Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-10-30
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 30. 1886.
Mir. Shaw's Legal Adviser.


 The democrats find fault with the ex- posures of the shortcomings ot Sheriff Shaw, particularly that relating to the employment of a lawyer iD his office, who, while so employed, slso appeared as of counsel fer the defense in the cases of the territory vs. Dan Carlin and w. A. Lee, accused of murder, Mir. Shaw and bis friends say that 1t has come to pretty pass if the sheriff cannot em- ploy a legal adviser without being &C., cused of wrong doing.
 We have no disposition tO misstate nor purpose to serve ID misrepresent- ing anything connected with Mir. Shaw's management of the sherif's office, but as a journal devoted to the best inter ests of the people, We are ID duty bound to expose misconduct Of pubic affairs and to prevent the covering up of ques- tionsble transactions which involve the public veal.
 We do not object, and We doubt if any one does. to the employment by Mir. Shaw of legal adviser If, for any reason, he should not be satisfied to accept the advice of the district attorney whom the law designates as the legal adviser of all county officials, he has the right, and no one will dispute it, to seek advice of any other person, but if in following such adyIce be should con- mt any unauthorized act he would be without justification and would b. held responsible, personally or upon his off cial bond, for the result of such act.
 We do not complain of Mr. Shaw for employing a legal adviser other than the district attorney, but We do find fault with him for keeping in his office an attorney whom he permits to act as counsel for persons accused Of crime, whose cases are to be tried by juries SC. lected by the sheriff, practice clearly m rlvlatlon of the spirit, If not the let ter, of the law, and all the more repre-. hensible since it IS permitted against the opinion and advice of the district attorney.
 This story of legal adviser" IS the merest bosh. It Is a silly subtsrfuge and will fail of its purpose to impose upon the public. But even il it were true. what credit does 1t reflect upon the judgment of MT. Shaw that he should retain as his "legal adviser" 8 young man of limited education and almost WAOllg HllAOuN cApeIltuCS III tue pThc- tice of the law; whose judgment upon any of the important questions likely to arise in connection with the admins tration of the sheriffs office is no more to be relled upon than that of the aver age school boy. Legal adviser to-be- surei What nOnsenssl What sn insult to the intelligence of the people of Pima county.
 The truth of the matter is that this so- called legal adviser" of Mr Shaw is em- | ployed in the sheriff's office at the in stance Of Cameron H. King. the dem ocratic candidate for district attorney, | whose deputy he is 10 be in case King | IS elected, If. therefore, the latter | should by chance be elected. and Mir. | Shaw should also succeed, the people | can readily imagine how the plblic bus mess would be conducted with such a | combination in control of the offices of | sheriff and district attorney. Such a | combination would be menace to the | peace and prosperity of the county, and | the people will doubtless have good | cause to regret their mistake If they l allow 1t to succeed. TRIPOD.