The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-10

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a..4 STATS E is
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TIES .1sHt Roosevelt lts dared ~ ~
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power placed ~ aH.
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tanning - - faithful ana --a4s.
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Iis'tA h"sE"3 At tHe Ntty suggestion
INK h3HES I~fsreEttIs. .Esr ilfs
dti i.Aih H 4 itnd af tLe fHes -
't.' is""F muItti~ ou~ntTatenss aal
Mi i'fn- It III I'm. greatest a~HeQr4tF.
lefi3ftE amt t@uu4.r}HE .ff.r Ir ta.
"tt'l' American sNeicm IL 8lp.ars ~
iht. II ht brought tile courts under
-1 Iietau and ]ai~r~put. ana mad. ffe
cheaper II has encouraged tn. ,uI-
Fiil7 convicted pi nigh erime t. hope
i'f change. - Expect an alteration.
perhaps a total ~rtNlE44 IF the san
fences by The courts. and that TO f,v
a supf.lne power that laughs al ole
.Garchs. and pits upon court decisions
as iihal And Yet the one man power.
strange t. say. is popular. II sets
Tree scores of persons who - been
tried ~ the courts and found guilty.
shocking 10 say. many pdrdon~ AZ.
granted upon the application IF law
officials who tried the cases. This
shows how dishonest. insecure. i'm
perfect aud d"bauched it may be. Is
the present system Of trying villains
There ought 10 be a Court Of Par
.dons 10 rcyis" all such applications
10 GlYe ono man the opportunity of
setting aside convictions hy the courts
- really the defeat of Justice. and is
alike dangerous and absurd. If thee
must he inquiries into the action Of
the courts and a change Of sentence.
it should be done by a Court Of Par
donS. New Jersey. unlike most states.
authorizes the power of pardon To be
entrusted To tho Governor. the Chan
cellor and six Judges Of the Court %
Error and Appeals. or ans four Of
them. tn" Governor being one. Flor
ida and Nevada have also Il Pardon
ing Board consisting of the Governor.
Judges Of the Supreme Court and
Attorney General. or q majority. the
Governor being one. Five Of the
New England states have a body to
pardon. Rhode Island requires the
Senate to agree to the action Of the
Governor. Connecticut has no proVis-
ion whatever to dispute the action IF
the courts. Louisiana requires the
Senate to agree with the course pur-
By the Governor. An able North
ern lawyer. Mr.. Theodore Bacon, some
thirty years ago. wrote strongly III
disapproval of all Interference with
the final action Of the Courts Of jus
tlce. | cite from him one paragraph,
but his argument is elaborate, ample,
most striking. He said:
But wherever the power is vested
whether in one person or in many
-jts character is uniformly the same.
The act Of ~'pardoning is none the
less an arbitrary act, none the less
Interference With the orderly course
Justice, none the less an ahnuimeht
ct law IN favor OF the criminal par
"oied, Nllsh peiIoiiled ny d bodLa,
or . court OF IMAM "hefl
Pei iPiinth ny d 'foNei MOI II any ca9'
- ltltner ~ FORM nor III SupStdhge
lualclal act puI an act super-Judi-
'i'i IdlleI, peInap~' dl'l-JuolcIai.
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