Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-11-18 | Page 4 | Tempering Justice with Mercy.

TEMPERING JUSTICE WITH MERCY Apparently Judge Diehl tempers justice with mercy only when the tho accused are bums or 01 bad women Either of these can get n a return engagement engage ment In his court at any time and the treatment accorded reminds tile the observer of ot that grotesque quatrain which tells tell of Willy my who chopped oft off his baby brothers brother's head and the thc papa told Willy Tut dont don't don't dont do It again The bums and aurl bad women are either permitted to go on oti their own recognizance or are given hours to get out ont of town If It the they dont don't get out they come comeback comeback back and are given more hours There Thero are plenty of hours Heaven only knows how man many bold robberies have been passed over oel with a reprimand in his lils court or how many nany offenders captured b by bytho bytho tho police have found their best friend In the Judge But Dut when a woman never novel before beloro In conflict con con- with tho tIm law nw was detected tearing down the quarantine Hag HaS from her hel door she sho was given fifty days das In fn Jail Sho She hadn't the time money moner to pay par tho the line and her r husband could give her ber little help of the sort Eort Just then theu demanded demanded money And now Judge Diehl DiehI has evidenced another measure mea of his preference for old offenders and his hatred for those who como come up for the tho first time by fining a 3 la laborer five th-e dollars for fOl stealing a little coal conI along the railroad track Judge Diebl is going soing to unnecessary trouble to demonstrate wh why he was not reelected re