The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-09
FREEDOM OF The PRESS

fined the $500 him the
jail for thirty limit of the law and fined three members of
py stay Of Judgment granted to permit taking the case the M
highest
court the state before the dum Of Judge Lewis will be accepted
publican giving of the case when it called for trial printed
contempt and ordered the district attorney draw affidavit to cite this
When Th0ne trial The Herald published the
confession of The this The Herald Repub
was cited ior contempt together with three OF It's employees ana the
The FDTS1n P tb uSpe ITis is wrong and will not
accept his view binding until the court of the state reviews the
sion it would be possible for district Judge to suppress every item news
Judge Lewis
vent the publication Of this state or county officer might ebeze
@ judge could prevent publication the fact and thus prevent the knOw
edge from being given the people would to arrest
the editor and Onfscate the plant occasionally Russia An
In the correction Of every intelligent man knows that publicity the
glare MONDAY sun falls upon them so evils
white hh Of publicity is turned Their way Judge Lewis position
Suppose public officer should embezzl funds of the
judge and apply
publication would mDde the task Of securing jury Suppose this
Judge inoeTsn stepped and inflated with brief authority
would happen Would the people of Utah endure this7
the the
people OF Utah want the 1sPPsTs in the m placed on par
come the sOS of what facts the people shall read and what they shall
Do the
ase and arrogant Judge to establish himself the editors office of their
Porter Charlton has been arrested New York and has confessed the
Should Charlton be placed on trial in this country for
shed for contempt Of court if Judge Lewis ruling is eoee "
The does not believe that this libertyvng state
right does believe that his ruling with the constitution
until the supreme court Of Utah saws that does not have that right
rights under the dOn which provided punishment by fine
aid in so doing any false writing
s as P sds t o tbe United f1 'a sta states
John Adams ey abnmay of his ind
Criticism of his sacred person newspaper meant
out and the articles PRINTED Were not mo 5 s was attacked excitement
bht S t became intense and history tells US that
did than anything else to cause the down
There are libel laws in Utah Union keep
within bounds If has been Wronged by
law The libel laws Utah are
whether public private life If
Th ia sT.v ndfnI IF these laws and of the rights
the people just mindful of its rights however and will not
submi to arbitrary to
contempt probably kind record Certainly
Herald Republican the ThOrne and Riley
exercised by them even before the amendment made to the constitution of
the United States prohibiting legislation a6dng the freedom of speech
Hyde trial in City
Of Colonel swOpe the Associated Press sent advance of the
Kansas 9 CITY no pd the s dy tS @ nS ur f S TS
practically
Inns was true Of the celebrated Thw case and OF scores OF murder cases
Judge Lewis framed the Republican
the pes be By ad Rs T's
public concerning crimes com
commit crimes there no
yesterday Judge from the bench that
IN his seven years OF experience judge in Utah he had before
printed the ThOne confession that the Judge Lewis
this county of any interest since there were
in Utah that the newspapers for the information Of their read
As matter Of fact no real newspaper considers its announcement of
less carries with resume Of the case in order that its readers
judge before fit question this
practice.
will go to the Of the stat: There
there The Herald willing submit its rights