The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-18

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Entered :: the Pos,oree a. Manning ~ Sec
ond Class c;a:.cs.
Oh, THESE TECHNICAL LAWYERS!
One of the causes of complaint
against the courts is the techni
calieies resorted to by Shrewd
lawyers to block justice. 4 man
of wealth was convicted of wife
murder in Union county, and the
jury found him guilty with rec
ommendatlon TO mercy, the court
sentenced him to life imprison
ment, bat his money has so far
kept him from the penitentiary.
and, there is no telling how much
longer his wealth will serve him
in defeating justice: as we have
frequently observed, as long as
the purse holds out to pay, law
yers will continue to thwart the
will of the juries, the people, or
the justice that is demanded for
public safety. The case of W. T.
Jones is one of the most horrible
crimes known to the criminal his
tory of this State, Jones is a man
of great wealth, and the testi.
mony in the case showed he treat
ed his wife worse than tend
would treat a dog, he not only
beat he;, but he made every eff
fort that a fend incarnate could
devise to compromise her, so he
could catch her, and haye an ex-
cuse to kill her. He finally TO rid
himself of the wife he had vowed
to protect, and cherish, admin
istered poison. Just why jury
recommended the man to mercy
Is a mystery, he was either guilty
of diabolical murder or limo
cent, but the jury made the reco-
mmendaticn, and ever since then
the case has been dragged around
in the courts. The supreme court
confirmed the verdict of the low
er court, but instead Of the case
being ended, and the man going
to the penitentiary, circoit
Judge grants an order staying ex-
ecution of the sentence, but later
revokes that order, then Jones'
lawyers jump into an automobile.
run from Spartanburg to Green
vile where they fnd another cir
cuit Judge, and he grants the or
der to stay the execution Of the
sentence. The lawyers viii argue
for 8 new trial, and If the judge
refuses it they will again appeal
TO the supreme court, and con-
tinue this performance until
Jones' money gives out.
If Jones had been q mar with
ont means he would now be hll-
ing out the sentence of the court.
Therefore there is just ground for
complaint ny the people that the
courts favor the rich: it is this
that makes onr people fee. unsafe
and lose faith in what should be
the bu!wark of their liberty, and,
it IS this feeling Of the people.
when an emergency arises, they
take the law into their own hands,
and resort to 1yGching.
It is a common saying, q poor
man cannot get justice in the
courts. because the rich man has
the money to hire lawyers, who
for the money, will play hide and
seek with justice, even though it
spells ruiz to the taxpayers gen.
orally, in court expenses. Every
man is entitled to a fair and i'm
partial trial when charged with
an ofense, or if his property
rights are involved, but when he
has had that trial to further har-
ass for the purposes Of delay, and
by money-force wear out a poor
man, it is wrong, and it should
not be tolerated. We have in
mind a case that was tried before
a jury, a verdict rendered for
much less tnan was asked for,
and yet, the winner Of the YER
dict, who is a poor man, is forced
TO further follow the case to su
preme court, put to the expense
Of paying lawyers fees; if the ap-
pealing party loses before that
court and has the verdict to pay
finally, it will take all o. the yer
dict the poor man won to pay the
expense. There should be some
way Of getting the legislature to
frame some way to have Justice
more evenly administered.
A BREAK .MIEEEI.
Presiden. Taft's cabinet is get
ting him into trouble, and it
would not surprise Us in the least
for a house cleaning TO be made
right soon. The President has an
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