Show VV LIMPING JUSTICE At After a delay of man many m months the Teapot D Dome DOB me cue case cat has hu reached the In the tho form of oan an appeal by Edward L Doheny from from the th decision of the th circuIt court of appeals It is I opO olle on of the tho phases bases of th the oil which wu was Injected info into the tb national campaign two years ears ago ao A few days day ago o the the Albert n B Fall FaU case cas was revived by bi b the su u-preme u preme court of the District ot of Columbia upholding as valid the th Indictment for tor conspiracy brought against Fall FaU over oYer the Teapot Dome leases Taking note of the stow slow process proc of the th law the New York Times says First the original indictment was Then It was BUS ius sus sustained tamed on appeal Meanwhile a anew anew anew I I new Indictment had bad been found I Motions to quash qua h It in tutu turn were duly made Fo For the tb present the they have tailed failed failed B But t nobody knows s what hat will happen on appeal And even ven It If there Is I ft It trial and con can conviction it mo may be years yar before the supreme court of the th United States gives a final naI decision By that time everybody will om have hav forgotten forgot forgot- ten n who Fall FaU was and with what crime he h was as charted charged Unless s concrete Instances instance like Uke this are rubbed In Americans will not be waked up to the disgraces of criminal procedure In this this country coun country try Nor will Its reform be b at at tamed unless the people are made mado to see bow how Intolerable Is the tb 88 sy tern Here Her Is a case where the facts were notorious All the tb power bower ower of the th government was wa put puL behind the prosecution Competent and hardworking special co were retain retained d Yet two years ears have passed paned and where bere are ar we Merely at the th beginning of the ibe prolonged legal game cam of seek and seek which the tb Intricacies of Ju Judicial process have hare made the tb prose pros prosecution cution of rich criminals criminal In the United States too often appear to tobe tobe toie be So flagrant a scandal of of limp limp- limp nt lug ing justice Justic ought to serve as a afresh afresh afresh fresh stimulus to lawyers bar as associations law lall reformers r tures tures and congress all to unite to bring brine about some improvement The evils have been stated a thou thou- thousand thousand sand times Effective remedies hav have been urged But little or nothing has been done There Is no doubt that the people would be glad lad to see se judges dIsplay greater energy and anil promptitude promptitude English judges have hare a hab hab- hab habit t hab-t It of ot pronouncing jUdgment In open court Immediately on the conclusion of the th argument befOre them Must we lVe w admit admit that our criminal procedure has become such a maze maz that our jUdges do doot donot tot ot trust themselves to find nd their way in ln it until after they have taken weeks and mOnths month to thread every misleading trail in it Either wa way the case cas for a thoroughgoing reform is strong How long lone have we got cot to wait alt for it After how many years year may be b exp expect ct to see seea seea seea a man like Mr Fall brought to justice Let the th American bar hr let the state legislatures let the con con gress of the th United States State an answer an- an ser |