Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-03 | Page 12 | Judicial Twins

j Judicial Judicial Twins i IF IF JUDGE GUTHRIE of the hc Jackson county airL rorI cir air I 1 L cult court were disgracing the Utah U ah bench instead I t of that of Missouri by his presence upon it his performance performance per per- of Saturday in finding Col William RI R. R N lson of or the Kansas City Star guilty guilt of contempt I and in s sentencing him to jail could not have oc oc- oc- oc The Jackson county judges judge's method of procedure was own brother to that of Judge Thomas Tho-mas I p. p Lewis in The Herald Herald- Republican Herald contempt case The latter after having hl accused this newspaper I its audits employees of certain alleged acts that conI constitute constitute con con- I contempt of court arraigned us before him 1 and without proving any of the acts he alleged against us although we had denied them proceeded to sentence us without even a pretense of a triaL And this the supreme court of Utah declared a few fe weeks ago was a method which has no warrant in inlaw law la and in practice and of which it strongly disapproved disapproved disapproved dis dis- dis- dis approved in language which we have ha no doubt Judge t J Lewis could repent repeat word for word ord without prior preparation if called caned upon We Ye feel convinced that it made madea a rc remarkable impression upon him liim Judge has followed exactly the same I CO course n at did Judge Lewis which leads us to believe I he Guthrie is a n dyspeptic He accuse accused Colonel Nelson of certain contemptuous acts arraigned him 1 4 for trial and mounted the bench ben h with ith his decision carefully typewritten in advance like Judge Lewis iu in our case Guthrie had find adjudged Colonel Nelson I guilty before the hearin hearing like Lewis he be failed to prove pro the Star editor culpable b by offering any evidence evi I dence and refused the defendant himself the opportunity opportunity opportunity t to offer any array of facts factS' either by way of V mitigating circumstances or as tending fending to show the I I f truth th of tho publication Also Judge Guthrie was as wasI I I represented by a reactionary lawyer the friend I of the court who him on to oven even a greater I I atrocity than his uninfluenced mind might have C conceived ved Colonel Nelson has taken his case to a higher II court and will no doubt secure justice His pub pub- I i n was not contempt of court if untrue mt it was wast t I libelous and Judge Guthrie had bad ample remedy at law lawI I I like every other citizen Assuming that the judge isi is i aware aar of that the in inference is unavoidable th that t he heI I f f feared ed C Colonel Nelson might prove the truth of his article if o opportunity were given 1 I I V We Y en enjoy joy no personal onal acquaintance with the tho veteran vet vet- ct I I. I Ian eran editor of th the Star but lUt knowledge o of his bis charI character char char- I act actor acter t and md resolution warrants our belief that Judge j J I Guthrie Guthirie before tho the case ease is finished will wish for a t tI I Jo lodge gc in some vast wilderness II the tho tho world orId forgetting forget forget- tingby ting g by the world forgot J 1 r T I I t