Show THE USE even as we congratulated ourselves as advocates of law and law enforcement on the probable effects of the present tern term ot of court we get another setback word comes that iwo defendants who were duly committed to the state penitentiary after having had their day in court have been granted reprieves by the board 0 of pardons before having beebi been imprisoned for a single day apparently justice Js cheated again notwithstanding this the times thues feels that the court judge COX district attorney larson and and his bis associates so clates and the juries are deserving of 0 commendation A term ot of court with such a record tor for convictions vict ions and pleas ot of guilty would in the absence ot of what has since developed ve loped have a wholesome effect on those who are inclined to go beyond the law but it after the court and the jury have done their duty the adi state has gone to a lot ot of expense to secure convictions and judgment has been entered justice can still be so easily cheated then our query Is tw hats the use As to the reprieves their being given upon the petitions ot of prominent citizens seems mighty poor support port ot of our judiciary the board of pardons seems to have gone to the i extreme limit ot of its a authority uth arity by taking jurisdiction before defendants ints are even incarcerated and saying in effect that the court and the jury were all wet such action can hardly increase the respect for law and the courts and tor for citizens other than those directly interested to petition tor for that which la is at variance with the judgment ot of the court and the findings ot of the th ejury jury la Is not our idea ot of the law lavi and the officers the record ot of our courts tor for a long time has been one of few convictions vict ions with many acquittals failures to prosecute victories tor for defendants fend ants on technicalities compromises with crime arsand ors and dismissals dismissals on thinly veiled pretexts andee and we have walled wailed long and loud about it our condemnation odthe courts has been unstinted d now wherLo when our ur courts and OUT our juries have through gieir their actions i served ed public notice that the guilty must pay we go over their heads beads by petition and justice seems in a fair way to be cheated again there may be mitigating circumstances staf ices in the present instance there should be more than maudlin sentiment and knowing the character ot of some of at those who are reputed to have signed the petitions we feel that there thae must be but the p D is wrong when individuals plead guilty or are convicted 0 crimes tor for which penalties are provided these penalties should with rare exceptions be exacted its a bad sit situation it one can go over the courts head and avoid them particularly with the assistance and sanction ot or broin prominent duent citizens I 1 after a case his has been successful ly steered past the multiplicity of at 1 rocks aud and shoals which attends the prosecution ot at any violator of lawand a judgment has been rendered it the public is going to inter POSO pose then why go to the expense ot of prosecuting the use IT |