Show 1 Lawlessness and the Courts i in few other cities are mer pROBABLY chants h and citizens in iii general so harassed by bad check heck artists shoplifters burgl rs and 1 other classes of thieves s as in Salt Lake The A pl conditions lave have been brought about by laxity and connivance on the part of the ther r i courts and prosecuting officials f. f The monetary loss annually runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars and every year year is on the increase Criminals have been arrested time and time again only t to be re released re- re teased leased without punishment It seems as if the local bad check artist burglar and thief are able to muster sufficient influence political and otherwise to convince th the prosecutors and courts that their profession is an honorable one instead of criminal It almost a daily occurrence to read in inthe inthe the newspapers where a burglary or grand larceny lar lar- ceny charge has been reduced to petty larceny and the sentence suspended The automobile thief for whom the law lawI I provides a penitentiary term is almost imS immune im- im S mune f om puni punishment l Sometimes le he heill will ill get a 25 25 fine when the courts court if it followed fr the la law should give him a few years in the j. j penitentiary i The shoplifter and store thief is right in his glory Merchants can tell of hundreds of cases where attempts have been made to get Convictions and adequate sentences but witha without with with- out a vail avail Either a chan change e of policy st m-st be b made bY b. b the courts and prosecutors Lake will become notorious as as an n nJ J veli baVeI J |