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Show ONE LAW FOR POOR, ANOTHER FOR RICH? O O O O O O O O O O O O o O O O O Oi ENGLA BY MILTON UROWKR. i LONDON. July 8 is there one law for the poor and one for the I That question Is being seriously asked here, and though the Briton's chief boa-st' always has been that j very man. aristocrat or slum dweller, stands equal before a British Judge. And the discussion threaten" to ruin the political career of Home Bei -rotary Edward 8hortt, Liberal minister min-ister In Lloyd George's cabinet. OUTGROWTH OF MURDERS. The debate which has shook all , England, is the outgrowth of two particularly gruoeome murders. Lady White, a gentlewoman, wasl found last March dead in bed in a hotel, her head barteredv At the I same time, OUvo Young, music ha, 1 1 favorite, was found elaln In her room The White killing was fastened on Henry .lacoby. 18, pantry boy. Ja-) coby, evidence disclosed. was surprised sur-prised In rifling I.idy White's pos-.-osslons nnd he killed to make good his flight. Ronald True, former aviator con-nected con-nected with the aristocracy, was ac- Left, Henry Jacob fjoiiclon pantrj boy, banged ror slaying aged gentle- woman. ri(.-ln . Ronald True. nrlstO- irut, reprieved aftci beinn convicted ,f slaying mnsdo hull gtH; c-rnti--. mc Secretary Edward Bhortt, tnr-get tnr-get '( u bitter attack based on alleged Injustice shown in the no casee. cused of the Olive Young killing. The killing, evidence showed, was deliberately delib-erately planned with a view to robbing rob-bing the music hall girl of her Jewels. Jew-els. Thus, In the White case, a youth of no standing stood charged with slaying a member of the aristocracy. While, In tho Young caee. a member mem-ber of tho aristocracy was charged with killing a music hail nobody.' The trials of both were speedy. The Jury found Jacoby guilty, but recommended recom-mended mercy Much money was spent to marshal medical evidence as to Truo's Insanity. Insan-ity. The Jury didn't heiicve him insane, in-sane, found him guilty and made no mercy recommendation SENTENCED n DEATH In both cases tho death sentence was Imposed. In both there WajS an appeal I h' h';:hst court ana tne appeal was dismissed. Attorneys for Jacoby claim th-;.v sought In vain for an audien-.e with Shortt to discuss the Jury's lorom- Lmendatlon. Petitions were ;i;;ned by many asking for commutation of the sentence lo life imprisonment. But the youth was hanscd. Two days ia'.er. It was quietly announced an-nounced a secret medical examination examina-tion had been made of True and the experts agreed he was insane. He was reprieved and committed to ihc I Broadmoor prison for the criminal 1 Insane. sii( i: i i ATTACKED. Immediately all guns were trained i on Shortt, who granted the reprieve. Papers of all degrees of political i opinion havo combined In attacking Bhortt as unfit to hold his Job and as j even more unfit to wind tip hie career ca-reer as a Judge, his ambition. Shortt has been fighting back In I statements and in speeches In par-I par-I Uament. His contention Is tho law ' ft him n option. |