Show POLICE USURPING JUDICIAL POWER Judge Diehl Diehi Calls Halt on Do Doings Doings Doings ings of Illegal Kanga Kangaroo roo Court GOAS AFFAIR MEN MEW DETAINED WITHOUT BEING GIVEN A HEARING Unless there Is a change In sonic gome of the th methods of the police department there may ma be a 11 dash clash the department nd the police court Evidences Of or an ap approaching approaching approaching slot storm in hav Beon seen for some ome Unto tim A short time agO g the tho name nanie of a aman aman aman man charged with a petty peLl offense ap appeared pea In the police pollee court calendar but ut when th ease case was called the man did not respond r ills ball bail could not be declared forfeited for the he simple reason that he had not given ball Police Judge Diehl on Oil asking what had become of the prisoner was Informed that h lip lie had been released by the police At Atthe Atthe Atlie the lie time Judge Dehl roode no comment upon the unusual l proceeding A few ew days da s later the name of a woman Mabel Gaynor appeared upon the locket docket t She was charged When the thease case ase was called the woman was not hot III in the tho court It was also found that she Rhe was not Ot it In hi the tue city jail Judge Diehl Diehi con tOn continued the th case until the th next day da when I f e was Informed that the woman had been released by Chief Pitt The Tue judge still refrained retrained from commenting upon this ap apparent apparent parent arent usurpation of judicial authority Diehl Diehi Calls a Halt But his attitude of patient endurance ended yesterday morning when Assistant Attorney Daly called his attention to tU fact act that there were prisoners in the room against whom no complaints had been made nade and that men had been detained in inthe Inthe the he city Jail for or several days das at it a time without being given a hearing heurin which was in violation of their rights Men who are not suspected of having committed felonies said Judge Diehl Diehi should not be detained in the city jail more fore than t an one day They The should hould be brought to court promptly after aCter their ar arrest arrest arrest rest I shall shaU take this matter matUr up with Chief of Police Pitt And 1 I wish Mr Daly Daiy that you ou would make a note of the I names lames of the policemen who are responsible sible for tor the holding of these men in jail It Ft is clearly our dutZ dut to protect citizens in n their rights and those men against whom no complaints have been made nade Kangaroo Court Held field The police pollee have bave at intervals held a sort of Jr Kangaroo court before the opening of f the police court at which vagrants have lave been b en released from custody on their promise to leave town One of ot the ser sergeants sergeant geant would act as judge and would with witha a L free fre hand dispense floaters to those thos who aho were led from the jail to hear his sentence This Kangaroo court caused much nuch comment Jn In official circles It was looked upon aa a a usurpation of the functions of ot the police court It was urged that hat If the men ordered out of town tO by bythe bythe the he police sergeant were guilty of of offenses offenses they should have hare been taken be before before fore ore Judge Diehl Diehi and that if it they were guiltless of ot breaking the law the ser sergeant sergeant geant had no authority to compel them hem to leave heave the city At ond onci session of o the Kangaroo court there here w were re men arraigned Of Ot these hese were ordered to get out of f Salt SaIl Lake While the Intentions of the police were wore to 0 rid the city of the Idle and dangerous element lenient It was held that the cases cafes of the he unfortunate men picked up in the streets should properly be handled handlei in the police court |