The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11
JUDGES
GIVE THE LIE
Conlan and Campbell De-
liver Vigorous State
mentS.
Charges Made by the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children.
They Are Characterized as False and
Malicious aud an Infamous
Calumny.

The remarks made by President Sonntag
and Directors Gilbert Palache and 7. b..
Flint, at the meeting on Tuesday of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty TO
Children, regarding the alleged difficulty
experienced by the society in getting from
many of the police courts even the coop
Grafton specified by law, forme the subject
for vigorous replies from Judges Conlan
and Cam pbell yesterday morning.
1t was charged that warrants had been
refused, that Jury trials in Judge Camp
beIrs court were farcical, the jurors being
buns around the police courts, and that
the Judges and people around the courts
got passes 10 the theaters.
Judge Conlan, as soon as court was
opened, referred to the charges and char
acterlzed them as false and malicious. He
said that If the remarks had been made in
his presence outside his courtroom he
would have characterized them in much
stronger language.
II have no acquaintance with Secretary
Welch," continued the Judge, "and want
none. 1t is untrue that warrants have
been refused in my court, and those max
ing such statement knew it to be false.
THE trouble with the officers of the So
ciety is that they want to dictate to the
Judges how case shall be disposed of,
Irrespective of law. justice or equity and
because they are denied that privilege
they make a cowardly attack upon the
not prosecution, but persecution.
The charge that Police Judges have ac-
cepted free passes to any theater is, as far
as [ am concerned, another malicious
ialsehood. | have always given strict in
functions to nv bailiff not to accept any
passes of any kind, and when | attend any
theater | pay my way like other persons.
Judge Campbell, after opening court,
said:
think it is my duty to remark that 1
noticed in the morning papers-the Chronicle
and THE CALL-an article from the Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty TO Children, and l
was very much surprised indeed to see such
an article, for the reason that accusations
referring to Police Judges not doing their duty
in regard to issuing warrants for the society to
have persons arrested for cruelty TO children
have been made. 1t has always been my GUS
tom, and believe every person that practices
here will bear me out in the statement, to
issue warrants. This court is particularly
selected by the agents OF that society to pro-
cure warrants, and have never yet refused q
warrant in those cases. have now about
twenty-five defendants on my list, who are
paying from So so to So week for the support
OF their children.
In regard TO their saying that there were
lot OF bums-Police Court bums-on the jury
of the Tivoli case, those gentlemen, l believe,
are all merchants, regularly summoned by the
City-and 1 think it is an infamous calumny
upon those gentlemen to call them Police
Court buns, and also to me to say that re-
fused on any occasion to issue warrants for
this society. issue a great number of war
rants, and have now at this time great num-
Der of cases on my calendar that are carried
over from week to week to make them
support their children, which they have re-
fused to do, and l force them to do it.
L think they ought to be little better
posted before they make public accusations
against Police Judges in the public press.
They certainly must be informed by some
one. The officers of that society select this de-
partment of the Police Court particularly for
that purpose, and they evidently propose to
threaten and bulldoze Judges into doing
things that they think they ought not to do.
They make mistake in this department with
me- can be led, but not driven.
There are two different societies that have
made this mistake now. The other is the
Manufacturers and Producers Association.
This is twice now that they have m ade these
mistakes and pu ublshed them to to the world
that the courts were not doing their duty.
They would better come here themselves and
see how the cases are conducted and perhaps
then they would be better satisfied. know,
however that the officers OF this society have
all been perfectly satisfied with my work in
regard to the matter.
Judges Joachimsen and Low have yet to
be heard from.