OCR Text |
Show SPEEDY JUSTICE. ' It is Indeed gratifying to know that in some cases at least criminals are speedily brought to justice In thl; fair state of ours. Last week a beast In human form was apprehended) hailed beforp a co-,rt of justice and after pleading guilty to a b tital a;si sault, was sentenced to a term in th state pi i on. We refer to the c.'s or Harry F. Smlh who confessed to a charge of carnal knowledge apainsj a 17 year old girl. j According ta the story told UJ ' this young woman. Smith mr it against ' er If she resisted his advances ad-vances toward her. We expre. s the thought that i;i the promptness of action In thWf case, much was accomplished in. alleviating the righteous indignation of the public pub-lic and perhaps may serve as a deter-ant deter-ant to others who might be tempted to commit the same offense. There '.seems to be an epidemic ol crimes of this nature and worse, spreading over the land, almost dally we read weired reports of wanton cruelties, assaulj and murder, com. mitted in various parts of the country, coun-try, crimes whih only feeble minds fertile with depravity could conceive, it 1 j therefore commendable of those in authority to act promptly in dealing deal-ing with cases of this kind. , We are of the opinion the laws of our state are not stringent enough In j cases of criminal assault committed against minors and we sugge. t In consideration of a strengthening of the laws pertaining to these crimes, by our next legislature. |