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In the Matter of David Neagle
us marshalls service ^ | June 2025 | Staff

Posted on 01/15/2026 5:51:25 AM PST by xxqqzz

A beautiful woman scorned by a former lover, a hot-headed husband intent on defending his wife's honor, and a Deputy U.S. Marshal assigned to protect a Supreme Court Justice came together in an explosive confrontation on August 14, 1889, in the Lathrop, California, railway station in the San Joaquin Valley. The result was a dead husband, an insane wife, and a landmark Supreme Court decision that substantially expanded the powers of the executive branch and affirmed the authority for U. S. Marshals and their Deputies to use force in the performance of their lawful duties.

(Excerpt) Read more at usmarshals.gov ...


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Then Supreme Court Justices rode circuit, also acting as appeals court judges. A man with a grudge ran into Supreme Court Justice Field on a train in California, and hit Justice Field hard from behind. A Deputy US Marshal, Neagle, acting as a body guard, shot the man, Terry, dead. The local sheriff arrested Terry and charged him with murder.

The Supreme Court ruled that a federal agent could not be charged in state court for actions involving his official duties. Two southern justices dissented, apparently supporting states' rights. Justice Field recused himself.

The grudge started because Terry's wife had been the 30 year old mistress of a wealthy 60 year old widower. Although, he broke up with her a few years before his death. Terry's wife produced an apparently forged will leaving everything to her. His children contested it. Justice Field ruled against Terry. Terry and his wife made a scene, with Terry pulling a knife in court and his wife pulling a gun. Justice Field sentenced them to jail for contempt of court.

Neagle had a career after that as a private body guard for wealthy men. He was in demand, because it was proven he would shoot to defend.

1 posted on 01/15/2026 5:51:25 AM PST by xxqqzz
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To: xxqqzz

Greedy cuck.


2 posted on 01/15/2026 5:59:39 AM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: xxqqzz

Interesting. This case involved US Marshals, not ICE.


3 posted on 01/15/2026 6:01:22 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: xxqqzz

“”shot the man, Terry, dead. The local sheriff arrested Terry and charged him with murder.””

Wasn’t it difficult to charge a dead man with murder?


4 posted on 01/15/2026 6:32:06 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

Neagle was the Marshal arrested for murder. The case went to the Supreme Court which ruled for Neagle, saying the U.S. law was supreme, and a federal officer could not be charged under local law for performing his duty.


5 posted on 01/15/2026 6:45:43 AM PST by marktwain (----------------------)
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To: marktwain

I know normal (?) journalists aren’t particular about what they print but shouldn’t the Marshal’s service be a tad more accurate in their reporting OR is it the state we’re in and we may as well stop expecting accuracy? Save our brain power for something useful!!


6 posted on 01/15/2026 6:55:16 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

Yeah, I stumbled over that too.


7 posted on 01/15/2026 7:23:28 AM PST by ChessExpert (Infidels of the world unite against the evil that is Islam.)
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To: Thank You Rush
>>>Wasn’t it difficult to charge a dead man…

The time period of events is close, and around that period judge Roy Bean of SW Texas fined a dead Irish rail worker with carrying a concealed pistol that was found on the body. The fine just happened to be the amount the Irishman had in his pocket.

8 posted on 01/15/2026 7:44:06 AM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: xxqqzz

Neagle, acting as a body guard, shot the man, Terry, dead. The local sheriff arrested Terry and charged him with murder.


but Terry was dead


9 posted on 01/15/2026 7:49:53 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: ComputerGuy
This case involved US Marshals, not ICE.

It is a fact that are both sworn Federal LEOs.

10 posted on 01/15/2026 7:50:40 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Sirius Lee

Their powers differ substantially.


11 posted on 01/15/2026 7:58:29 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: ComputerGuy
Their powers differ substantially.

No they don't.

12 posted on 01/15/2026 8:03:02 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Sirius Lee

We disagree on that point.


13 posted on 01/15/2026 8:07:31 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: Sirius Lee

I made a mistake. I meant Neagle, the Deputy US Marshal, was arrested.


14 posted on 01/15/2026 8:25:18 AM PST by xxqqzz
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To: Phinneous
Here's something you just don't see every day...

an article of history about a David (from usmarshals.gov) that "affirmed the authority for U. S. Marshals and their Deputies to use force in the performance of their lawful duties."

This AI summary from Google is what I found across multiple searches anyway:

The surname Neagle has dual origins, primarily as an Irish Anglicization of Norman names like de Angulo (meaning "of the corner") or Mac an Óglaigh ("son of the soldier"), linked to prominent families in Cork. It also shares roots with the German/Dutch Nagel, meaning "nail," as an occupational name for a nail-maker or nickname for someone "quick," and is related to Irish Gaelic names like Ó Néill ("descendant of Niall").

de Angulo: of the angle, corner [-פמה ,פני]

It did leave out the ones related to "cloud" and "champion", and that Óglaigh is an inflection of

óglach m (genitive singular óglaigh, nominative plural óglaigh)

(literary) young man; (young) warrior
(literary) attendant, servant; vassal
(military) volunteer

Neil is a masculine name of Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish Niall which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil

It's not one thing or another, but rather everything all at once. Critical mass...

...the minimum mass of the fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction in a particular setup.

Polygons are "many angles":

Pirkei Avot 5:22-23 Ben Bag Bag said: Turn it over, and [again] turn it over, for all is therein. And look into it; And become gray and old therein; And do not move away from it, for you have no better portion than it.
Ben He He said: According to the labor is the reward.

From a derivative of γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“id”)...

γωνίᾱ • (gōníā) f (genitive γωνίᾱς); first declension

(geometry) corner, angle
joiner's square
cornerstone

People will have a "knee"jerk response to mock or dismiss what they don't understand, but

the seeming omission kept multiple options open all along:

"At the outset, the Torah connects Jacob with Joseph. Of all his sons specifically Joseph holds the key to not only Jacob's but the family's ission."

https://aish.com/joseph-from-the-kabbalistic-perspective/

Borrowed from Latin fissiōnem, accusative singular of fissiō (“the act of breaking up”), from findō (“split, divide”).

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fission

Save the last dance for me - The Drifters

15 posted on 01/15/2026 9:22:03 AM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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