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LOST THEIR FEAR A A CHICAGO gangster named Three Fingered Fingered Fin Fin- Jack White was set free the other day when the courts finally dismissed a year seven-year-old charge of murdering a policeman policeman policeman police police- man and in that story of unconscionable legal delays there Is a pretty fair explanation of gangland's notorious feeling of immunity The killing took place in 1925 In 1927 White was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Then the verdict was reversed by a higher court and in 1931 he was retried convicted convicted con con- conI I and sentenced to 14 years Now the case case has been reversed again and this time the charge has been dropped White may be perfectly innocent but when you reflect that we have a legal system system system tem which took seven years to decide the matter mattert you can see how it is that criminals have hav lost most of their fear of the courts |