Show pa Parti cri criminisi minis instances of private profit in aiding others to the law hau lime been given of late it is aero a clear dision ill the minds of citizens qt of their duty citizens and members of society in in tho the matter of their relation to econs 10 islo lo commit crime or violate the tile law lair one of these instances is iq lie tile new nen business of insurance coin com panics in writing policies of insurance on automobiles faed by bootleggers and 11 hi backers in III tho the breaking of both federal and state lau davs 4 because clicy were aiding ami aull abetting the breaking of law tho in ranso commissioner of oregon cancel 11 tile state permit of three companies the supreme court is called upon to decide uli whether ether or not it is legal for d apan or a private ate citizen to further tho the breaking of law by other as a matter of bunims bui ims the other I 1 that of an attorney in los angeles offering to surrender to custody a man who lias has been indicted if he were granted immunity because of testimony he might give ghe against others indicted u ith him the question is not one of honor among tb thieves leves but of the right of a citizen to keep secret hia his knowledge of the where of a fugitive from justice aiding a fugitive to estape arrest is an rf offense fenie under conditions of participation in any of th beneata of if crime it makes the aider a cri criminisi minis a partaker 11 in the crime A lawyer who for pay help helps a client to keep out of the clutches of tho the law by not remeall revealing i ng his whereat whereabouts outs until be he is able to make some sort of deal for him is trying tring to defeat justice and is acting in opposition to tho the common welfare there is some excuse tor for a relative 1110 who aids a criminal to keep conce aleJ because of ties of relationship even zen a warm personal friend has some justification but for one to do it for pay is different and that is what a lawyer docs does when he protects a client in such fashion neither a lauber nor an insurance company should havo have the legal right t ti promote crime |