Coloured Passengers.— The Metropolitan
Railway Company of the districts of Columbia having had occasion to apply to Congress for an amending Act, the Senate, on the motion of Mr. Sumner, has introduced a clause prohibiting on every railroad in the district exclusion from any car on account of colour. Mr. Wilson (Massachusetts) has brought in a Bill applying the prohibition to all railroads* ships, and boats within the jurisdiction of the United States. We quote the following from the Darling Downs Gazette of 27th ult. :— "It will beremembered (says that journal) that at^the last Ipswich Assizes an aboriginal named Jemmy was sentenced to death for rape. His counsel protested on the ground that the foreman of the jury was an alien. The point was reserved, and was heard before a full court, yesterday, the Attorney-General appearing for the Crown, and Mr. Blakeney for the prisoner. The Crown admitted that the foreman of the jury was an alien, and not qualified to sit on a j dry. The conviction was quashed, and a new trial to take place at Ipswich." ' !
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Evening Post, Issue 120, 28 June 1865, Page 2
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179Coloured Passengers.—The Metropolitan Evening Post, Issue 120, 28 June 1865, Page 2
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