Show r r V. V f 1 Eternal Competition J II appe appears pp s to be in iii need need of f a fearless V and andI of j law jV c and aggressive e champion of It I Q order 4 r for more more it appears that hat we e. e V s surrendered to dered to the element clement which holds V l lv v or life lift chei cheaply ty It seems that we have a dozen dozi agencies devoting them- them I s' s m more r or or- le ess ss to the competition of k providing relief ll i r those who seem to have taken the law into their own hands We Wel 4 l suppose it all st started when the bo board rd ot oti i pardons was called I 0 terminate sentences at the toe Utah state stat I Some Sonic absurd precedents prece prece- f dents dents verc were cst The Tile board boar b became ca e a af YOrt Sort of f executive tn tribunal una operating chiefly I A on parte testimony df df convicts and their I f L h.- h. s. s Its powers appear absolute te super- super r 1 g those hOs of the courts and the J judges and j 4 11 J Jit J then appeared that if Ute the lic courts t were re fp a semblance of dignity it would necessary for them to have ome more p pardoning power So it was t he le legislature legislature legisla legisla- isla- isla Jure ture passed a law taw permitting judges to s 's sus suspend s- s pend sen sentence ence at the time at t trial thereby beating beating the time of the roo board bf b J. J V f or ninety days In 1 the courts V t en enabled to deal Y fl Ii ose con- con ted ted of f crimes making s as ashey hey Y see ee fit The recent cas case o of 5 self seif Jf mitt d bank ban bandit it being relea released under suspended sus- sus us- us p sentence on ott agreement Q r return furn the oot t is a case in point V V X Competition does not end th there re for we welo lo alo must consider the tile prosecutors and tI the olice officers Sometimes it V appears that tha ey try to beat the time of both t tie the e courts jand atc the pardon board in relieving individuals f criminal responsibility Just the other day J Japanese p nese resident of Salt Lake was killed as Jl Jit a result of treatment accorded him by a group Krou f fellow workmen To io the layman it would appear that a man is entitled to some security f his life and person Furthermore it would e m that when his rights are abu abused ed there has has' been een some sort of criminal offense But it ita Redevelops a that when the facts in this case ase were t to the county attorney his office that the killing killin had been more or ora ori i i l a matter matter of a joke so that no crime had hadi r. r treen i committed No inquest est was held and andl l V concerned 10 in the hazing were released f 1 t even so the public is assured that no f dge will suspend sentence and no board of oft t pardons pardons will wili terminate sentence prematurely r r q A Prosecutors Prosecutor's likewise are subject to compe- compe ution The other night a Pullman ca car conf con con- f for returned home unexpectedly and soon v hereafter began shooting vitally wounding a l n who had been calling on his wife He fW S arrested because it appears that t no man an take the law into his own hands wreaking 1 j S own judgment and vengeance u i Bess tess it II appears police e officers feel justified in inV int V t Making the law into their own hands for no noV V effort was made to bring the information in inthe inthe the ease ise ase before a properly constituted court I Rather ather er some ome detective sat in judgment and brought In in a verdict to the effect that the thet t t- V shooting was justified thereby handing the V laugh to the prosecutors the courts and the V V board of pardons V I In this case the shooting may have been justified but wherein does the law give police V officers the right to perform the functions of a aV V V court o rt As a matter of fact the police depart ment had no jurisdiction jurisdiction- and released the gunner entirely without support of the law V Only a court of established jurisdiction could V legally make the conclusion which was made V by the police There is just one other class s should shoud be included in this condemnation C Viand tind that is those members of the public who c r iise se ise their good names and influence to get V these public ser servants ants to do these things which clearly are not in m the best interest of law and V f order It It would s seem em that we we are entirely f too Joo liberal In in our interpretation n of some of V 9 r laws law even even while we appear petty and andin V 1 afrow In in enacting some some others So I long hong ng as ve e. e have chave a ve so many agencies working to circum circum- 5 y ent the law of the state we may expect a good part of the public to consider it ita a Q farce |