offense odense was committed and if he be has not been released absolved or pardoned fourth that the offense he be is i charged with be considered by him as an offense punishable in inthe the country where it was committed committe dand and also lu in the republic fa fifth that afi m accordance with the laws extant the penalty imposed would not allow bail this Is not singular to mexico it is n tile the line of the english common law doctrine texas itself has bas a similar law and has punished a newspaper man for libel published in one county but circulated in a far distant county 0 of f that state the kamouh editor of the new york herald has recently been convicted in london for libel against cyrus W field published in ia gotham but circulated in the british metropolis the cutting affair may lead to a modification ot of the law of libel as relating to nonresident non resident american citizens lu in mexico but bac a fair examination into the case as it islands certainly shows the mexican authorities to be right in the position they have taken under existing laws cutting deserves no sympathy and the case is not dot worthy of the trouble it has occasioned between the two countries |