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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAHIS THE MATTER WITH THE OFFICERS OF THE LAW? WHAT James Walton, Woodruff, Utah) (By What is the matter with the offi- cers of the law, in whose hands have been placed the most sacred rights yf mankind ; the safety of their lives and the protection of their property, that rest assured that they they might will not be interfeired with in enjoyment of these rights, rights which are the only consideration received for pajing taxes. "What is the matter with the officers? is so often heard and usually answered by the majority of the peocm ple in the following manner: roe office s are no ood, they only arrest cripples and kids, Therefore, I i eel jnsrilied as a County Official in txpns-'inmy opinion on the subject as to a lew of the reasons why the entoi cement of law is not carried out, and when attempted to be carried out, fails : First, we inherit our criminal jurisprudence from England, and we have maintained it as we received it. while England has long since discarded and thrown it on the scrap pile, and since discarding the old system have made the English criminal , law almost wateipioof, while we continue to use their old leaky system of law and pi ocedure. ".lust across the line on the Canada Side, they have reversed their old criminal law and procedure, and the defendant is viewed as guilty when oaugut, and hence the burden of proof shifts, and the defendant carries with him the presumption of guilt, whie "hack across the line the evil doer carries with him the presumption of innocence, and has he benefit of reasonable doubt until (he last words fall from the lips of the foreman of the jury. Again, I was wondering if the Canada proeeduie and system is responsible for. tin's fact, or is it the efficiency of The officers, that seventv-fiv- e jier cent of the murderers are hung, while here under our law and procedure, iu.st one out of one hniri-leand thirty-twreceive such punishment. jfspain.- - under our criminal h'w and jiyslem, statistics show that one out of every fifteen murderers are convict' d hut one cut of every wven are eauclit. Where is the fault? hink our evin inal law end procedure has someth;' to do with it n veil ;'s the ineffiei ney of our officers, for in some eases the defendant akes the witness stand, and if guilt he hs all sruin, in swearing falsely, if his ife 's ret at stake, his liberty is. and noli evidence is placed on the scales 'f iutoe opposite to that of officers, who in swearing fas(.iy lias all to loose; hr nor, jieaec of mind, and Hie g , d T t' possibility of his liberty, placed under bonds for the lawful and faithful discharge of their duties, and courts will instruct juries to weigh this testimony with caution, and it has been my observation tliat in the majority of cases the scales will tip in favor of the criminal, and that in connection with sob stories and the definition and defining of the reasonable doubt, which is so vague in its mean ing that juries and even courts) give to it the (vrong meaning, and thru the instrumentalities of that doubt which some men call reason, other men of equal learning ' and mental capacity would call insanity, hunderds of criminals walk out of our couit heads erect and a smile of disdain for our criminal law, and they, knowing how easy it is by an able lawyer, to create such a doubt in the minds of a jury or judge, are spurred on - to future crime. The writer recently listened to all these questions discussed by the oldest judges, prosecutors, and sheriffs in our state, and I call to mind the statement of an assistant County Attorney cf one our most densely populated Counties in regard to the enforcement of lawr, and this was his answer: "We do not put the teeth into the law and this was the definition of teeth in the He had been a public proselaw: cutor in the Dominion of Canada, and as snob with the aid of the sheriff judge, and jury, lirot a Wait a speedy execution of the law under the Canadian system as follows: A man and woman, the man a son of a nun runner, got into their auto and drove out to an isolated and lonely ranch, owned and operated by a lawr abiding citizen, called him to tee door of his cabin, and in cold blood deliberately shot him dead, and why? Because he had dared to testify to the truth in a whiskey case against the mans fa (her. What hap pened? Less than three months from the time they fired the fatal shots, their mute bodies were dangling b the neck in the public square, a silent tribute to the speedy enforcement of the law This was just across the "re on the Canada side Did such thing in vindication of the on "this side of the l'ne? , I (hi) k not. if so, history does n t record it. The object of the criminal law D not for the reward of the injured nor the punishment of the guilty; the feelings of the injured is not considered by the State, nor is the punishment of the offender. The object of the criminal law is not to reform the offend p, hut to give notice to the public what can be expected hv them by breaking , it. The penalties are fixed by the people, a minimum and a maxiipum. as a guide to the courts to regain t the pun; hmpnt in keen ing with the seriousness and circuni- multi-nil-lionai- eve-happ- TURK E Y S Ship with Confidence T o Reid (y Marchant 334 So. Front St., Philadelphia, Pa. 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The minimum sentence gives to them the benefit sought by the crime committed, which is idleness, leisure, a warm place to sleep in the winter, aud a cool place in the summr a good bed and good food, associates in keeping with their criminal, instincts, and thus fuinishes a hot house for the breeding of future cimes. The following is a brief statement of a recent ease which was conducted and sett.ed in the following manner: The sheriff stood before the comi emn and serious, was siyorn and said: "This defedaut drank intovi- Tn defendant was cating liquor. likewise sworn and then said: I d;l not. c'ouusel for the defense said : "t'ouldut it he possible that it was The suggest rootbeer in the bottle? the ion raised a reasonable doubt; sheriff contended that the substance in the Dottle smelt like uioonshint whiskey, and the color very much resembled the same, but he could not swear that it was, and that of com sc supported the theory of reasonable doubt brot about by the lack of prom of what the bottle contained, that big and splendid prineipll that should It is govern all courts prevailed : better that ten guilty of crime escape punishment than one innocent person lie convicted, "Hence the sentence,' Go your way and sin no moie. Now if the burden of proof rested with the defendant, and he had been c mpelled to prove mat the contents of that liol tie was rootbeer, as prosecution that the contents was whiskey, I think the decision of th ourt would have been different, and Dei e would have been less said about the court as well as the sheriff. Again this ight he our failure in the enforcement of law; in Rich ountv as well as elsewhere: a public officer stands - complacently by. dhow to elbow with his fellow townsmen and sees the liquor law torn to 'ragments. and those who stand by Vs side, good and splendid citizens tax payers, and subject to jury dut they are also witnesses to the flagian infraction of the law. Now, why d they stand so meekly by and witness-thviolation of the law? This is tlv . rawer: Tf one of them, even tlo lie he a county officer, should place one of the offenders under arrest, and attempt to secure n conviction the' would lie criticized by eightv . percent f the good citizens of Rich .County, nd they would sav:. Dont be so officious, tijat is the sheriffs joV These same ctizens are subect to jut" duty, and perhaps are court officials themselves, and when the sheriff attempts to assert his authority, whet He stands alone. Eight happens per cent of the same good citizens hat placed him on the job, and are now condemning him for not doi his duty, would say: Kindly dont f kn v mix me up in this affair. uothing whatever about it. The court lockets all over the .state in the rural districts show Dismissed for the aok of evidence. Now, I realize that iff this state ment I have brot into question th coed citizenship of eighty percent o my fellow' citizens, and in that num her I am included. If the officers an at fault, the remedy is simple, for if any of them that are now in office should seek ,the vote of tin people will he the verdict of guilty or not guilty. In (oueiusion I will say, here is an other case dismissed for the lack o evidence: not by the Honorabh Court, but by the County Attorney and heriff. 1 was recently called on official business to the beautiful litth tillage of Laketown, which nestles in the mouth of a grand canyon looking that majestic lake fiom which it derives its name, and while then had the good fortune of meeting with the splendid type of citizens that created and brot into being one of the Howloviest towns in ever, the pleasure of my visit was marred by another of those .cases dismissed for the lack of evidence and why? Chickens were stolen and the guilty ones were seen in the chicken coop. Why dismiss The good pe that, suffered the loss could not say how many chickens they had. hence, could net swear that they had lost any, tho the culprits were sieen in the coop, but nobody could identif them. The chicoreeors got by, and the good people that raised the chickens settled the bill, and thus was brot about another case of dismiss foi the lack of evidence. We think, how ever; we have their number. Warn 'ng is hereby given to them, and V hoped that they will profit by it iv the future, for the lack of their ident fication saved them from a far move serious charge in the eyes of the law than hicken stealing, tho a ehicke thief, in my opinion, has never been orrectly defined, and no doubt is owing to the fact that the English vocabulary does not contain words mean enough to describe him. doe-fo- (aiinujSR) fr ib wan j ; ; ; ; J i J - WHAT? (Juab TCsDd ferdiSie NO SPARE TIRE? Do you drive without a spare tire? 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