, 1879-01-30
LA|Y.IsEF0RM.

tile ntll Hefnrs rnrltnmcnt-slr james
F!tsIu,ne. stepl,cn.s Clear, Ur1ef. un.l
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srnacusE, 'an' 19:wao ths }'a''or a Mt
latest atte,unt At codlftca&ion In th{s State arc
aohota, hv iou,,.r. ami 1r1..t,,ur,a t,,o w.
w. 49,. ~ s.a,. ~ 'Ns', ..'.. 'ns ~.
siis ase aoout ~ inahe At Important etanRe III
thrIr lar. hsi adopt Code rs t0 the value III
which tllcre will lc no question. They ure
fortunate in hovin,. amonr t1,rm a man -; rrc,
o,,tro,, .,,t,,, T., =, a,,,,,,s ,r,ss ,',
"n.. -, ". w., ,.m Ss ,' 1'..' n @ .e'' Ssase
ami Judgment ~ 10 needed changes. The
Criminal Codc which hna been intro4lncct] In
t,ar,}o,nrr, hv nm tttorncx,f f,rrrr,] ,m, which
viii foupt1css become t1'c inv ot In, I'm ,"u dr..
Ing thu coming session, was entirely drawn.
Il Ia understood. by SIR james Fitz-
is,ncs Rtepllon. Ma commissioners. nj ,t,,crn,
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fll1a measure. let u Is on cshl,od1tfaeht 0f all
thinga which Ctx1c should be- 1t Is Of cx-
traor{ltnary brcyt,y. A volume OF ITO pages
,o.,,,ns I'm ,,-,,n,, ,,,r .n,, r.,.,,,.,as 49,.
.op'a."s ". t'n'' u. t,. ~" a'." su'a'e" wv
criminal psncthe VI f.neiai,:l. IL is u eQlinl
eiratnets. lnere nfc te~ provlslone whch c1nlu
not W uns'eTsioou " lastaan tialts as WGli rs
~ ;MS 'nosa oi"u, 5r1,, o' 'uu9es' IL eo'no'aes
pniahces nEu Judgement.
Inc 9hr!cnt aonFea o1 tue INV, "ntch 10 The
ioDE PROCESS O. g. time ',avs grown 80 familiar to
lawyers il'nL tIeY M re iond!y assinea to 20 cor-
iter.sIyIes ~ Tue lsmnle u Jn'tiee. arg larEe-
" swept nRaY. Ing system u criminal Jufls-
prulsnea Which exists In England. nnd IN
onlv slightly modified form In this
1ts' ts ico.,.seasss % se'' nd aSsrie. @ IL as If
lootrllotes througl, which III. guilty 1nny
escape. tflat fts foyisiou, cod!tlca.ion, anil
amendment afs lar 'nose needed! 10: tlle pt,tltc
summons BY nt1icatlon, entering M ju''x'ac',t
on tlclatlt or sinflar rotort.s In tri procedure,
which at pscsent ai'horl our attention. The
sfsteIn that allows H. sniity to esraps Is Quite
iletr, defense. The condition OF thy criminal
law IN Eng land "a csch more laIHentab[c titan
II stss state. Fur tle ,aNs BY wt!icla crimc ts
dellncd nnti tts pt'nisnh'cnt prescribed extend
!1e ionnd III thc statute haHka froIn Thy t'rst OF
Henry III. 70 tue last u slctura. Tlteeu have
been exp"lncetlt en1arTsaur ltlnttcti bv fnnuner.
ahlc aecsssotls q The Courts. Laws hayo Mr'tno
rGngnlc by acts wnlel, must &c scnrclle1 through
$40 volumes Of statutes. Doubt nris!ng as to
thctr tttc meaning h1tl it1acnt can be satisfied
ny t'c sxaintnas'Ma q, 81 io9vN fspostss; deets.
visit ttnt. when tltne snail serve. tho stprr|u-
outs an'l tedious statutts we're brought into QUO
a'a' teEethes NM H'aas ptnsa a:t1 ssoEt, to isin
tn,ent tut MN soud sttsf understand
growa mp. Iattly tro'n n'e sontual9n of statutes,
partly from tllr EEntloal pTlt4eaplc and practice
q t common NV Wlllch are stil! N tnlI !otte.
sotno nor!i 0r cla'isc L. umItset! lron' the
siob " rft'e Is inlu IN t!!c lo1n Of 4. l'stca
Of IN the A.l]asent Iorn Ut q; tue facts proved
lust carrg tue crime ne,ona shGit, tic
otien*s, charged, Into tue oortlcrla'hi VI
cnlbczzle'ncnt; IL every stcl, case thrre
cal, he no ail'erals,ent, tue defect Is fatal.
ahd tae culpfat wa'Rs gu ~ tnc eyes o! tue tAr
~ 'nsoeent hlah: q seFlk'nE Illustration Of
taIs Is seen tn u late caxc III Eag!ahtl. where
Ca!nckeener was tried FOR shonttli.: lta cnp!oy.
gr's rabbits ah9 takins them OH to stll: llc !Atl
| been captured 10 THO vcFga act, rc1.nandcd. But
Fubbits ars '}erts Mf"fe,' y Wild nature. md
may nut ba tho Guhlert VI theft 80 lc could
hot be convicted u stealtHR. Nor lnOrc could
| tle bo Ut ttnoexziofncnt. lhu rabbits inttccd
were hls empowers property, anu ehe keetcr
!iat converted ttetn TO b!a own use. But, says
tlly Court, he tlI'i no; receive thcna ~ Ills mas
trrs property; hu Shot the rahbtts hot a. hIs
l'iaster's, but With the original uurposc Ut TAX
n tnen h11 T. Eoa !, ~. s snsexzemsnt
of Crown cases Reserved tl'at tte uefeniaut
committed no crime anu nlIsr be dtachargeJ.
| Ths medley Of Statutes .ana deeiatous Sir
Jaincs has sttcreedea u rc!urlng to moderate
| hntl coherent IofnI. Ihe GrnnAi Cutte Of En-
gla! will TO one under which there will Do lltt'c
| cause Tor complaint uVtr lai|.lres OF JUSTIFY,
rlc Whole complicated systeill of cr'tnfnul prae
tlce IS awcot away, Intricate atul lengthy III
|
tHent TER n,urlrr IN Englanta nr.l ~ Tits aiato
wo.i!tl I'LL about three paGes VI legal eau The
Indictment TO 20 usea IN EhR!and " future,
2tter rapttUn giving the Iitlc of lie Court n,ld
thu na4,e of the dufcndart, atates tie statute
de'lnlnE Tie cFtt'a: "Crllhlnat EtAiet scc. II IT;
a,ul the ofTGuso; "a murdered D. ut -. on
| -" And any amendment which does nut
| 0perate 10 tbs t!efcndant't prelu ike nlay he
allowed to thfs simple pleading. Til.
lcarnlnx Ut Guilty uni tic Ingenuity of
| apGe!at ptcaders cun duylsc tlu il,.1ie inrns
which ssaal inform thu detens!auI more clearly
ttun does this 0f tho oifcnau Of wsltc. lIc Ii
cl,nr0ttl. Thu wondcr Is, tlat III long t!nu
sll.l,h! hayo c!nl sc.i. nnh ~ luauy defeats ot
justice stoull have been allowed, buiorc ~ str.,.
plp change should haso been maic.
TIE How Cttlc procceds with equal yIgur tn dt,
awuY with othes a}aisua n,m a,.uii,ates. An rr.
Eor In Itlr ycnur, by wtIlrl whcu tllan IL trr.!
In Que county nlal Il IL found llB co1luittcu the
rrte tllrte feet bcyun,l The county IIuc, he cs.
eu,es In safety, uD tDnytr will wnrk him ln u
safe .icEtyrratre, Unless llie Co,rt thinks TIM
trial. c t.uy bc lrit'! nywlcre. Thrft, anu en.
ltIz!eGht, alI HulalEtIiE EtAu& iii lTuQt!ule ef1t
| pretrusrH, tbs ttcIiralrly Traced Llrlrr.
!tMcs OF which iaye t,ern W often DE-