Show j f 4 l Prejudicial Faces T I Alabama newspaper men were ret re re- R t to spend twenty-four twenty hours ih jail jai r i c use they printed what the court termed fit ZM paper matter It seems that the newspaper b r f hi 1 X nied iRed facts concerning the record of a man manZI i t Mo t t to come com come to tr trial a Although ugh th these se facts facts t j taken re-taken e taken from official documents and l d co cour court courte rt ZI th the e court held that th they y were were u r dI f to the mans man's case and ordered a pos post Post- y i lament ement m n I t the le postponement t the then he het t J p n responsible res espo sl e were cited for for contempt off of f fahd sentence to tb serve twenty four hours J t f n l The right of appeal s. s denied t it G Got finsel 1 for the newspaper men ine 1 contended t T f heir printed nothing clients printed nothing but the facts ft that the facts could not be held held prejudicial v W Ot Ote t very f ne would agre agres with wit this contention s lT e. e e a man might t be on trial for fora a a. a crime of which i he wa wars innocent and still have an un- un lavor vory record Publication tion of of this ord of rr J. J urse would tend to to prejudice prospective r rs A A. A man might be convicted J for his his hist t t re y t tt r r cord rd while being tried for a specific crime 1 lia having ving no direct relation to that record H x On the other hand it might seem that this is is is one of the burdens accepted by the man who ho w 4 es establishes s an unsavory reputation for himself I l The Th ee Alabama Alabama judge e held that the liberty of j. j press was not paramount to human liberty j Thc The whole thing would appear to 10 be an un un- n conflict Courts and and- newspapers I 7 i y f J. J h Tl J ff w alike should be interested in t e establishment of justice Few newspapers iyo undertake to prosecute a man or a woman through its columns Nevertheless the demands that they print the news and this this' almost calls cans for the history of the man under c charge arge atthe at atthe the time of his arrest For the courts tot to 10 t attempt to bar the record in the public press pressa press in every ery case would be them to P make ake justice more inaccessible i 1 V The The e Alabama decision wh wherein ff t f denied the def defendants the right of appeal would seem to be bean beah h. h affront to that very justice which th the court asserted it was fighting for No ju judge ge should be given sole jurisdiction in a a case casein in which his own official dignity is one of the issues By denying the defendants defendant ant the Ti fight ight ht I to appeal aPP eat the judge m made de a decision a arbitrary Yi which otherwise might have b been en considered a just ruling All AH defendants sho should ld have the beri benefit fit of the full fun machinery of justice Perhaps Per Per- haps the Alabama newspaper men men could have hav forced this point but it is doubtful if they could have o obtained action under the twenty- twenty four hours imposed by th the judge Hence they u. u would have ve s served their se ten e before they could prove could prove their point in n er tribunal Merely an example of where an injustice an-injustice might be more more e easily than j justice be attained a Q 4 7 4 I t l |