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Show ri'lllIU fit I III. k JIDIt.ll. TltlST. Tim day of awakening iretut al taat li have come over the courte In their method cf dealing wllh official Ihlevea. John IlarJaley, while Treasurer of Ihe city orrhlLadelihla dellliaralely robbed Ihe illy of tuma which at thelluie hit rurallty waa die-covered die-covered aggregated y?,Vl. Uou hit cunvlctloii ho waa ten tencod lo fifteen yeart In the jieiilttn. tlary for the crime of malfeaaanre In oflli., and In view of the fad that he hail apiro rlateil lo prleataueet i17,. 80) of Ibe itllo money, be waa lined preclerly that amount, or In olhir worda waa commanded to return what hehadttoleii. In uelng tenteuce, Judge Wllaon oliaerved that the lime had come for ecuundrvlaof hit daat lobe given due notice that they held a moral at well Mpecuularyaucountablllty to Ihe pub. Ho iftiiploylug them. The filing of bondtaa required by law waa not all thero waa to their contract. Tbey placed llkewlae on tile aa tecurlly for good liehavlor Ihelr rwnal honor, the violation of which they mual under-ataud under-ataud waa a mom terloua olteue lu Ihe Itibllo than the forfeiting of their IxinJe. When they accepted a ubllo trual their iwraoual honor became a publlo r'orty, Ihe depreila-Hon depreila-Hon (if which atTectnl not only the concerut of their tr. titular term of office but attecld In great meaaure Ilia relatione of their aucciaiaore for nieoy yeara aucceedlng. Their malfraaance brought therefore harJehtpa and embarraaamvnta, whlili could not be eatlmated lu dollar.. Atiatractly tpeaklng the Judgu ru-poaed ru-poaed tl denlouatrate for OUCe that while the Lsjmmlaalon of crime waa tiereeaary proof of criminal lutent, 4inlahment waa netuuly for the doing of wrong but for being a acanip. We are nut i(uotlng Judge Wlleinllierally, bulluUrprvtlng, to to t4ak, tlittplrll ofhlerruiarkt. If thla aalutary Icaaon to ofllcUl thlevue could lie repratod In (he cane that may follow, the put llo ought toon to ei patience a relief from tho gauge ofprarllci-d roller! that arealormlug Ihe publlu otllora th country over. |