The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-04
HOW HANSON FIXES
THINGS FOR FRIENDS
Responsible for Rank MiScar
riage of Justice in Judge
Smiths Court.
IN DOUBLE ROLE or
PROSECUTOR AND JUDGE
Imposes Minimum Penalty on a
Defendant Without a Shad-
OW of Legal Right.

when 1T comes to usurplng the pre-
negatives of the courts and running
things TO suit his own selfish interests.
w. Hanson Of the County Attorneys
Office is there with both feet. After
the good, stiff fall that Judge Diebl
took out Of him some weeks ago for
his monumental gall in permitting four
or five defendants in "A criminal action
10 90 on their own Tecognizances, with
absolutely no shadow of authority, il
was thought he might conduct himself
with little more decency. But he is
back at his old tricks again. Wcdnes-
day morning furnished sample Of the
manner in which this uervv subordinate
IN the County Attorney's s Office takes
1T upon himself 10 even impose fines
and collect them from arrested defend
ants, who are due for trial before .
legally constituted court OF Justice
Hanson's Friend Soloman
James Soloman is employed in some
mysterious capacity at the Mormon
temple He is also q member of the
Dewly-formed State Duck club. No
member of that organization was more
active than Soloman in having the laws
governing the club passed bv the last
Legislature, and, it is declared by
numerous of his fellow members, that
20 one has given them such contemptu-
Gus regard as this same Soloman. Con
sequently when, on September II,
complaint was entered against him for
q fragrant violation Of the game law.
many of these lawabiding members OF
the club hoped TO see him receive the
punishment which they considered he
deserved. Thanks 10 W. Hanson they
were doomed TO disappointment
As Judge Dana T. Smith was about
to issue the warrant for the arrest Of
Soloman. Hanson is said 10 have tele-
phoned him that such course was
unnecessary, as the man would come
into court without warrant. But the
man didn t. More than that, the mem
bers of the Duck club, who wanted to
see justice done in the case, wanted
to know why he didn t. The ugly thing
seemed to reflect on Judge Smith. and
he didn' t like it. So. on the Goth, he
issued warrant and had tho friend
Of w. Hanson brought into court.
Fooled Them Again.
Then W. Hanson introduced some
more delay tactics. The prisoner, whom
he was supposed TO be there to prose
cute, plead not guilty, and Hanson had
the case set for the 25th. When that
day came around all the witnesses were
anu IL WAS expected DY t0G
members of the club, who had left their
various businesses to testify, that the
case would go on without any further
delay. They were fooled again. Han.
son informed them that the case had
again been postponed, this time to
Wednesday, October 8.
When on his way to his court to try
the Soloman case Wednesday morning
Judge Smith was accosted on the street
by Attorney N. 3. Jones, the repre-
sentative Of the defendant, who said:
".Here's IS $40 to pay the fine of nv
client Soloman. - Judge Smith was
thunder struck; but, seeing that the at
torney and the assistant county attor-
pey had come TO an agreement, he could
do nothing but send his stenographer
t. Hanson with the $40. OF course, the
Judge knew that there would be no
prosecution of the case But the de-
Duck club were satisfied that II the law
breaker, Soloman, had appeared in
court, where the Judoe could have
heard the damaging evidence against
him, he would have received something
like just punishment for his crime.
1t was a rank miscarriage of Justice,
and Hanson is TO blame for it,
Is Hanson III ContemptP
It remains to be seen whether Judge
Smith will have the county official
who dared to usurp the functions of
his court hauled before him for con
tempt and punished for his grave Of
Tense. The members of the Duck club,
who have high regard for. the laws
governing their sport, and are deter
mined to assist, as far as they are able,
In the prosecution of all violators of
them, are naturally indignant at the
whole proceeding.
McConahay, Jeweier, 81 Main street.