| Show MURDER TRIALS IN HOLLAND dutch judge puts all the Inter interrogate rogat tortes to the witnesses do not have juries jurle A learned and capable jurist has a ad seated that the french method of legal procedure which contrary to our own presumes an indicted person guilty until he ha Is proven innocent comes nearer dispensing actual justice than our own system but in holland the courts have in some respects a better system tem than that of the french the ac clied in every case has the benefit of 0 the doubt and circumstantial evidence as the only foundation for a plea of conviction isan Is in disfavor the dutch do not have juries and there is no battle of wits among counsel all questions whether by the prosecution or the attorney tor for the accused are put to the witness through the judges after he has weighed the justice of the interrogation this feature of their system has some pronounced advantage over our own on it eliminates the practice of confusing con the witness or the accused by misleading questions it renders impossible the abominable practice in our courts known as the browbeating of witnesses which unfortunately is permitted to an extent that causes the intelligent observers blood to boll boil at times because of its unfairness and cruelty it makes the solemn business of dispensing justice a common trade instead of a heavenly vocation sioux city tribune |
