Show if J Lying Witnesses i in n the courts has grown far too PERJURY In the f prevalent within recent years n early history of American justice it was a seri seriOus us crime Indeed for a man to place h hs s liand upon the Bible and swear to God to I fel the he whole truth and and then hen to lie f IY o the witness stand Prosecutors rs were 1 in obtaining punishment for k hose g of perjury Consequently a wit wit- i va ness taking gr great at risks of going to prison i if he hc told falsehoods before the co court rt But within quite recent times there has S hl Leen e n a l moral mora breakdown L mal that Uil has hl Leen e n a l moral mora breakdown L mal that Uil has in the thc administration of justice j Br zen deliberate have been common on fhe witness stands of our courts And entire entire- have prosecutors taken too infrequently i any ny a action to hold perjurers accountable for 1 grave crime J t District Judge James James' W. W McKinney stated f problem well vell when lie he said recently Perjury is the assassin a tor o of justice It y is' is isone s one of the three venal crimes that is L t o bv the flie statute of f limitations It 15 r rank with and falsification or of public records as a venal crime In th the eyes of the thel l I law and that indicates its seriousness Yet it is seldom that any is ever t ken against again t witnesses when there is evidence of f perjUry This is one lof of the most serious indict indict- indictments ments that the judge could make against present day law aw enforcement lie He adds that his court wilt will do everything in its power to see that such offenders do not escape legal punishment whether tl th perjury be be becom committed corn com in a divorce action or criminal case Tue most disgraceful exemplification of I perjury that Salt Lake has h had d within recent years was during the inquest into the death of Max Beaver city treasurer More than one witness in that case caught himself him him- self in bold lies The records of f thc inquest show many misstatements that cannot possibly pos pos- J sib sibly y be explained a away w y by the lame excuse se J of faulty memory The prosecutors cannot s- s if cIos Io that case sa satisfactorily until they have have 1 ta e actIon against those who perjured u y I Evil daYS are upon the courts if the sol sol- and force of the oath is destroyed The integrity and power pO of our tribunals tribunals' of justice a are e dependent upon truth prevailing on the witness stand But Buta a decay has set ill in that cannot be stopped without drastic drastic- Until prosecutors and judges deal out sentences set set- tenes to flagrant perjurers the present dangerous dan reign of falsehoods by witnesses is isi i e to continue |