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General-in-Chief of Chilian-Argentine
army, helped to provide Chili with a
navy, 299; invaded Peru, 308; con-
quered Lima 301; Protector of Peru,
325; armistice at Miraflores, 301;
disagreement with Bolivar, 303; re-
signed and ostracised himself, 306; his
generalship, 301; his relations with
Lord Cochrane, favored a monarchial
constitutional form of government, 302;
compared with Alexander, 306, 307;
death, 306

Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, disposi-
tion of, fought with Spain against inde-
pendent cause to 1821, when he joined
independent leaders, 323; headed re-
bellion against Iturbide, 348; headed
several military rebellions, 352; Presi-
dent five times, military career, and
competence, 353; easily discouraged,
became antagonistic to Farias, favored
revolution and abolished Federal Con-
stitution and was proclaimed as Dictator
in 1834, convoked new Congress on
July 4, 1835, 354; appointed President

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October 10, 1841, 355; elected
Constitutional President in 1844, 356;
appointed President in 1846, marched
against General Taylor, returned to the
City of Mexico and assumed govern-
ment, marched against General Scott
and fought the United States army in
the Valley of Mexico, 357; fled from
country in 1847, 358; President in 1853,
sold Mesilla Valley to the United States,
left Mexico in 1855, 359

Santa Cruz, General, head of Peruvian
army, 305

Scott, Alexander, agent sent by the
United States in 1812 to Venezuela,
324

Scott, Winfield, his battles at Cerro Gordo
and Valley of Mexico, 353
Seward, William H., his estimate of
Juarez's character, 361
Slavery, fear by the United States that it
might be abolished in Cuba if indepen-
dent, 329; Cuba in regard to, 327-329;
abolished in Mexico, 344, 345
Smith, W. S., Jr., a grandson of Ex-
President John Adams accompanied
General Miranda in his expedition
against Venezuela, his father tried and
acquitted for violation of neutrality
laws, 293

Solorzano, his Politica Indiana, 288
Spanish Cortes, issued Liberal Constitu-

tion of 1812, 308; re-issued decree of
1820, 309

Spanish rule, length in American colonies
of, 339; good done in Mexico by, 341
Sucre, José Antonio, of Venezuela, a great
soldier, 296; asked co-operation of San
Martin to march against Quito, 304;

commanded at battle of Ayacucho, 306;
death, 307

Sucre, José del Poso y, a Jesuit, 292;
delegate to Junta of October 8, 1797,
290; commissioned to report to Junta
the result of mission to Paris, 292

T

Taylor, Zachariah, fought battle at An-
gostura, 353

Teran, General Manuel de Mier y, sent by
Mexican Government against Barradas,
352

Tilden, Samuel J., invited to invest in
Mexico, sent Mr. John Bigelow to study
the field, 398

Torres, of Colombia, leader in War
of Independence, 313

Torre Tagle, Governor of Lima, 301
Treaties, of Paris, recognizing the inde-
pendence of the United States, by
England in 1783, 286; of Bayonne, 294;
of Cordova, 347; of Madrid, recog-
nizing the independence of Mexico,
352

Trimble, Representative, resolution in-
troduced, 1822, recognizing the inde-
pendence of the Spanish colonies in
America, 322

Tristan, general in San Martin's army,
defeated at Ica, in Peru, 302
Tucuman, battle at, contributed very
materially to establish independence of
Argentine Republic, 297

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Unanue, of Peru, leader in War of Inde-
pendence, 313; Observations of the
Climate of Lima and Its Influences
cited, 297

United Provinces of Central America,
Mexico recognized its independence,
307

United States, attitude of, towards Mexico,
316-318; Senator Money on attitude
of United States towards Mexico, 316,
317; sympathy towards Mexico of, 319,
320; recognized belligerency of re-
volted colonies, 320, 321; commission-
ers sent to by revolted colonies, 322,
323; neutrality observed by, 323. 324;
commissioners sent by the, to the re-
volted Spanish colonies, 324; policy of,
toward Cuba, 328; slavery in, 345
Uraga, General José Lopez, sent against
Blancarte in Mexico, but joined insur-
gents, 359

Urrea, General, pronounced at Tampico
against the Central Government of
Mexico on July 15, 1840, 355

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THE ANGLO-SAXON AND ROMAN SYSTEMS OF

CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE.

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Advantages of jury system, in small towns is of educational character, 409 Americans in Mexico, often expect to be tried by laws similar to those of the United States, 414

Amparo, writ of, an extension of the habeas corpus under the common law, 416 Anglo-Saxon and Roman Systems of Criminal Jurisprudence paper, why written, 403; submitted to various distinguished lawyers before publishing, editors in New York not in accord with M. Romero's views in regard to, first published in North American Review for July, 1896, and in Green Bag for October, same year, 403 Appeal, right of, definition of, 414, 415; provisions of under Mexican law, provisions in Federal District of Mexico, exceptions to in Common Law, 415

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Coke, Sir Edward, represented common law in equity controversy, 421; great commentator, 422

Comparison between Anglo-Saxon and Roman Criminal Jurisprudence, cannot be compared, Roman entitled to regard, 404; which system is best calculated to do justice, principles of each, 405 Conclusion of Criminal Jurisprudence paper, 424

Constitution of Mexico, Article I. of. similar to Declaration of Independence of the United States, 417; Article XIX. of, provisions of, comparison between and law in New York, 416; Article XX. of, assertions that Americans tried in Mexico are not notified of cause of their arrest contradicted by, 416, provisions of, 416, 417; Article XXIX. of, what to obviate, 417, provisions of, 418 Coudert, Frederick R., extract from on imperfections of criminal trials under common-law system as compared with Roman system prevailing in Continental Europe, 407

Criminal law in England and United States, how English used to regard criminals, crimes less frequent now in England than in United States, appeals in England and United States, 406

D

Difference between law in this country and Roman law, sumario criticised, 413 Disadvantages of common law, literal application of, result of, instance to explain, 423

E

Ellesmere, Lord, represented the equity of Roman law in controversy between common law and equity, 421 English common law, law of usage and custom, marriage law prevailing in New York and advantages and disadvantages

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James I., King, his decision of on equity, 421

John, King, Magna Charta procured from, 405

Jury system, corner-stone of Anglo-Saxon criminal jurisprudence, where originated, 405; conditions under which established do not now exist, 406; some statutes have changed foundation of, 422, 423

Jury system in Mexico, adopted in, established there by Señor Mariscal, 411; rules of proceedings of, 411, 412; in most states old Spanish system prevails, amendment to, 412; M. Romero's manner of treatment of, criticised by E. L. Godkin, 425

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Length of trials under Anglo-Saxon and Roman law, shorter under Roman in Mexico, and why, 417

Lynch law, how brought about, highly demoralizing, 409; its increase, statistics showing extent of, 410; in England not so much practised and probable reason why, 411; M. Romero's treatment of criticised by E. L. Godkin, 425

M

MacStewart, old employee of Col. W. A. Paxton, case of (who wrote Col. Paxton claiming he was under sentence of death in Mexico for trivial offence and not allowed to plead self-defence), 415, 416

Magna Charta, why originally obtained, why not needed now in Europe, 405; why not needed in United States, 406 Maitland, Frederick William, History of

English Law before the Time of Edward I, 405

Moreno, Luis, of California, suspected of murder, case of, 409, 410

Morris, Judge Martin F., extract from speech of on common and Roman law, 419, 420

Old Spanish system of criminal jurisprudence, Roman system, how divided, rules of first stage and second, 412

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Paxton, Col. W. A., reported to have received telegram from an employee demanding justice, 414

Plenario, the second stage of a criminal trial under the Roman law, 413 Pollock, Sir Frederick, History of English Law before the Time of Edward I, 405 Precedent in common law, great weight given by American lawyers to, 423; causes great amount of work for Supreme Court of United States, what it shows, how should be amended, what Roman law has done, 424; manner of treating by M. Romero in his paper on Criminal Jurisprudence criticised by E. L. Godkin in his letter to M. Romero of March 22, 1896, 425, 426 Prisons, Mexican, American complaints of, small means in Mexico to build, at Guadalajara, Puebla, and City of Salamanca, 418; in course of construction in States of San Luis Potosi and Nuevo Leon and City of Mexico, 418, 419; no cause of complaint, Americans treated same as Mexicans in, 419

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