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Monday, November 8, 1926
Nation & WorldAs printed 100 years ago on page of:The Alaska Daily EmpireJuneau, Alaska

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Impeachment Case Be Heard Before Senate - Tenth Incident in History

Context - explained by ACL:

The Senate will assemble as a high court of impeachment for the tenth time in the history of the Republic to try a federal judge of an Illinois district on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors. The Vice President will preside and vote only in case of a tie, separate roll calls will be taken on the five counts brought by the House, and a two-thirds majority will be necessary for conviction on any one of them.

A federal judge of an Illinois district is to be tried by the Senate on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Alaska Daily Empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 8, 1926, page 1]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. - Assembling as a high court of impeachment for the tenth time in the history of the Republic, the Senate on next Wednesday will begin the trial of Federal Judge George W. English, of the Eastern Illinois district, on charges of usurpation of power and other 'high misdemeanors."

Vice President Dawes will sit as the presiding judge and, as usual, will have a vote only in the event of a tie. Separate roll calls will be taken on the five counts of the indictment brought by the House and a two-thirds majority will be necessary for conviction on any one of them.

The 96 Senators must go through the strange experience of sitting silent throughout the two weeks or more of the trial until their names are called on the vote on each of the counts.

Senators may ask questions of witnesses, but such interrogatories must be written out and sent by page to the presiding officer, who will read them aloud, together with name of the Senators asking them. Dramatic Dignity The English trial, like the nine impeachment hearings that have gone before, promises to be a spectacle of dramatic and impressive dignity. Judge English will sit before the bar of the Senate flanked by his counsel and across the aisle will be the nine members of the House judiciary committee who will prosecute the case.

The Senate sergeant-at-arms, David Barry, will sit to the right of the Vice President to preserve order and decorum, while the witnesses will sit or stand, as the Senate may decree, to the left of the presiding officer.

The trial will be public, but extra precautions will be taken to maintain absolute silence among the spectators who are expected to jam the galleries, certainly on the opening day and perhaps throughout the hearing.

The principal charges against Judge English, who was appointed to the bench by President Wilson in 1918, are wrongful manipulation of bankruptcy funds, usurpation of authority over Illinois state officials, use of profane language from the bench and the threatening of juries and counsel in court.

His impeachment on these charges was voted by the House on April 1, 1926, by 302 to 62. A month later Judge English appeared before the (Continued on Page Three)

Reproduced unchanged from The Alaska Daily Empire, November 8, 1926, page 1.
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JUDGE ENGLISH GOES ON TRIAL NEXT WEDNESDAY

Impeachment Case Be Heard Before Senate - Tenth Incident in History

Context - explained by ACL:

The Senate will assemble as a high court of impeachment for the tenth time in the history of the Republic to try a federal judge of an Illinois district on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors. The Vice President will preside and vote only in case of a tie, separate roll calls will be taken on the five counts brought by the House, and a two-thirds majority will be necessary for conviction on any one of them.

A federal judge of an Illinois district is to be tried by the Senate on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Alaska Daily Empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 8, 1926, page 1]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. - Assembling as a high court of impeachment for the tenth time in the history of the Republic, the Senate on next Wednesday will begin the trial of Federal Judge George W. English, of the Eastern Illinois district, on charges of usurpation of power and other 'high misdemeanors."

Vice President Dawes will sit as the presiding judge and, as usual, will have a vote only in the event of a tie. Separate roll calls will be taken on the five counts of the indictment brought by the House and a two-thirds majority will be necessary for conviction on any one of them.

The 96 Senators must go through the strange experience of sitting silent throughout the two weeks or more of the trial until their names are called on the vote on each of the counts.

Senators may ask questions of witnesses, but such interrogatories must be written out and sent by page to the presiding officer, who will read them aloud, together with name of the Senators asking them. Dramatic Dignity The English trial, like the nine impeachment hearings that have gone before, promises to be a spectacle of dramatic and impressive dignity. Judge English will sit before the bar of the Senate flanked by his counsel and across the aisle will be the nine members of the House judiciary committee who will prosecute the case.

The Senate sergeant-at-arms, David Barry, will sit to the right of the Vice President to preserve order and decorum, while the witnesses will sit or stand, as the Senate may decree, to the left of the presiding officer.

The trial will be public, but extra precautions will be taken to maintain absolute silence among the spectators who are expected to jam the galleries, certainly on the opening day and perhaps throughout the hearing.

The principal charges against Judge English, who was appointed to the bench by President Wilson in 1918, are wrongful manipulation of bankruptcy funds, usurpation of authority over Illinois state officials, use of profane language from the bench and the threatening of juries and counsel in court.

His impeachment on these charges was voted by the House on April 1, 1926, by 302 to 62. A month later Judge English appeared before the (Continued on Page Three)

Reproduced unchanged from The Alaska Daily Empire, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from The Alaska Daily Empire, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

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A Century Late
Vol. I, no 9 Monday, November 8, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
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JUDGE ENGLISH GOES ON TRIAL NEXT WEDNESDAY

Impeachment Case Be Heard Before Senate - Tenth Incident in History

Context - explained by ACL:

The Senate will assemble as a high court of impeachment for the tenth time in the history of the Republic to try a federal judge of an Illinois district on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors. The Vice President will preside and vote only in case of a tie, separate roll calls will be taken on the five counts brought by the House, and a two-thirds majority will be necessary for conviction on any one of them.

A federal judge of an Illinois district is to be tried by the Senate on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Alaska Daily Empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 8, 1926, page 1]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. - Assembling as a high court of impeachment for the tenth time in the history of the Republic, the Senate on next Wednesday will begin the trial of Federal Judge George W. English, of the Eastern Illinois district, on charges of usurpation of power and other 'high misdemeanors."

Vice President Dawes will sit as the presiding judge and, as usual, will have a vote only in the event of a tie. Separate roll calls will be taken on the five counts of the indictment brought by the House and a two-thirds majority will be necessary for conviction on any one of them.

The 96 Senators must go through the strange experience of sitting silent throughout the two weeks or more of the trial until their names are called on the vote on each of the counts.

Senators may ask questions of witnesses, but such interrogatories must be written out and sent by page to the presiding officer, who will read them aloud, together with name of the Senators asking them. Dramatic Dignity The English trial, like the nine impeachment hearings that have gone before, promises to be a spectacle of dramatic and impressive dignity. Judge English will sit before the bar of the Senate flanked by his counsel and across the aisle will be the nine members of the House judiciary committee who will prosecute the case.

The Senate sergeant-at-arms, David Barry, will sit to the right of the Vice President to preserve order and decorum, while the witnesses will sit or stand, as the Senate may decree, to the left of the presiding officer.

The trial will be public, but extra precautions will be taken to maintain absolute silence among the spectators who are expected to jam the galleries, certainly on the opening day and perhaps throughout the hearing.

The principal charges against Judge English, who was appointed to the bench by President Wilson in 1918, are wrongful manipulation of bankruptcy funds, usurpation of authority over Illinois state officials, use of profane language from the bench and the threatening of juries and counsel in court.

His impeachment on these charges was voted by the House on April 1, 1926, by 302 to 62. A month later Judge English appeared before the (Continued on Page Three)

Reproduced unchanged from The Alaska Daily Empire, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from The Alaska Daily Empire, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

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November 7, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:

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A Century Late
Vol. I, no 9 Monday, November 8, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Nation & WorldAs printed 100 years ago on page of:The Alaska Daily EmpireJuneau, Alaska

JUDGE ENGLISH GOES ON TRIAL NEXT WEDNESDAY

Impeachment Case Be Heard Before Senate - Tenth Incident in History

Context - explained by ACL:

The Senate will assemble as a high court of impeachment for the tenth time in the history of the Republic to try a federal judge of an Illinois district on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors. The Vice President will preside and vote only in case of a tie, separate roll calls will be taken on the five counts brought by the House, and a two-thirds majority will be necessary for conviction on any one of them.

A federal judge of an Illinois district is to be tried by the Senate on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Alaska Daily Empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 8, 1926, page 1]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. - Assembling as a high court of impeachment for the tenth time in the history of the Republic, the Senate on next Wednesday will begin the trial of Federal Judge George W. English, of the Eastern Illinois district, on charges of usurpation of power and other 'high misdemeanors."

Vice President Dawes will sit as the presiding judge and, as usual, will have a vote only in the event of a tie. Separate roll calls will be taken on the five counts of the indictment brought by the House and a two-thirds majority will be necessary for conviction on any one of them.

The 96 Senators must go through the strange experience of sitting silent throughout the two weeks or more of the trial until their names are called on the vote on each of the counts.

Senators may ask questions of witnesses, but such interrogatories must be written out and sent by page to the presiding officer, who will read them aloud, together with name of the Senators asking them. Dramatic Dignity The English trial, like the nine impeachment hearings that have gone before, promises to be a spectacle of dramatic and impressive dignity. Judge English will sit before the bar of the Senate flanked by his counsel and across the aisle will be the nine members of the House judiciary committee who will prosecute the case.

The Senate sergeant-at-arms, David Barry, will sit to the right of the Vice President to preserve order and decorum, while the witnesses will sit or stand, as the Senate may decree, to the left of the presiding officer.

The trial will be public, but extra precautions will be taken to maintain absolute silence among the spectators who are expected to jam the galleries, certainly on the opening day and perhaps throughout the hearing.

The principal charges against Judge English, who was appointed to the bench by President Wilson in 1918, are wrongful manipulation of bankruptcy funds, usurpation of authority over Illinois state officials, use of profane language from the bench and the threatening of juries and counsel in court.

His impeachment on these charges was voted by the House on April 1, 1926, by 302 to 62. A month later Judge English appeared before the (Continued on Page Three)

Reproduced unchanged from The Alaska Daily Empire, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from The Alaska Daily Empire, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

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November 7, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:

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November 8, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Evening Star, The Bismarck Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Indianapolis Times, The Alaska Daily Empire, New Britain Herald, and Brownsville Herald.

A Century Late
Vol. I, no 9 Monday, November 8, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Nation & WorldAs printed 100 years ago on page of:The Alaska Daily EmpireJuneau, Alaska

JUDGE ENGLISH GOES ON TRIAL NEXT WEDNESDAY

Impeachment Case Be Heard Before Senate - Tenth Incident in History

Context - explained by ACL:

The Senate will assemble as a high court of impeachment for the tenth time in the history of the Republic to try a federal judge of an Illinois district on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors. The Vice President will preside and vote only in case of a tie, separate roll calls will be taken on the five counts brought by the House, and a two-thirds majority will be necessary for conviction on any one of them.

A federal judge of an Illinois district is to be tried by the Senate on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Alaska Daily Empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 8, 1926, page 1]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. - Assembling as a high court of impeachment for the tenth time in the history of the Republic, the Senate on next Wednesday will begin the trial of Federal Judge George W. English, of the Eastern Illinois district, on charges of usurpation of power and other 'high misdemeanors."

Vice President Dawes will sit as the presiding judge and, as usual, will have a vote only in the event of a tie. Separate roll calls will be taken on the five counts of the indictment brought by the House and a two-thirds majority will be necessary for conviction on any one of them.

The 96 Senators must go through the strange experience of sitting silent throughout the two weeks or more of the trial until their names are called on the vote on each of the counts.

Senators may ask questions of witnesses, but such interrogatories must be written out and sent by page to the presiding officer, who will read them aloud, together with name of the Senators asking them. Dramatic Dignity The English trial, like the nine impeachment hearings that have gone before, promises to be a spectacle of dramatic and impressive dignity. Judge English will sit before the bar of the Senate flanked by his counsel and across the aisle will be the nine members of the House judiciary committee who will prosecute the case.

The Senate sergeant-at-arms, David Barry, will sit to the right of the Vice President to preserve order and decorum, while the witnesses will sit or stand, as the Senate may decree, to the left of the presiding officer.

The trial will be public, but extra precautions will be taken to maintain absolute silence among the spectators who are expected to jam the galleries, certainly on the opening day and perhaps throughout the hearing.

The principal charges against Judge English, who was appointed to the bench by President Wilson in 1918, are wrongful manipulation of bankruptcy funds, usurpation of authority over Illinois state officials, use of profane language from the bench and the threatening of juries and counsel in court.

His impeachment on these charges was voted by the House on April 1, 1926, by 302 to 62. A month later Judge English appeared before the (Continued on Page Three)

Reproduced unchanged from The Alaska Daily Empire, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from The Alaska Daily Empire, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

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November 7, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:

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November 8, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Evening Star, The Bismarck Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Indianapolis Times, The Alaska Daily Empire, New Britain Herald, and Brownsville Herald.