| Show TREAT THEN THEM WITH DESERVED CONTEMPT IN the denney case before the commissioner two witnesses at least leas were brought into court who had no business there they were two young ladies who had been summoned by the deput deputies led in the street whose names were not known to the officers and who merely happened to be near the house where the deputies were making their arrest they knew nothing of the affair and were ot of no use as witnesses if the people choose to submit to these peremptory proceedings roce edings we have u no 0 objection if they they like ilke ab b do just as t they hey are told by the creatures of marshal ireland who seem to think their word is law and that they can command the attendance of every person erson who comes within sp speaking enking distance Ni distance stance whether they have any process of court relating to them or no we have nothing to say but when people are n this mis way and ana do not want to be forced jinto into court and be gli plied edwith with questions they should understand der that they are not under any obligations to go there on the says say s sp p of some underling who chooses fb 16 command their presence there to is a lawf lawful ua way way to obtain the presence of witnesses and that is not by the ipie ipse dixit of a deputy if those two young ladies had gone about their business and treated the insolent fellows who summoned them byword by word of mouth and in fictitious names with the contempt they deserved there is no law which would put them to any penalty officers have no right to go prowling around with blank subpoenas to till up as they choose for the purpose ot of catching individuals that they may wish to summon before a court their business is to serve papers properly prepared upun upon persons who are required iced and are named in the subpoena th they y have no more legal to accost a per person and say 1 I subpoena you yon in the name of jane doe or in the name of Ric richaird richard hird roe eoe than any private person has to attempt the same nonsense people who are unfamiliar with legal proceedings proceeding edin a are imposed upon by impudent brutans ruffians who laugh at their simplicity the law is not enacted to h harass a ra ss and annoy the public but to protect peaceable citizens and secure to them their rights the prosecutions which have been inaugurated in utah against one class of the community have been conducted in a manner magner to destroy instead of preserve the public peace and respectable spec table men and women are liable at any speet hour our of the day or night to be disturbed by reckless ruffians ru mans under ale tense of law and without legal process and commanded to appear before a court and in instances not a few have been placed under arrest without being charged with any offense known to the law we have heretofore pointed out oat the rights of citizens in regard to these matters and the limits of of the powers of officers we have counseled our friends to obey the law but not nat yield to the dictum of every petty official who chooses to exercise undue authority tho rity we repeat tile the adylee advice it is time a stop was put to these unlawful proceedings roce edings and that citizens who gave have violated no law should stand up in defense of their liberties let legal process be obeyed but let impudent assumptions of upstart officials be treated with utter indifference |
