BYRNE'S FEDERAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PLEADING-PRACTICE AND FORMS By JOHN ELLIOTT BYRNE, of the Chicago Bar Résumé of Byrne's Federal Criminal Pleading and Practice This volume covers the subjects of Federal Criminal Pleading and Practice, Extradition, Habeas Corpus and Contempt. It contains all the statutes regarding procedure under these topics; also all the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and the Circuit Court of Appeals, and the most important of the decisions of the trial courts. The cases consist of two classes, those interpreting the statutes and those applying common-law principles, which rule in the Federal Courts in the absence of statutes. Thus the field is thoroughly covered, and the law of the subject is set forth in compact, concise form. THE AUTHOR John Elliott Byrne is exceptionally well qualified to write on this subject. He was Assistant United States Attorney at Chicago for a period of nine years, during a large part of which time he had charge of the enormous volume of pleading, both civil and criminal, done by that office. He was Special Assistant United States Attorney General, being recognized in government circles and by the Illinois bar as an expert in the line of work covered by this volume. Mr. Byrne personally drew nearly all of the indictments for the United States Attorney's office at Chicago, his various pleadings covering practically every offense against Federal laws. His success in this work was remarkable. Of the last one thousand indictments drawn by him, only six were held defective by the courts. None of his pleadings has ever been condemned by an appellate court. His indictments were considered standards throughout the country and closely followed by government pleaders in other districts. At the time of his resignation the public press of Chicago complimented him highly on his exceptional record in office. The Hall of Fame "On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled."-Spenser. In March, 1900, the New York University announced that it had received a gift of $250,000 from an unknown donor, for the establishment, in connection with that institution, of a Hall of Fame for eminent Americans. In carrying out this plan, a structure has been built in the form of a terrace with superimposed colonnade connecting the University Hall of Philosophy with the Hall of Languages. On the ground floor is a museum consisting of a corridor and six halls to contain mementoes of those whose names are inscribed above. The colonnade over this is 600 feet long, with provision for 150 panels, each about two feet by six feet, each to bear the name of a distinguished American. Only names of Americans who have been deceased at least ten years may be chosen. Fifty names were to be chosen in 1900, and five more each successive period of five years to the end of the century. Subsequent provision has been made for a hall of fame for women. The council invites nominations from the public. Every nomination seconded by a member of the University Senate is submitted to an electorate of one hundred eminent citizens selected by the council. A candidate must receive not less than fifty-one votes to be accepted. The hall was dedicated on May 30, 1901, when twenty-five or more national associations each unveiled one of the bronze tablets in the colonnade, and on May 30, 1907, eleven new tablets were unveiled. The total number of names admitted in the four elections held is fifty men and six women. Among the names enrolled the following are of men who were admitted to the bar and whom the law may thus claim for her own, although some of them achieved eminence in other lines: JOHN ADAMS JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HENRY CLAY ALEXANDER HAMILTON ANDREW JACKSON THOMAS JEFFERSON JAMES KENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN HORACE MANN JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY DANIEL WEBSTER |