Show ABUSES OF THE LA LAW V At a recent annual meeting of the Bar assocIation it was openly admItted by prominent that public confIdence confidence dence m in the courts and theIr administration of the law IS being steadIly weakened A report was adopted denouncing the growing of the use of expert wItnesses WIth theIr conflictIng testImony ThIS 1 particularly to the use of In crIminal cases where experts may always be secured to testIfy that the accused is insane provIded he has the money to employ them As a matter of fact lawyers In conventIon very frequently criticise the prevaIlIng method of criminal procedure but so far they have done very lIttle correct It ale aie also to blame for the present state of affaIrs but as most legIslators are layers lawyers the responsIbIlIty stIll rests al- al almost most wholly upon the legal professIOn By the passage of Innumerable laws regulating everything under tinder the sun and imposing upon peace offIcers the task of en- en forcing enforcing trivial and often foolIsh statutes the perpetrator of major crimes rimes such as murder and robbery have all the better chance to escape PunIshment If more mOle attention were given to the TIon prevenTIon and punishment of these serIOUS offences It might be possible to reduce theIr number |