Show the performance of ones duty es cs 1 specially ally in the case of an officer of the law often brings s unpleasant experiences anil and those of the late judge parker of arkansas were peculiarly so lie ile presided over the united states court of the western district of that state and had bad criminal jurisdiction over indian territory in that time ili lie sentenced IGO men to the gallows and sent over men to the penitentiary the death sentences averaged almost eight a year considering the present state of lawlessness lit in the territory and the cheapness at which human life is held there it would be interesting to know what jui judge ze barkers ideas were on capital punishment as a deterrent influence Ind nence ou oil crime |