Show R G TUg SYSTEM Judge Lewis is entitled to credit for hl his remarks remark b before tho Bar association on Monday I Especially s should hould he he be commended for the tho courage and anti ability with which he spoke o on tho the subject of reforming the tho j jury ury system of C the state tate S From Front time Ume Jh thc memory of oC man not noto notto notto t to o the contrary thc there re has been heen a notion that a a. panel of t jurymen constituted one of the sacred things things- like ike l life and liberty a cl the he pursuit of or happiness And Ant Andt i it t takes talf s a bravo bra iian 1 especially a a. bravo man In tho the l law aw to speak spook for a change And nd yet et a change would be be he an an Improvement There I Is certain certainly no rio r rason ason n wh why the jur Jury In a criminal case should not decide a matter with less les tIn than the the- unanimous verdict of twelve c m men n. n The time IinO is Is' passed when the accused requires all the safeguards that were insisted upon in n the thc reign of King John The time has come com S when the accused really has much better betler protection than L does that society against which It Is s alleged hi his hand has been leen raised And nd he Is leall really entitled to no more mOIe advantage ad than is the other party part to the trial Really wo we do not concede the generally claimed necessity for a jur jury at all an We 0 believe that most ca cases case el I would be bc as proper properly a. a as justly and as aR wisely tried h bj hy tho the court and and It Is certain the Interest of or conom would be greatly conserved But Dut even the partial abolition of ot tho the jury system I Imay ma may bo be rather too radical for fOl the present So that thai th the suggestion of or Judge Lewis Is tho the more to he commended S for it Is directed to a a. sane and ju just t administration 9 oi the tho law Jaw and does not advocate a departure MO teO I as 08 to be hopeless of or effecting Taken altogether the bar of or Salt Lake Is Is an nn abl abb able one The association of or Il Its q members Is qa a worth worthy a as Their meeting was a success Those men mer I know the law an and know how it could be best t be practiced Let us hope that their advice ma may gul o tJ the c culli sentiment to the place where unnecessary 8 al' al and antI e adjuncts may be he dropped and antl justice ma may be done to both parties In either civil or criminal crises |