Show a If BAR M BODY CONVENES 0 fr 0 SCORE LAWS LAW'S W DELAY fr-fr fr fr TO HELP CRIMINALS Present Methods of Appeal and the Actions of Go Governors o i and Pardoning Boards ranting Granting Leniency J J I Are Condemned v. v Ii 1 Delays of the law and the thc employment and nd compensation ii of f criminals were the principal matters mattei brought to t the e attention n of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at the t opening of the seventh annual meeting today The opening session ses s session sion sian b began gan at 1030 o'clock this morning in the ballroom of the Hotel Utah with I 1 00 o delegates in attendance With Wit the arrival l lof of additional delegates t this morning it is expected that the a attendance attend t ance will be doubled double before the close of f the aft afternoon afternoon session Delays of the law formed the basis of the annual address of the thc president ent delivered by Robert Ralston of Philadelphia lp i ij He I PETER W. W MELDRIM MELDRIM MEL MEL- GEN president 1 of the American Bar association t i f fJ J d. d 1 3 t C f l' l 4 f. f f t. t Ii f. f 1 I f it 4 U 1 2 made an exhaustive c comparison ab Jj be between tw tween en American criminal laws aw i and d' d those of Engl England nd I d. d Many Man delays hi ii declared were due to the time en to the perfection ci of ot appeals i ii In American courts court asserting that ten days was sufficient time for forthe the per per- faction of any appeal from a lower court decision Pardoning Power Abused He referred to the abuse of ot U the pardoning power of governors n Iud and d pardoning boards declaring that an application for for- a Ii P pardon dOD had co come cometo Je to lo be a a. regular part In the history of ot criminal case cases President Ralston expressed himself a al' al as opposed to thelong the tho thelong long delays in executions declaring It to be m more nore r humane to execute man cond condemned to death shortly after atter his conviction than three or four years later Mayor Samuel C C. Park scheduled to deliver the address addres of welcome to th the members member of the the Institute was not present when the hour for the meeting arrived The meeting was called to order order order-by by President Ralston Balston after efforts efforts' to locate the mayor pr proved ved futile Mayor Mayo Park ho how ever arrived at the meeting place ce some Borne time after the opening and delivered de dc- livered a a. short address of ot welcome j jut t prior to th the noon oon adjournment Park Welcomes Welcom Body I. I Mayor Park Jark welcomed the visitors o on behalf of Salt Lake City He commented commented com corn mente-d mente on the tho address of the pres- pres r 7 a dent t expressing the he opinion that that- the thep p J layman often reached the conclusion that criminals and lawbreakers akers r re receive o- o cehe too loo much protection from tram the technicalities of ot the law Jaw aw According to Mayor l Park Salt Snit Lake City has hM been confronted by this obstacle and nd he expressed the thc wish that the time might come when criminal cn eases lI l es S might be handled more moze expeditiously usI The mayor maor referred specifically to appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal cases in Salt Lake declaring that Interest witnesses and hopes of or con- con were gone in man many cases be before be- be tore fore cases ases could be brought to trial on appeal Preceding the address of or th the l president president president dent Edwin M. M Abbott of Philadelphia submitted his annual re report report report re- re port on the work of ot the association showing a total of ot He Ho also read the treasurers treasurer's report showing the theas- theas as association s- s to have more mone money on on hand now than th at an any other time Inthe Inthe in inthe the history of ot the organization Judge Robert Ralston of or Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia president of the institute Institute iri in his hta annual address addre s to the delegates delegate recommended rec ree- ree uniform l legislation cover cover- Continued on la page e 3 3 R R BODY CONVENES Continued from pago page 1 1 the salo sale of or firearms in the several I es Cs lany any crimes are directly due to I habit which is common among tain sin an citizens and aliens of ot carry- carry revolvers said ho Unless a form orm law on this subject IB JA passed the various slat states s tho the tram traffic In cannot be bo regulated because mon craon in a a. state slate where their sale prohibited can purchase se weapons n adjoining slate state Jany any criticisms of ot criminal pro- pro uro in the United States Slates have made and man many remedies sug- sug ed ea d. d It must be he home borne In mind there thero is no one ono By system stem of or crim- crim procedure In this country but t the practice varies greatly in n different states elates The he matters which have havo been the cipal subjects of or criticism are Ashing ehing of ot In indictments or granting ew ew trials on account of ot somo dirr- dirr I c Uon of oC a grand mar or some Fame finical error In the indictment or the he trial the great reat length of or time In selecting Juries tho the thod tho of at examining eXl expert wit wit- e es the constitutional prohibition Compelling the acc J accused to it the ab abUse abUso so of their privileges awyers aW rs the methods of oC Judges in p Juries tho the premature dis irge rc of ot the tire Jur Jury before they have eed and delays s 's by appeals and the thc 7 of ot writs n of habeas corpus iso English System A number of ot writers and speak- speak Mr r. r Taft Tart them among have o com com- the English system o of trials Ono One of ot the committees of ot the Intuto In In- n- n tuto has prepared an elaborate rt ft o of a a. statute upon this subject Abject ieh Ich was approved d at tho last meet- meet This draft dratt contains one forty lions a and d will m probably t Cover all KS ens which Ich arc are likely likey to be he ed or of The Tho real remedy for the tho technicalities s will v b be found in ute similar to those or of England Pennsylvania ne great source and h one oneIe Is can lie he hr by Ie legisla the tho time in I. I In many consumed by hy P l states W appeals lilted are at any time lx Ix within three eel eal months la is to he be or talen even there lons longer r. r I if an Why It- It is no rea- rea should not he be bin ten das after n Seed sentence I is pron pro pro- sS A uld n flee simple e by be the adopted form or of Instead notice aas or of or of the appeal lan la- la error at t court ot of writs Court S'S SS below certiorari to send commanding up the abOlished Formal bills ot exception Should rec- rec lays aYI Make Mako Trouble After a CUe case ha ost Int gone through the Interminable It is 18 by delays delas In the no Ions for tor means ended Ap- Ap c eh a part ot of have havo become as Sal II j 10 the thA routine procedure n as OI se duty supreme court Tho Those it Ills is to fix Un Cn a day for fOI otien exe- exe a and those postpone It for tor a lon long 21 fling Who exercise tIre the g Power fr parI par par- I and re re- jea ut It if a oft still sUII further dal man f i il to be ted it al alf i 8 better hung or electro no flo that It should lie not only ony on on n the aCCount of i s COmmUnity hut but also alBo I. I bl more humane It Seems and In cruel to keep Prison for lor a a. two or then three att after r i hc has Years yeara to adjusted his hi flew w surroundings i would put him t lo b better on all tr c him a short time on It t t he Js is all to he bo f Great reat have bays reh re |