Show I TOUGH BUT UE 1UtrIIE EaEUsb 2ll n Arl I can Cdr x rslere t If I tondon 26 Lawyers ere are more than ever amazed the proceedure of American courts A very able criminal lawyer said to m to day1 What one on-e are the American judges for Judge Cox does nothing He takes < the aiks to get aS the facts as to Guitt aus alleged insanity He makes no pretense pre-tense of keeping the lawyers their work He allows them Corkhill included to make stump Bpeechea intended for the outside He even does not discharge the ties of usher and keep order Whats he there for I said that hejwaa probably prob-ably there to assist the jury in summing up Summing up cried my friend the Queens Council why American judges dont sum up They are mere receptacles recepta-cles for the evidence drilled and drivelled out to them and in their summing up they simply retail all that stuff to the learned jury and instruct them to bring in a verdict of guilty if they are satisfied of the prisoners guilt and to acquit him if they are sure he is i innocent They dont winnow the wheat from the chaff or marshal the facts or point out the inferences in-ferences to be drawn but shoot sacks of rubbish which they admit as evidence into the jury box and expect twelve men chosen according to the American system because of their almost invincible invinci-ble ignorance to render justice Why do not the American people who aim at efficacy in all other things secure trained lawyers for judges and see that great causes like this are committed to competent com-petent counsel |