The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-04-22

The C0urter'e statement 10 ne
gard % Them why They Are
Not. Always Successful Rea-
sons for Nollies Vigorous Pros
ecutions the Rule.
TO BE No Let Down In White
Cap Cases.
EprTox CouRuER Dear Sis-In your
issue OF some weeks ago you oner some
comments on prosecutions IN Dubois
county. which. however doubtless. IN.
Intentionally 20. we're never the lees I'M
jusi 10 both Nr. Dillon and myself. and
I Offer the following comments thereon ,
not in behalf Of any one persons but 10
the interest Of truth snd justice. In The
fret place you know full yell that the
chief complaint hss not been made 10
this county that prosecutione have been
negIected, or have not been vigorous
enough; bot on the contrary that they
have been entirely too vigorous; that
too msuy pessous Who have been ceiling
LIQUOR without licenss, ceiling liquor on
Sunday. selling liquor 70 minsrs, sllew-
Ing miners 70 play pool. and carrying
concealed weapons. have been com
PEELED 70 pay for these violations Of the
iaw. Thee criticisms. Of coUroe. are
uniust, end prosecutor should pay
no attention TO them, - ho Who
kno wineIy and Wilfully violates the
Law 70 the detriment Of the pub
Tic or his neighbor. should b punished.
These criticisms are, however, u times
very unpleasant. eod prosecuting stt0s-
nsys have right % expect that when
they have oosnoetly onceevored 20 90
that which they believed 70 Be right.
that Isw-ahlding eItissDs will stand
firmly By them snd hold mp their hands
10 the 6ghi they must make. even though
there may b some things they cannot
wholly approve.
You state that In January tweuty-Oine
cases we're oollied, written rsssons only
being nled ia i've. There we're. IN fact.
oply twenty-tWo cases nOllieds Or n -.
aIitv only nineteen, - throo CASES Wore
lpolIied sftor the cases we're called end
| witness partly examined. end We only
InollIed 9hsu We found case was lost.
en- sure wrote out reasons IN ell
Itheee cases, and submitted them TO the
Judge. They may not b 10 sil the nIes
hi not. they can b very easily found
smone The papers 10 the Court House,
BoV ever. your criticism in this regard
comes several years toe late.
! In April. 1883. there we're thirty mine
lcases Tor trial, Of which six. Or a0ou'
lone-eixth. were n0lIied, and written res'
son filed in none.
IL september, 1883. there where twen'
~ seven cssss, i've Of which, Or about
lone-fnh. we're Dollisd. and written rsa'
sons 0led 10 one cssv only.
1 Ia January. 1858. there were forty
.lfour criminal causes for trial. and eight
Ior about oue-ffih, we're neIlied, and
written rsasons filsd In none.
IL the court [JsDusry, Pal IN which
you slste t0enty.nine we're noliied. ou'
lin tact only tweuty-two, there we're ons
HUNDRED snd thirty -seven cases Tor trial
and hence only about one-seventh were
nollied.
I 40 not make the above statemsnt Ia
lcriticism OF NJ BrelE on the contrary
he made I Prosecuting Attorney ol
whom Dubois county y justly proud.
loi0ply mean that : criticism tnes y ep'
Iplied to one sbonld Be applied 70 tne
Iothes.
when . Prosecuting Attorney b.
lcomes absolutely certain that : case can
mot Be msde out, IL IL folly for him q
.ltske % the time Of the court. Witnesses
and pcrhsps put the county to The ex'
penss Of jury. bus the case should q
lnollied.
Il W. always my custom before enter'
linz upon the trial Of cause % take tbt
y sitnesses aside and put them throogh
.lriRid cross oss-examinatiou. and q > cael
y Va not made out upon their Statement
In most cases I would euter : "uoIIe
! ,Iproseoui.S But IN several instances
llhave zone TO trial, bot ID every ceso IN
lltrisI was usslsss - the parties wsr'
found not guilty.
vlshe various coses were nollie0s snooe'
y en- net very clear . % the sov'eso'Iisl
} |cf doing %. o u may only serve % g'v'
s|some persons leseon 10 dodging ques
.ltions.
To vere noIlied becsuse defendant
vlvere dead, one because The psoeecusinl
= lvitne.a Ves dead, and tWo becaus
: -Ishs Witnesses bed Iett the State end 90
|exoecsed 70 return. One boceuee 90
{ tIdesendant Wss 90 old grsy-haised, re-
! BE. minded women, 81 yssrs old, sod !
lverv feeble health. and - deemed sns
: eIshe iustice OF The matter wss % dro
} hlthe caso. TWo we're uollied oecaoes 90
:. Ide1endsuss he'd paid 1nee Tor shs sam
; -IIdenticol easeo beSoro Justices o. q
|Peeoa. II one coee The defeudens ws
Tor carrying cooeseled wes
, Ipous. end when u was shown % % y.
Ike vss q The time scting = Constao'
ana 10 purssit oe : prisoner, - no'''e
1.-THE coso. y,
\ There we're i've casss against two a.
parties for selling liquor v1.oos
|Iiceusss. The defendants claimed a. y
|tIme that these sales were meoe wn.'
'"lshev we're sailing Tor snother msn ~
'slhsd lIcsnss, and : considerable time siss
|sII tbess sales Wsrs made one q sneI
olbougbt sno saloon. We tried ne ves
n '-ssrongess o. sheee Gases. end wns1 4, = y
|court. amer carefully examining ~ Y
|evideocs. found the defendant not goMt
I. - deemed Il useless % Try ne othes