Show RI II WR DELAY The me Instructor for Feb Fob 1 contains an flu editorial frOm I Ju eph F Smith which we think should lie le C circulated In other places than those reached by that excellent vve We J therefore u e It place III In our fur col columns J na ao worthy of or general as no well us tN tNie ie judicial attention I row Pew will deny the tho evils ovilo that arise I I from tram our laws delay There Is I n a aj affe j middle ground In tho the execution of ot our I 1 I criminal that may well the tho ho attention of ot with tho the conduct of ot our courts courto Tito Thu criminal C may be Le Justly justl entitled to a dolny that would carry him beyond the danger of ot ui public clamor cia but he has boo no right to toa ton toI I i n a delay that carries him to public Indifference ference frence and to n a sentimental C I interest In hla h behalf There Is lo no ren rca renson ot i son lion on why he ho should havo tUne time tu to hatch tip 1111 perjury and wear ear out tho public pu llo pa patience 0 thence tience tie nee The criminal knows that the tho longer longerI S his mac cane cn o Is I delayed cd the tho more It will I L stand upon tho the refined technicalities of ut C the tho law 11 nw Ho le knows knolls too that human I memory fades with time amI that time IB Is l the th strongest defence e ho can cnn have ii There Is ho no doubt that In England there I la he a n higher standard of ot public justice In rL tho the enforcement of at the tho law 11 Its Ito en cn enforcement 11 Is prompt prom lIt and sate safe Is ho the trouble in III this tutu country Ii I Why are criminals kept before tho Ii public unnecessarily month after month anti and year after year familiar with our department of ot justice perfectly well veil why public Interest tf H III worn out by procrastination and n a healthy public IllI lla interest IK th an un 1 l element In III tho the Just enforcement of ot the tho thoIn I law In livery Ivory case must come como up In Its JIB t order papers must bo ho prepared and nUll time given luti to meet the convenience of or orthe Vt 5 the attorneys M tornes If it It H were wore understood I that a I certain cla clas t of or criminal cases i j were wen w ru always entitled to 10 the right of ot Wety and to prompt consideration thoro l would be less lesa delay In tho the settings surely life lito anti and liberty take tako precedence over property the public has the tho 1 right tolie to bo heard first It If tho the judges lir would Insist upon uron promptness In I thai cafes they would perform an act net l for tor which tho thio public would bo ho o ever eer hl grateful to them thom It the tho judges fur or In Iu stance of ot any uly II district would get got to 10 together 0 t h gather gether and agree agrue upon somo plan piau by which criminal business could bo be expo I everyone knows what the result 4 I would v be and although the tho lie bar ar for tor a 11 aI I while might murmur and protest the ther r learned would soon SOOIl adjust II l themselves lu tho new order of oC things thine Again guili our supreme court Is l jut just ns S asIk likely Ik y to Place pinto a 0 criminal case rose at the tha foot toot of o the this calendar as no at tho the head It 11 belong That tribunal I too toola la Js as likely to delay a n decision In an nn I criminal case ns no It Is 19 In a n civil ij case One OliO cannot resist t the thought I that our judges might If It they thoy would rut ut short the life of ot a n criminal case It certainly makes a n great difference whether n fl nInon man Is tried a n aI I S month or a II year ear after atter he lie has hils commit committed c ted a 1 crime The delay laY In tho thio enforcement of ot crim criminal crimI I inal laws U h often the cause of ot light lI ht or orI I trilling trifling sentences for tor serious crimes Of Ot eurso r ur e the time public cannot always know 1 what tho the judges know kno who sit lilt In n a vase ense vasek k but the public knows knowlI that time Iliac makes I I her lIer certain cf upon the memo mem memory 4 I ory and amid sense of ot Justice In lii a n as It does doe In ordinary mortals The Tho public Is la growing nervous and ami restless In the time I of ot the tho Increase of ot so BO many hor hot I 2 crimes After a l while the public Will surely surel re rest t Its rye Ye e upon a procrastinating I judiciary and nn demand returns reform 1 1 vh hero e the welfare of the public Is BO iso t much at stake of ot coursed course attorneys attorn s sharp share the Ihl responsIbIlities of ut oft t I unnecessary and to 10 tho the public unjust delays It Is to 10 be hoped hopel that tho th those e officials who vho sit alt under tinder thi ho responsibility of or a crying evil 11 will Its weight with greater force anti net art with greater groot r re regard regard gard for tor the time security and safety of or the tho 5 1 i public i I Why Wh should the public treasuries b be bet tl t drained to met the accumulating ox ex I ponces t of ot the laws jaws df MIlt deia lays s In guard r lug Ing and amid keeping criminals who have md Iad fair trials and the tho just judgments judgment of ot the courts Why should 1 s the burdens ns of ot taxes I bu 10 u Increased Up tip Upon tipI I on n the tho tolling oiling peaceable citizens for the of maims tried ansi condemned under the law 7 t These long and tedious delays riot not I only give the criminal nn mm undue advantage tage tago In sculling recalling hi isis Just desert but butth 1 they th entail upon the tilt public pu heavy hay and unnecessary ary This The borost t taxpayer who the tho burden of ot our ourI I courts In time the execution of time the Is U f entitled to some consideration and Jus f tire ought not to Le be delayed at nt his hla I expense To make a n criminal an nn k and prolonged burden upon law lawf f abiding lo and frugal citizens citizen Is wrong SJ u and the continuance of ot these il nary Bar and null unjust delays hi In tho the execution tion U n of ot our cur crIma Jars ch to t fcc b ba a abated Our jury system Is lit isI I not without MR Its In the tho i I matter The refusal of ot the time judge of ot the I Second district court In Itt II i n 1 nt ease anile e eto to accept the tIe recommend a lit Of a 1 Jury that mercy meroy bo shown tin Iii In passing the judgment of ot the court cOUlt upon him affords some s little In th time tilt amidst nc or n t tIll t flU rd i u element that lems to haI Nil O little iitti to fear from our Courts court One li is almost almot led Id to sub substitute legal terms term It for Cr rf ane In th tIm that wiy AH to 11 with tile print priest so 10 with wilt till the p ti and to d dl ditto clare As A with the thu so BO with the thu junks Jim rifts fliers I Is probably pro un hi today loday not an officer In thiN state Int to whom hom Is I i il the th If t f our Iw who be believe belIele lieve hiees the tha t Hi iii public U I dealt daht with vItti withIn In time the cil i that thit l iii II of ot the he notorious that are becoming a n nIn In to 10 our o r 11 mind mid It H i that thai judg are n IIi nui pi l pt d In to lb of ot s I Jut Jury n is l Is III the I he public Tin Till tact fact Is I the lie Juror has ties no more mora rl right ht t tl to hi his hll on el Kt I end and hits his to If turn him n mu loos upon thc community than he lie ha lie hili to a man III hi his ron cl noo ansi hiS hi oath ath to tn it II that fiat In lit IsIs Ills honest julI lIt I Is undeserved Th trouble trou III In i too toc mummy mimy of or these thee the vae Cl vases a a aIt It is that thaI Jurors me sic t to Billing willing to make a 11 that tho I Ivr ii their good cense janus and nd wrongs WrOn the whole community It Js ther there n II thoughtful and wellin formed man In this thin that dots doe not that this the I x ot of our law laws against murderers and amid othet criminal II li partaking ot of th the hi nature of oC oCI it Ii farce furT The Tb t lIn of ot public Indignation mut must nooner or Of Inter later make Itself f I lt H In time the interest of ot human humon life lite am tad Certainty those tho In with th t tho of ot the tho law laware laware are well enough Informed upon time the sit Nit n to I cornet ninny flimsily of ot the evils of ot time till lawi lAW deIs What elicIt we e my say ft of ot ofa n a ju r and a attorney who keep time tile word ont type 1111 of criminal oases OM dragging sinai month after r month and your year after ft r oar In our courts Ye We are tinder practically the sonic samo In lii the he of ot our criminal low laW us ua are nr OIlier lither r common law comma conn trios trie and amsil a In tint the lion Ion of ot the lie he law reflect a 1 credit upon us nl w F I 1 |