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Show C7f " " ' f FT WHY JUDGE WAS MERCIFUL. ., Knew What Prlcon Sentence Meant to the Criminal. ' Tho Judgo and the district attorney J lunched together at tho end of tho caso "Throo months," baM tlio dls- trlct attorney, as ho cut tho omelittu ' hongrolsc, "was a morclful sonteuco, ' J sir." "Perhaps, perhaps," tho Ju3go'; agreed. Ha sipped his mineral water. ,"DId you over spend three months In i Jail?" ho asked. "Of course not!" laughed tho district attorney. "Well, ' If you had," said tho Judge, "perhaps j ou wouldn't think so lightly of It." O Ho knitted his brows. "Tho dvil-tast v Ing food, tho prison smell, tho prison ' morals pah! I," ho went on, "spent ' n.wcek In Jail beforo I entered on my 5 Judgeship.' I'ato tho prison food. l slept In a cell. I conformed with all tho prlflon rules. I woro tho prison , clothes. I did prison work. Thus I learned the valuo of tho sentences I was to nieto out later on. . I got to know what a week, a month, a year, In Jail meant. As n result I am moro merciful than most Judges. I think It would be a good thing If overy Judso beforo taking ofllco would spend a little lit-tle whilq In Jail as I did. Ho then would know tho value of prison sentences, sen-tences, n thing ho doesn't know now. Now ho Is like a cashier who attempts to pay out money in a coinage of which ho Is Ignorant. In Baden this thing I speak of must be dono. Every Judge In Baden before ho takes his seat on the. bench Is required by law to pass two weeks like a common prisoner pris-oner in Jail." |