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Item #70669 Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case, 1887. John Bassett Moore.
Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case, 1887.

Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case, 1887.

An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10-3/4" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine, marbled edges and endpapers, ribbon marker. Moderate rubbing to boards and extremities with some wear to corners, front joint starting at ends, hinges starting, owner stamp of Frank C. Partridge to verso of front free endpaper, light toning to interior, light foxing to preliminaries and rear endleaves. $125. * Only edition. The Cutting Case involved an article about Emigdio Medina, a Mexican newspaper publisher, that appeared in an El Paso, Texas, newspaper. Medina brought a charge of libel against that paper's publisher, Cutting, who was later arrested when he entered Mexico. After serving considerable jail time, Cutting was released by the Mexican Court of Appeals when Medina withdrew his complaint. Most of Moore's report is devoted to the question of extraterritoriality jurisdiction. An authority on international law, Moore was a lawyer, State Department official, professor and the first American to serve as a judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice. Partridge [1861-1931] was an attorney, diplomat and business executive from Vermont. He served briefly in the U.S. Senate, appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Frank L. Greene.

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