Show l' l Protecting the P Profession I tl id JUDGE JOHN H. H LYLE of Chicago suggests 1 iU that the le legal al fraternity n might n hetten better s ii by serving th the public more He believes believes be be- that the profession harbors harbors' too many d rascals who can be eliminated only by the concerted action of self respecting members 1 4 of o the profession Without this action th th public interests are menaced by unscrupulous E who go far beyond the ethics of I their clients and nd f ir profession to serve W J O Oj Of course the right t of the accused to a fair ail ait and ind impartial trial cannot be 9 denied d nied and his naturally means that he cannot be denied lie right r o of counsel It It follows ws that that the ttO ley is IS obligated to give his client chent the best that hat is in him whether the tile client be guilty or or Cr j innocent There are attorneys however who t r- r s give the worst that is in them and it frequently i. i J. J t follows that this is best for fot their clients I tr V 4 f In lii other words some criminal attorneys avail vail themselves of 1 00 or more motions and andr r If designed to delay dr thwart the thc prosecution of criminals These facilities in f behalf behalf of the criminal are the result of the merican rican tendency to tip over backwards in inI 1 b effort to give the accused a fair and iJ impartial J partial parti 1 trial Perhaps ps there will always beI be I question as to whether the attorney who resorts to them is unscrupulous or merely I t to his client Some of them however 10 not st stop p there but reso resort t to chicanery md nd deceptions designed to distort the facts 1 they use their personal influence in behalf of jr clients which sometimes results results' in deci- deci i SJ s that are not true reflections of j judicial l jJ ht Unscrupulous attorneys when the opportunity presents presents' itself tamper with wit- wit j and evidence diverting the course course of justice to the interests of their clients They I ire re not a averse verS to fixing jurors furors l No doubt the these thee e thin things s- s smore more than thail the natural natural nat- nat ural ad advantages van accorded the criminal by law are what Judge Lyle had in mind when he that the Chi Chicago ao Ba Bar association it to the public to rid fold itself of unscrupulous un un- scrupulous members It would be easy if it 1 not for the fact that this profession Jilce Ji e many other is not without class loyalty sometimes I lit sometimes appears that self-respecting self at- at contribute of their funds and their influence to save an unscrupulous lous brother from from p paying ying the penalties demanded by the thet t I Jaw J JI I for criminal acts The problem is by no nor r im ans confined to Chicago Jt It is more or orless less less general and as ts Judge Lyle indicates the fi solution rests with those members of the bar Vho would maintain a high standard of character char- char lacter acter for the profession |