| Show NO CAUSE TO COMPLAIN IT APPEARS that judge judd thinks he has fias been dealt with un fairly by the press of this city particularly ticul arly in the nielsen ease case if he will point out in what particular tf if any the DESERET NEWS has bee been unfair to him we will endeavor to do him full justice our under standing of the matter is that the finding of double indictments which the supreme court of the united states has decided to be unlawful was consequent upon judge judds own rulings at provo if he had doubts as to the constitutionality of 0 the proceeding and the course of f the district blet brict attorney why did be not give ilvia the accused the benefit of the doubt and prevent the wrongs wro that have grown out of the erroneous rendering of the law lav we took occasion iasi last fall to point out the illegality of the proceed i warn the judge as to to the consequences we have not commented severely on this matter a 1 though the opening for it was wide and tempting if judge judd did not nott believe elleve the law ju justified stifled these double indictments arid and penalties would it not have been patter better t have acted on that beli efin time and thus saved himself hemsell him sell from th the j mortification of having his ruling reversed and a number baumber of defendants from needless need suffering SO a expense there are several men now ip in the penitentiary who plead guilty to both offenses under the belief that his ruling was right if it had not been n for that they would not have received the sentences which they hey are now unjustly serving out t but would at the utmost have been imprisoned six months have they not the real cause for complaint instead of judge judd we think so and it would be far better to undo the wrong which they are suffering tring than to find fault with the papers for stating facts and uttering mild criticisms |
