Show I COURT GOURT PROCEDURE IS LiltED LIKED BY DY SMYTH S Method of Dealing Out Justice I S In Canada Declared S SHORT TRIAL FOR ClOD EO I Murderer Tried Conf Convicted Convicted Con Con- f and Sentenced l Same Day I if r S Z LucIan Smyth chief chic deputy United i Slates marshal has returned from Ji his S trip to Greenwood British Columbia where u he lie appeared as a witness at the 1 trial of Francesco Fi co CI eo whom he lie S. S arr arrested In Iii this city In F February ry brul lie He lieS lieis S is full Cull o of admiration for foi the way nr it In S 'S T f. f which tho Canadian courts ls of law lass f S handle criminal l ca cafes caes es was wag convicted and sentenced ry 11 S to be hanged lIan for the tho murder of Louise LouLe e 2 Kin King daughter nug of an nn Inn Inn-I Inn keeper whose whoso pIa eo he dynamited l in lOG 1000 In iii 1 r on one day dar This Ihli is in strong rut contrast V- V k S to th the days durs and weeks that mark crim- crim r Inn Inal trials ti-iah In this country countr r f Mr 1 Smyth says s 's that he lie was treated 1 V with wilh the tho utmost courtesy an and ha had a n f i pleasant trip receiving many hind hind- sr es from the Canadian ollIc and andi i Constable who made man ninny many S friends lentis In Salt alt Lul Lake e during the month V 5 covering Ih the the- nt et and extraditionS extradition S S healing of pt Cl deo In Iii I speaking peal ln of ot tho the trial Mr Mi 11 Smyth said Eahl 41 Italian Too t S S Contrary Contral to lo the tho sentiment ell aroused tl among Cl leot countrymen men In this 01 j j- j eft city the public feeling n against th tho r F- F Jt Italian llan was sti strong among all nil classes I Not only was the Inn Inn-Ie keepers keeper's daugh- daugh au h- h ii 5 tel tei Louise King ling killed b by the j- j S. S S 1021 but nine others s six I of or whom f were Italians were seriously injured at the tho time i What hat particularly impressed me mc S was tho the dispatch l patch with which the case I S. S was as disposed ll of The jury panels mels are arc areS S drawn wn b by tho tIme of tho tim c county 1 who picks s his men from flom the ther r. r r- r t tax taxpayers At t tho timo first lay day of the i S term tenn the pan panel l appears an and the quail quail- of or each man tutu are arc disposed dis dis- ls- ls S. 4 pose posed 1 of In a n few fow minutes accor according ln S to statutory provisions 0 Handled d With Di Dispatch At t tho the trial I alten attended c the jurymen jury jury- men nien were called one at a l. l time as th their ir names iiames wen wei- drawn b by tho clerk cIeri S- S Each ch was called e passed before the Icings Icing's s 's attorney who with p. p nod or S S shako 1 ako of his head accepted or refused I u a juror With tho the o sign t tho thio juror was sworn by hy the tho sheriff 5 an and was or ordered to his seat scat in the jury box The rite whole ceremony took less than titan 30 minutes Th Tho fhi defense ef was given S 'S i- i S tho right to l' l refuse Cus the four four- jurors juror itiS al- al S but did thu not make malo objections to toan 4 an any With tho the completion of or the panS panel pan pan- S k el tho the ju judge go was notified and amI came camo 5 from his chambers cra and the trial commenced com coin 5 a at once once Give Gic lc Testimony Standing During the trial all ull tho ho witnesses stand while giving ln their lc testimony and SS the thc attorneys s do o III likewise If tho time defence de de- de- de fenre fence wishes to interpose an nn objection its attorney rises an and tho kings king's at atS attorn attorney at- at S torn torney sits down The ju Judge e makes makesS S hl hits his l ruling at once and the tho examination examina S tion proceeds s. s The Judge u o an and attorneys are arc rob robed an and time the court attaches are ard uniformed Time The court officers an and anil i spectators all stand while tho the court Is In session S I r was as asked aske to testify as s to the proceedings in Iii this cit city which I gave c a S in detail Upon the conclusion lon of or the evi evidence tile the made malle short arGuments arguments ar ar- ar- ar S. S ments Gu and time the Jury jUlY was wa ordered to retire In Iii le lees ICES s than thai two hours the jury juo reported giving si its vcr verdict of or guilty guilt orally The rho Judge judo at once imposed tho the thoI thet I t sentence of or hanging and the thc trial was wag over mer leo himself ha had nothing lO lo 10 I I say and received the sentence from front frontS S th the interpreter without visible sign n of emotion trip an and I r ha had a most pleasant S. S everywhere e found foun the tha people most I n friendly h. h to Americans and amid American AmericanS Institutions S |