The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-12-11
JUSTICE !

sti* o4ttH tIe people o. this cOun-
tFy are reminded Of their duty TO the
law and 70 tbase who administer II.
We are told With unvsrying regular
ity thatahe majesty Of the law ought
TO demand an obedience TO its man
aates and that only through such a
course are We made secure in our lives
Rna n our properties. It is pointed
out TO US. from high authorities. that
lack Of appreciation Of these con-
ditions means decaGence and ruin.
Only few days ago President
Roosevelt. III ve-y strong message
to congress. exhorted the people to
cease their attacks on the system Of
Jurisprudence IN the nation and give
70 All Of the courts the very fullest
measure of consideration. On last
Monday. here in this city, Judge Thos.
A. Parker. Of Glynn superior court,
made similar plea. He told the peo-
pie that disregard Of the law. a ten
deney toward lawIessness. was an nn-
mistakable indication of decadence
and ruin He begged the people to
look with favor and with respect to
the lawmaking bodies of the country
and to those charged with tie admin |
istration Of the law
We approved these utterances and
We devoted considerable space in these
columns to the pleasant task Of ap-
plauding such sentiments
We have no apology TO make Tor
those expressions Of approval They
came Spontaneously in the cause Of
well-assumed positions of distinguish
ed officials ana we are always pleased |
to applaud what in our mind seem TO
be high IDEAS, it matters not from
whence they come.
But to the point.
Now Fl the very nature Of things
gan the Iayman be called apon % re-
tpect the Law when those who are I
charged with It's enforcement fail to |
do 50?
Ere the sound y Judge Parker's |
charge had died away there vas
brought into his cours man charged
with a felony; he had forged checks
galore not only in this city. but in
three states 70 our knowledge lie
seems to have possessed the oecom-
pl!shments Of an ali-round crook He
is hailed into Judge Parl;ers court
and enters plea OF guilty TO a charge
Of forgery. No mitigating circum-
stances were brought to the attention
Of the court, This crook. very good
actor, did shed a few tears and stated
that he might be able to do better if
he we're given an opportunity. The
solicitor, moved TO allow the case TO
be removed from the serious offense
of felony to the smaller one eff
misdemeanor, and Judge Parker per-
mitted that motion. to prevail
The News condemns the whole pro.
eeeding.
Forgery IS felony and for that rea-
son the crime Is not often commit
ted. The fear of punishment IS as
great as the hope Of reward and when
the court, ex cathedra, places a pre-
MUM on such crimes We may with
all reason expect more OF them.
sympathy is e beautiful trait Of
character: it is as tays Of sunshine
to those in dark cells, and It has been
said that sympathy is the only friend
that grief can cal, its own" But sym
patty should not go back OF the work
of legislatures and make void It's laws
sympathy should not stalk in the. way
of justice, and it should not remove
from the Goddess Of Justice her hood
She should be blind TO all things save
eyen-handed, honest fair treatment
and when the courts remove the scales
and let sympathy or what not,control.
then the courts err. and err egregious-
ly.
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