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1 Case of Judge John C. Watrous 1858

handle is hein.trials/aayo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 35TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. REPORT 18t sessio. No. 540. CASE OF JUDGE JOHN C. WATROUS. Jvxz 2, 1858.-Ordered to be printed, and its further consideration postponed untill Saturday next. Mr. HOUSTON, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made the fol- lowing REPORT. Resolutions reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, touching the charges against the Hon. John C. Watrous, judge of the district court of the United States for the district of Texas. Resolved, That the chairman be authorized to report to the House the memorials, answer, and testimony taken by the Judiciary Com- mittee on the charges against the Hon. John C. Watrous, district judge of the district court of the United States for the district of Texas. Resolved, That the chairman be further authorized to report the two following resolutions offered in committee, each of which failed to receive the sanction of the committee by an equally divided vote, viz : Resolved, That John C. Watrous, United States district judge for the district of Texas, be impeached of high crimes and misde- meanors. R esolved, That, in the opinion of the Judiciary Committee, there are not sufficient grounds furnished by the testimony in the case against Judge John C. Watrous, district judge of the United States for the district of Texas, to authorize his impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved, That the chairman ask leave of the House for each mi- nority of the committee to submit their views to the House by Sat- urday next.

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