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40Tn CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ex. Doc.
2d Session. 3 No. 47.
ALBERT M. D. C. LUSK.
MESSAGE
FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
RELATING TO
The trial of Albert M. D. C. Lusk by a military commission.
DECEMBER 16, 1867.-Referrpd to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
To the House of Representatives:
In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the
9th instant, I transmit herewith a copy of the papers relating to the trial, by a
military commission, of Albert M. D. C. Lusk, of Louisiana. No action in the
case has yet been taken by the President.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, December 14, 1867.
Proceedings of a military commission which convened in the city of New
Orleans by virtue of the following orders:
[Special Orders No. 70.-Extract.]
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT,
New Orleans, Louisiana, June 17, 1867.
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3. The proper civil authorities having stated that it is impossible for them to
take charge of Albert M. D. C Lusk, of the parish of Carroll, State of Louisiana,
accused of murder, and that it is impracticable to administer justice in his case
through the civil courts, a military commission is hereby ordered to convene in
this city at 10 o'clock a. m. on Thursday, the 20th instant, or as soon thereafter
as practicable, for his trial, and for that of such other persons as may be prop-
erly brought before it.
Detailfor the commisson.
Brevet Mbjor General A. Beckwith, commissary subsistence United States
army; Brevet Major General F. Wheaton, lieutenant colonel thirty-ninth infan-
try; Brevet Colonel M. Malony, major first infantry; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
D. H. McPhail, paymaster United btates army; Brevet Major C. B. White,](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.death/mpotusal0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)