Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-04-11 | Page 8 | Citizens Losing Respect for Courts

CITIZENS LOSING RESPECT FOR COURTS Speaker Says Lack of Proper Prop-er Enforcement of Laws Causes Crime CHirAOO, April 11. Lawyers are one of the rwat Important factors In the mippretinlon of crime, Henry Barret Bar-ret Chamberlain, operating director of the Chicago crime commisttinn. In an nddrett today before the committee on law enforcement of the American Bar association. He dealt principally with condition in Chicago. "Cltln are lowing their respect for the courts." he said. "In Chicago they know that last year by aver axe lem' than one out of four of the defendant tried for murder In Cook county waa convicted and of the 4723 defendants actually tried in the criminal court for fflony that only 1674 paid any penalty. They know that out of that number only 7;J received penitentiary or re- forma tory sentence. They know that the operations of Chicago's legal ma- ! ohlnery, control ltd hy the bench and bar, placed on the at reef a of Chicago 236 more criminal t-han the same machinery ma-chinery sent to prison taat year. Knowledge of this fact brings dismay to reaponaible rltlxen snd rejoicing' to the hearts of the crooks." Mr. Chamberlain declared that "part af h pmiwn t the ewmKy-fssimeiyt sickening sentimentality for outlaws convicted of crime."