Show WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH TILE THE OFFICERS OF TUB till LAW ily james walton Wow kuff utah what aliat liat Is I 1 the watter with tile the boffl cers ei of the law in ili whose hands hand lue have beell plaud the motet most rights lights vf of iu tilt the safety of their lives ches and the protection of their property that they rest lent assured eliat they will not he be with lit in enjoy of these right lights rights winch me are tin tilt only consideration received rei ched for foi pas pai iio umes taxes what isi 14 the matter with the officers Is so aicard and ail usually answered 1 ly y the majority of the people lit in the following fol loin iier cwi uli rix file off ivers no ilo 1041 they aln only ni ili rest cripples wid and therefore I 1 nd jn ju stilled it us a 1 county official lit in i lii inra nii lily opinion on oil tit the subject ct is i to t I 1 lew jew of ill the why hi ill the 4 or t law 1 Is not alel carried ml el out ind when attempted to lie be tallied carried out falls first we ve inherit our criminal jurls pr adelice frolli and wo we have hae it as a we rev revolved elved it while england l has li long inee discarded and thrown it on oil the calp vr if pile jille ind and since discar dlug the old fc tem have hae anade tile lie er hufnal law almost balvi we continue to use nse thell old leaky leak sy hissem of law and alid iti octA tire lust just hierom tilt alie line illie on oil tit the canida ofle s de they the have reversed their old ci law ind and procedure and lie hie defendant delen dint is viewed dewed as guilty win n flud and in helice me tile iiii den of proof pi bof shifts und and till alie defendant hiis tarrie with hini tle the art of guilt ailt ohve back li iak tile lie 1111 line the ivil i vil doer dot i fillies carries with hlin him the of nt and 1141 lias hie gle I bineth elit of i doubt until ili hie last words fill fall frondi the lips of ill alie foniri in of the jury aul A As i in I 1 was MIS w condei in if the fanida and ald system is reI lehm toll able fortois for fact or 01 is it the fal efel ln y of the ille officers office ih that scent ilva lie pi per dit chit of if tit the ni ers an hun while line here under oil r liw law aal prove dill e allt I 1 nsf one olle out ot of one led 41 1111 thirty jil tn two tw 1 eiva sud such pun 1 under 01 oui ir ci I 1 iw v will i lk rinji ui V al alow tl if ill out on of if oely oel beit y lifite alyin lebers UP arp but oil one lit of every VM n me iu ait it where I 1 Is tile fault I 1 our all iii anil mw 1 iv gilld 11 ins dw 14 fl di ith it aix I 1 veil V 4 tile j ll I of pur eui is for lit in seme om discs tal alie allws tho the tand stand and aind if hullt lip be li 11 1 1 H t iraln in ill N falsely fals f ll ely elv if his hi alre q vilt pet nt still tykp lilo liaci tva i Is nd avd 1 lull 11 evil leller is on oll ill hie acl if ill ilise afee orTy opposite wite to tat amit of offles off pes aho 1010 lit in fich fi ch ln till nil to tit lac p ft of inan 1 md ind hie possibility of his liberty placed under bonds for the lawful and faithful discharge of their duties ami aird courts I 1 will I 1 instruct juries to weigh this testimony with caution antl and it has been my illy observation that eliat lit in the majority of cases tilt the wales will tip till lit in favor of the criminal and that in connection with sob storks and tit the definition and defining of the reasonable doubt which is m so vague in ili its mean ing that juries and even courts court 1 give to it the wrens ille meaning alling and thru the instrumentalities of that eliat doubt which sonie some men call reason other men inen of equal learning and mental calin capacity city would rail call insanity of criminals walk out of our conr coutt heads erect and a I 1 smile of disdain for our lual law and they kno knowing knowin win how easy it is 14 by all ail alile able lawyer to ereante such it a doubt floutt ilithe in the minds of it a jury or ol judge are spurred on oil to future erline crime itlie writer recently listened to all these questions its by the ablest idelt judges prosecutors and sheriffs lit in our state and I 1 ril call to mind the statement of an as county attorney rt cf one oie our most densely populated avd counties in ili regard to the lie enforcement of law and tills this was his hia an answer iwer we do not put the teeth into the law and this was the definition of teeth lit in tit the law lie he had been a public prosecutor lit in the dominion of canada all and ax such with the slid if of ill the sheriff Il judge wid jury inot brot annit it a speedy execution cution of the law miller the can idam system sis is follows A wan man and woman tile ninn mail it a son of a multi lion alre nim min runner ruina r got into their auto and drove out to an isolated and lonely lituch owned and operated by a 0 law abiding 1 callei called lafin tn ti tre IN door of ills his cabin and in cold blood dellbe deliberately ratel v him blin dead de id and why lie be lind dared to te testify to the truth in ili it whiskey alil key case against the flip mans hither what liap 1111 pel belted pelted ted less lhnn three months from ohp time taley fired the fatai alot shots their mute bodies boales were neck in tile the public square it a silent tribute to the s speedy enforcement of tile law this was just filst across tit the ili ne on the ni md side did thing in ill vindication of tile lw eve on oil this side of ill lie lit I 1 bic not ilot if so no Ill history tory do does nt 1 r cord it the koblect of tile cri criminal crimi nil law I 1 is not forthie ford fort the lie reward of the in hired ed nor bior tit alie punishment of till the guilty tit the of the injured ts not considered fly by tile the state nor 1101 is tile punish ilio lit of the offender tit the object t of the al law is not to reform the of fende but t to g give i otlee notice to ille I 1 public I 1 I 1 alic what t e can a it bp be expected div then iv by lit it tile the arp are ti fixed 1 I by the people a minimum aal n maxlin nm its n R it aulde a to the courts to rep regulate tile the in keep ivea fit ink with tile seriousness and circum stances connected wit with the case abil u when tit alic minimum is ia dealt out by our courts th thy criminal element views it is a blessing mid and a reward for their erlines crl mes alid iti ite effect act acts us its im all incentive and not it a deterrent and bence defeats the very object of tile the law itself the minimum sentence gives ty to them tile the benefit sought ht by tin the crime committed Is id adiv idleness leisure at 11 warin place e to sleep lit in the lie winter whiter mid and n 1 cool place in the a rood good bed bd tind till soud good fol fo l associates so socia tes tit in keel keelins with n their criminal and tint thus i fill dislikes a hot house for the breedin bree breed dim hig of 0 future arinea the following is it brief statement of nt it 11 recent ease case wl ich was cond iii tel ind 1111 seten sett vil in ill thy rollow lu manner tim the sheriff tool stood before the coll cruit I 1 serious was and wild ald this dereda dint it drank t cating liquor tips til defendant wa iva likewise sworn meorl IIII 1111 then t paid uld ia 1 11 1 I I 1 liol 0 t fot for tile the defense sill said ift it lie Poss possible ble that it WW was root beer tit in the bot boillet t I 1 e the sulest ln imi raised raise a I 1 reasonable doubt till the sheriff contended that tile substance in fit the bottle smelt like whiskey and the color very much inucci resembled sein bled the same saine but lie he could not swear that it was und and that eliat of course supported the theory of reasonable doubt brot about by the lie lack of of what the bottle contained that bla and ili splendid prino principle that should govern all courts preval prevailed leol it Is better that ten tell guilty of crime escape jill punishment one innocent person be u convicted ll hence elive the sentence go your way and sin sill no ito moie now if the burden of proof rested with the defend defendant aut and lie hall been beell 0 impelled to prove that hint the jim contents rf nf that holtie wax roo root beer theer as doe I 1 lie ie prosecution that eliat the conte contents lits was war whiskey I 1 think the decision of tit purt would have liven ben different aud and here hee would have been beell less s said 1111 about the lie court as well as the again tills this ight lie be our failure lit in tile the enforcement 0 of f I 1 law aw in ill ty as well its as elsewhere a public officer stands stand complacently by allow to elbow low with lit liis fellow towns 4 men and sees the liquor law torn to all and those who stand by its side good and splendid citizens tax payers and subject to lury jury cufr they bey are also witnesses to to the falagian infraction of ob the law now why ill do they bey stand so Ille meekly ekly by and the violation of the ina thi ls Is tit tb nisher nis r if one of Il ivill even evell alo ito lie a county officer cei should place one of the offenders iii under iler arresta t and titi tempt to secure a t all I 1 fl 0 it t the it would lie be criticized liy cew if f tile good of iucci ind they thea wol would ad say i be ba so 0 o of fi clOuS thit th it is tiep job these same citizens are t to jur jui duty and perhaps are arc court officials thenis themselves elveR and when the sh sheriff attempts to assert ills his authority ity whet oppens ile he still 19 olle echt per ift cent of the sanie rood el citizen amt ait placed him oil tit tiie job tind are now cond condemning condemn enill I 1 ine aig him for not 1011 loll doir 11 lis 4 duty would say kindly dont dollt mix inix me up ill in ili this affair fim w v nothing whatever about jt ft the court lockets dockets all over thesta alie tate tv lit in the rural districts show db dismissed misled for tilt the sick ack of evidence now I 1 realize that li ili eills ta tato ment I 1 have brot into hito question th citizenship bt eighty percent omy f fellow e ilow citizens and lit in that number I 1 nin am included if the officers art an nt at fault the reni remedy efly is simple for if tiny any of them thit tire are now in office should s seek re reelection election the vote of tin tho veople people will lie be the aie verdict of guilty suil ty or not guilty in conclusion I 1 will sa say here is sill an other cast case dismissed for tit the lack 4 0 evidence not by the court but by the county attorney all ama cheriff I 1 was recently called bu on official bu business silles to the beautiful fill littly village 0 of laketown Lake town which nestles 11 in the mouth of a grand canyon looking that maj majestic estle lale lake front from which it derives its name and ahert hall had tile the good fortune of meeting with ohp splendid type of citizens that created and brot into brins being one of tit loviest towns lit in illch county however the pleasure of my itly visit wit was marred by another of those cases dismissed for the lack of evidence ond why chickens were tolen stolen mid and the guilty one ones wen seen in ill the chick en it coop why dismiss the good pe pie lilt that suffered the loss could nol say how low wany many chickens they hey had leonee could not net swear that they hall had lot lost lo t any tho the culprits were wen in ili the file coop cool lint but nobody could them the kot got by and the good pe people flint raised the chick ens ena settled the bill and thus was brot abol about 1 t another cose cese of dismiss for the 1 lack of evidence we think hov boi ever wp we have bave their number warn nal n 1 Is hereby given to them nud I 1 livix d that they will profit ly by it it if the future for the lack of their fa location aa t 1 I 1 r aved v d them from it far more 14 serious e r 1 0 t ij 4 c charac ina r ge in the eyes of ill the mir than chicken stealing ng tho a cli clif icke elow hiten lit in my opinion his has nover never been correctly defined and no doubt I 1 is owing to the fact that tile english vocabulary does not contain words word mean enough to describe him |