The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-11-11
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There Is mol a candid lawyer in exist.
srce who will no, admit that there /. need
Of reform In the profession Of Law and il
practice; that there h vast amount Of
cant in the islk Of the jury being the
palladium Of Anglo.Ssxon liberty" etc. F:
that our laws arc msny Of them manufac-
inred by set Of grsoels~ knave- for the
purpose u giving ssenrily To the vicious
elas-~s There Il not a candid lawyer TO
be found who will net admit the growth
Of corruption i rapidly making the law
the protection Of the criminal classes. The
code Of criminal laws !. SIMPLE enough.
The laws are iolerably we'll defined. The
trouble lie. ia the fact thst it is almost
impossible to have them executed. To be
sure, il Is an eass matter 70 convict man
or a boy or girl COR stealing chickens, or
matches, or soms other lrihe, but murder
and the embezzlsmsni Of hundreds Of
Thousands Of doiisr ars crimes for the
commission u which Il exceedingly diff
bcult to secure eonriction. II there !. any
money in the deienss, there are always
phniy Of la-yer' ready to jump a, the
chance, and they labor Ike beavers, with
here quibbles and hair -plitings to defeat
the ends Of JUSTICE. These lawyers have
before them Tow u Twelve men, who
are supposed 70 have leeu selected because
they are free nom all legal exceptions. Of
lair character, " approved integrity, oil
sound Judgment snd we'll Informed" These
twelve men are selec,ed b, shutting up
hundred names In . bon anil drawing them
out at hspharsri. n afrst-clas. man /.
drawn be USUALLY gets excused, aud the
jury With a sxesrs.ons i likely to he
composed Of Immmsr AMI un.crupulou.
or utterly ignorant men. Out Of the
whole twelve there msy be- two or three
intelligent men. add they may sway the
others. These Two or three may be IN.
Prir ciplei m,n, and they do not care
~helher the majesty of the law is sus-
tanned or not. They frequently turn loose
murderers and Mig Thieves on communi.
ties. az cour~, - long 81 The best bust.
nes- men who esn .psre The time get ex.
eused from Jury duty the bummer- aud IL
poramu'es will generally decide the most
important ca-e,. AdLsen,ng such jurie-,
The unscrupulons lawyer inow. veil What
part 10 play. The alleged "pslladium Of
Anglo Saxon lberly" frequently becomes
The hand maiden Of crime Equality le-
ore the law there is none. The poor man
does not have an equal chance with the
rich msn before such iaris-, and the Law
touching crimes, which I. VERY strong in
theory, becomes farce in the Court room.
Hence We have crime aud prime, mob Law,
immunity for offenders Courier Journal.
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GEcuNsrASuAL E,IpEScr A lasyer
in Central Nsw York siss. the following
account Of one Of his first case.. ANY
CLINT sued 4 neighbor cor the alleged Kill
ing Of a favorile dog. Tbs proof consist.
Ell in the mysisrious disappearance of the
snimal and the possession Of dogs skin
BY the deiendsn,. which afier considerable
SrgumeHl Was brought into Court in evi.
drncs. Il was marked ina singular man
ner, and was positively identified with
many tears By the pisintia's wife and
daughter a. the undoubsed integument Of
the deceased Bose. In summing up to the
Jury, Was in the mii-i " . highly-colored
picture OF the vir,ae- Of The deceased, and
of the love Of the childrsn for their four.
footed friend when was Interrupted by a
slight DISTURBANCES 10. the crowd near the
door OF the little rehool.honse which served
As a Court house looking around ! saw
my clients youbgssl .ss, tow headed
urehin Of IL, coming forward with a dog
whose skin was the exactl counterpart oil
the one put ia evidsnee. The dog wag-
gel his tail with good-nstured composure,
and the boy cried in his childish treble,
Pa, Bose has come home. | gathered up
my Law books and retreated, and | have
never had peurct confidence in circum-
siantial evidence since" -fEdiior's Drawer,
in liarper's Magazine.
Mr. Martin 4. connslloy, a merchant in
Oil City, Pa, writes ~ inherited in.
health from my parents. who were both
short lived Ny wife was a sickly little
woman, and has suffered considerably. We
have had Eve children, three Of whom
died in infancy the other two. a boy 4
years Of age aud girl Of years, have