The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-12
The Crime Problem.


bar association in Austin ex-Govern-
or Roberts, in discussing crime and
its causes, attributed much of the
immunity of criminals and conse-
quently much of the crime in this
state to the inefilcicncy of the prose-
cutting attornies. These, he says, are
young men, as rule, and by the
Partially of the people or by success
full demagoguery, are elected over
the grey boards and men of expert
once. The Dallas Herald, in a brief
but able article takes issue with the
venerable aud illustrious lawyer, and
attributes. the immunity from the con-
sequences of crime and the revolving
prevalence of it in our state, to the
jury system altogether. Both are
right TO some extent, and both are
certainly wrong in perhaps an equal
degree. Perhaps, indeed, some of the
fault ID to DO attributed 10 the In
efficiency ofthe prosecuting attornies
but the measure of inefficiency COM
planned offs neither as great as Mr..
Roberts contends that it is, nor is 1t
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o OF law and the records OF OF
N courts VIII al once excuipate Dol
q the Juries ana attorneys from an
charge OF unfaithfuiness. Ihey az
faithful III hounding down all Grim
- mails except those who. commit mu
L. der.
Inc compailtaVe immunity OF mu
derers 10 atriputaoie IN no greap
sense 10 the oihcers assaileu, thah
q the laws ana 10 a iaise sehtimei
~ which comes down 10 us from u
: days when we had rev laws al
FEWER oiiicers TO enforce them, wh'
every man was law. unto hihs'
OIL ana inc ohlei executive OF that Ia
was I'M. Dloody, murderous ana
,e iehtiess pistol Inc laws proVlds
ar reward iorthe apprehension Oh ut
pefa'e Huraerers VINO escape iro
justice Inc ohieers IN inc oouhtl
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as cohiiiii's 'nuruer anu ieeis that
neck Is IN jeopardy ne puis hiihs'
o"ts'ue me county IN which the crii
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ms Is 'he nome sherih ana
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