Ex Parte Seward

JAMES T. BLAIR, J .

Habeas Corpus. The only questions raised concern the validity of the act of the Extra Session of the General Assembly of 1919 (Laws 1919, p. 778) whereby it was sought to restore capital punishment in this State. The act is assailed on the grounds: (1) that the subject was not brought before the General Assembly by either method authorized by the Constitution; (2) that the bill (Senate Bill No. 2) was not “read on three different days in each house” (Sec. 26, Art. IV); (3) that the House amendments to the bill were not “printed . . . for the use of the members before final…