Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-04-14
oIR VAS NINe1oN LETTER.

oIR Was HINeT0N LETTER.
sptvcfal Correspondence. Of Co"r'e'.
wAs.,ss1os l. 1 ;ssfs:
The e,per;ence of ages hs- demon.
ar .,ed the fact thst certain I'er'o's -
time drmanr, special or peculiar c's""
m, to Ru,sh them, govern . y"
lection by some trait or feature "us = y.
ders ,kSm remarkable. THUS we D w.
the noe Of 1r:jr. thu ~ge of Bronze 'n 1'
are Of Brass. AMI many Other ages 'q"" -,
! ..rvinv IF di.tinc,ive "pps'la''"?s. :, ."
.,.,, there re Shorter periods MARK" -
The nrese. ce Of certain ev. nts when : =
der Them obs. rvabIr. D'sasrous n"css ::
friea,ful conhagra,i5' s aud d're'u' ~
i. em,cs b We their periods OF ootro.''
And dow among them with almost d.nan'
MIR stalks IN uobridl..d knav'ry. CRAZY
marking this as the predominant age %
Disho., sly. The student OF history -
coming generations, will pause ~ as, ',,,
is. ment when he reaches tn pages '"J:
record he story Of to day. tie viii S"'
10 mary. a, the multitude OF cas- l"'".
Ing base degr ..iator in private me- ="
m,,ie.,ea o,sio. sly IN high Official pos''
ton am, provo byt"crisy in sel'g'"".
Now while admitting. with ceep ree'e'
our inability to wholly prevent the rec"r
re-. Ct OF many of The events alluded 10 ~
.n,!iat,ing .h,ir c ,arac,cristics aud CIV"
III names 10 cert"i" periods. W." ). !.
would app ar tha, 10 some OF thc'" o.
i. rs, u Corrective influence m gh' oe ap
nl,ed s.ffl. ien,ly powerful 10 prevent 'he''
fr qn.nt repetit or.
II view Of this stat of facts III qn's
ton present, itself whc.h or no com
p!ete remodrlirg and rcc"ns rurt'"n !" '"e
admi .istra,ion Of our criminal lava 10 "''
only urg. ntly needed hut e'nph t'cai'y az
mand. d. III. resuf, OF numerous Grim
|inal trials Of paramount importance ~ y
lin th.. pas, few ears already ds'ilonstra't
III, yact that ,tr even han.,ed jus'ice III
v, rd,cct Of . jury is not 70 he reI'' d upon.
A variety IF c uses may be assign { 10,
the x,s,e,,ce Of such fact. hui . recital OF
some of the most prominent may s"ilc'
for the present. As chief among '1es'
ne mai hcr iii v h,ch juries are '',sw" aud
,npa,ne ed, involving in 5"ry many cases
the summoning Of i',m+n, affords fear
full opportunities for fl'grant wrongs "
public justice by open anu apparent pr
tiality 10 the party accused; for 1t is fac
which no ore will deny, that recently ~
m.rous verdic,s have teen rend' red who's
foundation rste.t more nla'n the pIe'hor's
purse of tb. accused than upon any just
|t.ation lie could offer for y viola ed law
The manner in which such r. suits may ~
r. auiy accomplished may DC easily T.
pla ned, but would require NOR, spacs
thai. the present article Can demand. A
flew thousand of dollars placed IN 'ht
hands # sheriff or his dputy author
zeu 10 summon ialism.u has often been
know IL lave: hal agicai q TIN
n,pn,ent eff-c, in The f:'rnis ion II v'r
dict The Aislence f u DOUBT. hOwevti
remote, Is n powerful wc"p" in the h"E's
Il am ustu,e barrlster. And j"rics insie q
|of tishfin,ng tl,etn- ives Ia . a>"Dab'e, "a
t,oIai, doubt, such as would govern O"t
IL the Transaction of busin. IS 1T high i'm :
"a hyns hQt To-! ftrSA , MY ~, ~
Would d. no di<credit to The ina. ina, ion
If the mos, accomplished novelist. Again,
te 'enSet $, mpa,i,ies IF 1ur, 10 n IS fire.
qa n,ly but IL" >access ally appcaled to
wHen unmindful o, the r,morsel,ss bru
i"Ii'y o. III prisoner Al III, a.; obllvious
Of tie deep aud unrtmedial wrunxs Of his
VICTIM AID totally ignoring the njes,y If
The l.w he has dared to viol tie, the SIMPLE
jus'ic' Of their verdict tsome. ime. t.fdiiy
arrived ~ IS frequently tempered by y
Recommendation To mercy. But how are
these wrongs to be re'u4tlie /. May it no,
nc bY the cAtire abol'shmsat - tie iory
system? Or at least not requiring tnri,
ver'ict 70 be unanimous, tut let it b.
FOUND by the op,n,op 8 Tie N jority. Ills
True that our Constitution. f"u, dcd upon
Magma Charta aud the ballad. ., Rumsev.
nedr. expressly provides tha, every Que
sr, used OF crime shall he tried by iurv
j" Ills peers. 10 this It may be answered
hat the Constitution has BEN more than
nee STIRRED or amended for purposes of
more qoes'i''nahle rrorr,e,y. And .s|
or the air of antiquity 50 urgently Claim.
II for the jury system VIC M, with Quail
'r'p'iety refuse TO patron.ze a railroad
!" b. IN gas ar use mssct.s bec use our
"ref"t''trs were happy in the use VI stag.
'."he~ 'al'"w candles and H.. der b,x.s
Another pr"'ifi.' s".tr,r Of EVIL. AID one
hat is clearly renr dial le BY l. gisIa,ivc|
e lon, i the II: Q drawn dis,,ncii.,n. in
he .ruh S of evidence, used more frcourn,
~ The crafty sjvocaie, to shiel,i TN.
u'lly than To pro'et TIE innbcent I'LL
ill no, be .ieni,d' tn 1 u bo,b riv;, ...I
''mi al trials es'' ence is fir quen,Iv ..ff
re'' " 'ca' stan ing as an md. pendent
'c'. has ever'hek q SO near a f. la,nn ,o
he case at Bar that its 'n,rodi.c,iot, would,
'.r up 'vry!h'na and erabie 8. jury % ,
r'v' n".rringly alta jus, and correc.
'nc'us'on;;' but the rul' 1T evidence
us' he obeyed, and the fact> Offered mn,
ling part of The Eyes gestac ;" ca no,|
a. m't,ed. Now. il mus, seem CT ar y, Is
'ery candid inquirer 'h.t where j, i. d. k
red TO arrive a, he truth. the ~h,.Ie k
nth and nothing but the ruth. tina, ally
e circumstances and Surroundings Of
g case bow, YER remote would s,mn,.t