| Show WANTS extrajudicial EXTRA JUDICIAL MEk MEASURES due THE san F francisco ran dl aco chronicle commenting upon the proceedings of th the second district court in utah says that if the jury do not bring in in a verdict of guilty I 1 in a pending case a resort alo extra X idi idl dal remedies will be natural alif if not justifiable does not it seem strange to hear this officious but unofficial prejudgment of a case i this incessant clamor for a verdict according 0 to sueh such prejudgment and these virtual threats of extrajudicial extra judicial measures such as martial law and even lynch 0 of mob law in journals which prete pretend to intelligence and discretion what is the tile reason for all this is 1 hasty prejudgment ent hild and ras rash c clem a m or when only a portion of t e v I 1 delice deuce for the prosecution has as be been a heard Is it not suspicious auspicious an im impartial partial journal would say calmly let justice be done not let vengeance 0 rule law or no law as some J journals do in effect what whal are the circumstances of tha the case cast A case is upon pon trial covering serious charges under a jaw made mude by congress 1 before a U S J judge adge there is a U 1 I a prosecutor and a U S marshal the judge is well enough known to be not prejudiced in favor of the defence the prosecution is well enough known to be not prejudiced in favor of the de lence lenee and the marshal and his deput deputies led are well enough known to be not prejudiced jn in favor tavor of the def defence eneo enco the court holds its sessions under the shadow of or a military post costor or camp filled with U S soldiers s 1 orn of what then are the these se n noisy ol 01 ky aa ar afraid rt ld why W h v all ali a 11 these hese t senseless clamors for a verdic verdict tin tiu an a certain direction these passionate semi threats of lawless procedure lu in case of any auy other verdict Is that the way to secure an impartial trial the court pits to fry iry ry the accused according to law jaw and the jury to render a verdict according to the teotimo testimony nv and the facts as elicited this is their sworn duty and it is not the duty of the newspapers Is there in these blabber of the press no sentiment orr seif self respect no sense of decency no respect for the dignity and the natives and the duty of lb the e cour cou arty t no regard to the highs of the accused to an impartial trial and at just verdict according to law lava c |
