Deseret Evening News | 1906-05-23 | Page 11 | War on Jury Dodgers

WAR ON JURY DODGERS Declared on Them by the Ilta Cook Coul County Illinois Chicago May 23 War rn oa Jury elo rs und tho pUblic who nito aid alil and cm has hall boon been declared declare by b Cook county t ii ty Following an order SUJ by Sheriff Sherll yesterday that of his hll should not aid ent in lit escaping Jury jur service It transpired tran that a quiet aulet atton on the part of at several Judges has been beHn In progress a with u IJ shw hw to eradicating tho evil Scandalous disclosures of ot tim the case etise with which escape jury Jur duty dUlY yeti yens In and year ear out put have hao been beon tim tho result of ot It Is the be lief ilef of ot the Jurists who have hae taken laken tip up th the matter mutter that the tho entire system of ot Jury service In itt Cook county should ro a thorough overhauling A con can of affairs seriously reflecting on the tho honor holier and Integrity of ot many public as aa well ns nit well known lawyers law ond atti prominent citizens has hns been heen laid burl bare The existing conditions have hn been boeti I brought to the attention of at Sheriff P nse tim tho court clerks cherk and other oilier of or the lie county service by b set sev several e rEal eral judges who quietly been boemi seek seeking IlIg ing the causes of the miscarriage of ot n justice ju principally In criminal cases In Chicago o An Au a II result of ot thu Investigation lI tion the tile charge chargo Is male made that Jury ladR Ira era and the tho public nubile officials who aid them are arc responsible for the prevalence and spread of ot crime In Chicago of ot tho the general genera gen ral disregard of tho the law on tho the part of or criminals