Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-08
GOVERNMENTS RIGHT OF
APPEAL w CRIMINAL CASES

A0NE EnNMtNI'e Hl0HT or
APPEAL lN CRIMINAL CASES
Another bin which haa iast psat one
Rouse ui fhr runEfeHa ana which ID -
urgently nrNrHHHfF should hr rnaUirn
mtn iHW lH thHt c1nfefflur uuun thc
tfNintht tho fisht uI appeal in cfim.
MHl HtrfH nn guHriiuuH ul law IhlH
flNhi fNiHtH in niHnY of tho stated. ID Dr.
iHil in tno District Of Columbia ht nff
ni tnc coHHrrFF it if ui C1nrnr naf ufas
rnfrd thai in any sAne verdict fnf thf
Defendant uu thr merits ahnuih d. aai
HHiic. hfeenily in one district Wfrfr
she government hHd Indicted certain
NNffuuf FOR OnNnuif1rY lu connection
win reuntlH. the court sumainnd the
Mttsn9ontH dfmuf4pfi while ln another
Hc1 iu obtain rebates has bnon fus
telnrd hY The Couri. convictions uhtnfns
~ under n. ATS two defendants nfn,
tcnced 90 imprisonment Tho two Cnnea
ftierred % may nnt he in reni conflict
With each other. bat t is unf0rtunnto
That thcfr should even M an apparent
conflict Al present thtfc d no way hy
which the government can Capan such
a CONFLICT, when it ucrurs, 90 ~ solved
hy an appeal 40 "a higher court and the
wheels ~ Justice are blocked without
any real decision Of the question
can not too strongly urrf tht naanaHC OF
the bill IN Question failure So panH a
VIII result IN seriously hamptFlnE tho
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tice. especially against wealthy lndiyid-
unia or carrQrationn Who do wrOngi ana
may also prevent che government from
obtaining iu.licc for ua0gNufkpr1 who
are nni themselves abir effectively 90
contest a. case where tho igdEnUnt uf
an inferior court hRa huen aRaint them.
have specifically in View rUCUnt de-
clElpn by n dlai-ict Judge leaving rail-
WAY employees without rrmedy fnr yio-
lniinn n rettHN nn-c4ileo iatlf
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mli a single district Judge hHainfs Whist
may hr ihe Judgment on thr immans1
mnlnriiy uf his colleagues 0u tho bench,
to declare n law aplcmnly onactrd hY
ami then 90 deny 90 tho government The
.nght 90 have tor supreme court den.
nitciy decide the question.
lt b wei % fecnliort that the real ~.
hCifucy az the law often depends nut
upog the paFAagr Of ncth 81 o. which
There ia Ereat nublic eNriioineni- hlt
upon tho unnHuHc uf acts nf thia uniuse
aa 40 which there o. not much public
UHcitcmrnt. because there iH little ruhlic
understanding of thHlr imuuftnnrc.
while the Interested parties are kcrnly
hHpr tn thn danifHhiiIiy oi deff1iiuH
chem The Importance uf ntagtnr iriu
law tho particular hni in question D.
further increased hy thc iart thar ~
governments hHs now dsnnitfly hfsun q
policy uf ftaQrtlug io tho criminal 1870
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naeE whore such course offers renh'
enable chaEco of aucress. AZ FIRST ua
ann proper fVerY ennfi Nar muuN o.
enforce THESE laws lt cisA rrNc caluHa
nul "a hsa heeume interestingly tFiaeni
Tint fhU action as the government ln fn-
.ah0 criminal pruCcniinEH was lusth-
ihin. and thn there hnNH hron some con
riuuous failures in tneaf rhsoa. W. hntr
hHd many FuccfHHfH which hafe NM-
d0uhfcdig hnd deterrent effect upon
oyil-dourR Uhethtr tho penalif lniiietoa
wHs IN shr ahfnr uf nun QF imprisonment
aaHh nHnnilfUa nf hf.4h kinds have air
ready hrcn inflicted ny tnr courts nf
uufao, uhrfo iha judge can SEQ hif why
in innift the penalty nf inpfiHnninen nl
.hn deterrent enffi of che punishment
in other onrndrFT lH increased but f'i.
nrlantiy hrHFY unoH accomplish much
ludFl Hnlf ~ fhn hcW AnrA district
court. ln r0ront decision, admiralty
iHtad tha urrH foF ireatinH with iHaf
severity Offenders 0f thia kind hla
splnion runs in part la foil0uH
''Fhr nuttfnmrntH evidence 90 aalth-
IHh fnf nNffN0HmtH guilt MHH rirar cong
lnelft. AND unalaunftd. Tho fsff Wa1
q h1ginnt onr Tho transactions whirn
noF place Wndff thia nieul contract
Hprf very iHrge fhf 1mnuuia ni rebate
rftarneu Nff. rnu1iueriHif and thr
imaunt nf ihe rehHle uaHlf uHH iHfs0
tniuNniiuf in wuff inHn Atn 'f fNn
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