The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-07-23
AunL BECKY
Old Fork, July Is, 1908.
JUDGE NEAL TALKS OF
HOMICIDES. 's
The Reason for the Failure
of Justice in Our Courts.
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In his charge to the grand |
jury of Wake county Superior
Court Monday, Judge Neal dis
cussed theprevalence of homicide.
He is thus reported by the Raj
eigh Times:
Jurors as a rule never make
mistakes in the trial of civil
actions, but in criminal cases
they sometimes make mistakes.
The State is an invisible some
thing to them and jurors argue
that defendant if turned loose
might reform, and so they are
lenient at the expense of justice.
Do you know, he continued, that
a stranger can come into this
court house and in nine cases
out of ten pick out the men on a
jury who stand for law and
order? He can do that. Jurors
ought not to be swayed by SYM
pathies, because crime is so
rampant throughout the coun-
try"
Giving some statistics showing
the prepOnderance of hOmicides
in America as compared with the
old country, it was stated that
: in 1903 there We're 1903 murders
!, in the United States, 301 in Ger
many. 526 in France and small
: er number in England. In 1906
E Chicago alone had 1877 murders
; while London, with double the
! population, had "a.
: Who turn these folks loose?"
6 he asked. and answered the ques.
p ton with, THE juries. I'm every
q county in North Carolina, pro.
q vided the defendant has sufficient
y means to employ the very best
: talent, he can have a jury whC
will think favorably of him. The
: system that permits a defendan
: to peremptorily challenge 2:
jurors for no reason at all il
4 wrong, he said, for it gives tn,
N defendant an advantage over tn,
r. State. A good lawyer knows
= every man in the county b,
: name and knows exactly wha
his views are as to capital pun
% ishment, and may select onl,
~ those who are favorable to hi
n case. Judge Neal does not be
% lieve the lawyers are dishonest
r they are far from it, and in ever
TO moral movement are in the van
70 The jurors, too, are honest, h
r. said, but some people are NOR
mr. sympathetic than others an
# make conviction all the harder
OF Tabernacle Notes and Personal
liz Correspondence of The Robesonian.
a The prOtracted meeting is &c
gu ing on at lions Tabernacle thi
Or week.
e., Mr.. George Regain and his sis
% ter, Miss Lila, passed throug
70 here Saturday. Mr.. Kelly Res
Ia d an and Miss Annie B. Blackwe
ne ne visited at the home of Mr.. J. W
vi Kinlaw Sunday afternoon. %
-, ~ Messrs. Wilson and J.E. Kin
* * law, of Tar Heel, spent Sunday
Ia "a this vicinity. Mrs. J. w. Sin
I If is visiting at the home of M
~ Jim Kinlaw this week. -Messr
81 In } R. and N, T. KinIaw made
IL flying trip to st. Pauls today {
~, business.
ire Mr.. Edward Kinlaw, of Boar
,gs man, is visiting friends and rel
,on tives in this community tn
Id week.
ing Mr.. ]. r. Kinlaw made a fl
en-, ing trip to LumbertOn Saturd;
ere on business.
1ey Mr.. William Malone and daug
Die; tiers. Misses Polly and Lena,
you the Ten Mile section, visited r.
u" atives and friends in this col
red munity Sunday.
Ire, Mr.. Love Chaser, of Tolar
'ln' vile, visited in this vicinity Su
day.
ong Will close with best wishes
Ter. The Robesonian.
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