Mr. Squiers to Mr.
Hay.
Legation of the United States,
Habana, June 11,
1902.
No. 17.]
Sir: I have the honor to confirm my telegram of
yesterday, announcing the passage by Congress of an act granting amnesty
to Americans for offenses committed during the period of intervention,
and also inclose copy of the act, together with translation.
I have, etc.,
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[Inclosure.]
Translation of act granting amnesty to
American.
Thomas Estrada Palma,
Constitutional President of the Republic of Cuba.
By the present I make known that the Congress has decreed and I have
sanctioned the following:
Article I.
Amnesty is granted for the crimes committed during the period of the
intervention by citizens of the United States of America.
Article II.
The district courts will annul all pending proceedings against said
citizens, to which end the supreme court will return, and the
magistrates will pass on to the respective district courts the
motions of which they have cognizance and in which process is had as
against such citizens.
Additional Clause.
The amnesty shall include all penalties imposed on those other than
citizens of the United States of America now serving sentences with
such citizens by virtue of the same judgment, and in the actions
which have been brought against American citizens the penal
proceedings as against the coadjutors, accomplices, and abettors
held on the same charge are declared extinguished, notwithstanding
their nationality.
Wherefore I order that the present law be complied with in all its
respects.
Given in the Presidential palace in
Habana on the 9th day of June,
1902.
T. Estrada
Palma.
