The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-10

years up 10 tnoI umos ana tnOu8n IL
provided for punishment by imprison-
ment, as well 40 by fine. not . single
Judge In the state had ever imposed
prison sentence.
Nobody dreamed that any Judge
then on the bench would sentence
such influential clients Of such pow
erful trust lawyers to the workhouse.
But one did.
Judge Reynolds r. Kinkade hap
pened to be sitting on the common
pleas bench and In charge OF the
criminal docket when the Ice men
pleaded guilty. He severely lectured
them from the bench and sentenced
them to serve six months IN the work
house.
Then the storm broke. The big
trust lawyers with pull were In q
hole. There was no appeal. for the
men had pleaded guilty. There was
only one chance to keep the ice man
out OF the workhouse. and that was to
get the case. somehow. before the
next higher court. AZ
That chance was taken. II was an
attack on Judge Kinkade These
lawyers made a charge OF miscon-
duct against the trial Judge, making
AFFIDAVIT to the effect that Judge Kin
kade had promised them secretly that
IL they would persuade their clients
to plead guilty, ne would agree to
make imprisonment no part of his
sentence.
The judge denounced the charges
from the bench az being false a.
hell" and sentenced two OF the big
trust lawyers to Jail for contempt OF
court. They were saved by the cir
cult court. and the ice cases carried
to. the supreme court. The supreme
court couldn't we'll declare the anti
trust law unconstitutional, as II had
twice before declared 1t to be con-
stitutional.
But that wise old supreme court
found a loophole. II found that the
Judge had no right to sentence them
to the workhouse. but could send
them to jail. They were sent back
for re-sentence, and finally did 70 to
jail and do time.
In the meantime Judge Kinkade
forced a showdown, and made the big
trust lawyers come into court on their
charges against him. A Cleveland
Judge was sent to Toledo to conduct
the hearing. The lawyers couldn't
prove their charges. Judge Kinkade
was indicated and the lawyers shown
up In their true light
This fight resulted in much aRita-
ton. II showed the courts up to the
people-or ut least the arrogance Of
some corporation lawyers.
Men Of all parties nominated Judge
Kinkade by petition on an independ.
ent ticket for circuit Judge. Three
Independent candidates were nomin-
ated for the common pleas bench in
the same manner. An attempt vas
made to indorse Kinkade and the
other independent judicial candidates
at the Democratic judicial conven-
ton.
The Republican trust lawyers got
busy. They called to their aid all
Democratic corporation lawyers In
this and outside counties, sent q train
load of hired political heeiers from
Toledo to the convention at Port Clin-
ton, 80 miles away, and In one of the
most disgraceful political conventions
ever held In Ohio prevented the in
dorsement.
Judge Kinkade, however, ran on
the independent ticket. There are sew.
EN- counties beside Lucas In this cir.
cult court district. Republican and
Democratic corporation lawyers, a.
well as the bosses and party organs
of both parties combined against Kin
kade. In the outside counties neither
the Democratic nor the Republican