The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30
JERSEY JUSTICE

prevail by all who followed the details of
the crime Of which he was convicted.
The promptness with which the con-
clusion Of his trial was reached. COM
bined with the suficiency of t4e punish
ment inflicted, VIII, moreover, result in
calling attention once more to highly
| commemorate feature of the administra-
ton of justice in that state.
This man murderously assailed his vic
tim on the public streets by discharging
pistol at him point blank while only a
few feet separated them. The result
was the almost total destruction of his
victims sight. The plea made in his de-
Tense was that the clergyman had abused
| his position and calling in his relations
with the defendants wife The court
very properly ruled out all evidence tend
ing to establish the story, which is bru-
| tally incredible on its face. While the
| defense was able, through violation of
the laws Of evidence, to get to the minds
Of the members of the jury the nature
Of the defense or palliation offered OF the
crime, the jury was instructed that even
TIE occurrence charged to have taken
/, place would offer no justification to the
| commission of a murderous assault sew
eral days after. the statement OF it's
commission had been made to the ac-
| cused by his We.
There was no avoidable delay in bring
mo 70 ~ Cow dc
messed the empanelment of the jury
the presentation of the cases for the
prosecution and the defense the argu-
ments OF, the counsel, the charge Of the
court, and the arrival at a decision by
| the jury. 7"s -
In other states more time would have
elapsed in the empanelment of jury
than was needed to dispose of this case.
! Jersey justice asserted itself, and the
law was indicated with none Of the ira
| ditional delays
1t was just so in the Bosclieter case.
in which foolish young woman had
been drugged and foully done to death
by number of young ruff1ans Of good
social standing. Within a few days also
in that case, the girls murderers had
| the full penalty of the law inflicted on
them, and were inmates of the state pen
| itentfary.
| There is no state in the Union which
should not hasten to take steps to bring
about the same state of things in the
| administration of their criminal law
/ Such states as New York are notorious
| for the substaptia1s failures of justice
which ensue owing to the latitude al
! lowed by the COURTS in conducting Grim,
inal prosecutions. The Molineux case has
| offered a shocking instance of this kind
! The cost to the county of the effort to
! doubts will continue to exist whether II
was not all inoXain,3 unless the court of
appeals should; confirm the verdict. If
new trial should be ordered through
error Molineux wifi be virtually saved,
from all further prosecution.
Jersey justice, has, been the subject of
many ill-tfmeds5ests: 1t would be an ex-
oellent thing fer American jurisprudence
if that peculiar quality Of justice could
be brought more generally into operation
throughout the entire country.
SHOULD THEY PRACTICE LAVE
| The attitude Of the courts of Tennes-
| see toward the admission of women to
/ fTa 81 1ou i,, Al irso
liable neither to. the intelligence nor the
] liberality of thought of those tribunals.
T. The grounds on which a lady applicant
| for admission was rejected are very sug-
I gestive of pettifogging. First, the young
woman was told that there existed
statute which prescribed that women
! should not hold office, and that inasmuch
| as she would be an officer of the court
! If she were admitted there would be a
violation OF the statute against women
holding public office. The next decision
! declared the belief Of the court that both
at common law and by statute woman
was precluded from practicing the calling
of a lawyer. 1t will be seen that it re-
| CURED two occasions in order to enable
| the court to reach, the conclusion that
there existed such Inhibition under the
| common law rules. -
1t does not mai terwhether the woman
| is prevented bysc6Inn7on or by statute law
from following this or any other calling,
in Tennessee or elsewhere, such preven-
ton reflects discredit on the state and the
age in which it-iss maintained. 1t is pc
culiarly discSeditable to an American
state; and the people of Tennessee owe it
to themselves 10 remove any such pre-
vention that exists BY specific act quail
flying woman for the. calling on meeting
the same requirements as those estab-
lished for men. .s&
We open our high schools, academies
and universities to women; we invite
them to enter other professions, such, for
instance, as that~of medicine, to become
artists, and women of business. We In
vest them with absolute control over
their own property interests, freed from
all possibility of interference or control
by their male relatives. We have pos