| Show SUSAN B AND HER TRIAL tim THE decision of judge hunt in the case of susan lel IEL anthony tried for illegally voting at Bo Ro chesterN Y is that in the matter of sex and ot other qualifications each state and not the united states is the judge fon foe its iw own citizens thus affirming the right of local sei bei seif self r government upon that boint 4 this is well enough and would probably be affirmed by the supreme court odthe of the united states if the case were to be taken there thus thug in t this his vi view ew any state can permit woman suffrage if it chooses choos e I 1 although the next state may 3 rigidly deny it which would favor all the wom women c n suffrage people removing to the states that favored them and t their h air opponents vice versa quite a harmonious arrangement and in jn accordance cor dance with the federal constitution but one thing does not look well in this trial and that is the judge dictating peremptorily what sort of a verdict the jury should bring in just as the judge did in the geo F train case an action which caused considerable censure to fall on his honor in the last mentioned case and similar censure judge hunt may expect it is generally understood that the province of the court is to decide aldeas as to law and the province of the tho jury to decide as to fact and as to what verdict they shall return if a judge utters bad law is it the jurys business if the jury give in a wron wrong 9 verdict Is it the j judged adges bu business aness Is he responsible for it has he any rig night right t to hector them upon it the wronged usually have the right of appeal fit is his business to dictate what verdict a jury shall bring is Ls the use of a jury they are mere puppets the judge pulling the wires S some bome bome homo judges act as if they really would like to be judge jury and prosecutor but it is no not t a leaning to be commended |
