Ex Parte Hitz
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an application by Mr. John Hitz for a writ of certiorari commanding the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to certify to this court an indictment and the proceedings thereunder against him in 'that court, on the ground that when the indictment was filed, and when the offences therein charged where committed, he was the diplomatic representative of the Swiss Confederation, duly accredited to and received and recognized by the ..United States, under-the title…
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This was an application by Mr. John Hitz for a writ of certiorari commanding the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to certify to this court an indictment and the proceedings thereunder against him in 'that court, on the ground that when the indictment was filed, and when the offences therein charged where committed, he was the diplomatic representative of the Swiss Confederation, duly accredited to and received and recognized by the ..United States, under-the title of Political Agent. The indictment was filed on the 17th of June, 1881. From the return which was made to the rule to…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
delivered the ^.pinion of the court. He stated the facts in the foregoing language and continued:
Precisely what the relations of Mr. Hitz to the United States were as' Political Agent of the Swiss Confederation we have not been advised, and on application to the Department of State, made on the suggestion of the court by the counsel in this proceeding, we are informed that the records of the department show nothing upon this subject except a letter from him under date of March,30th, 1868, enclosing his letter of credence, and soliciting an interview with the Secretary of State for its formal…
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