The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-30
DsNts 10 JUDGMENT THROUGH
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has Neen round by the wo'ne" VI
california, who. according 10 the III
ier,,ewe with the firnt women jurors
tn thai ntatu. avnwedly eeck TO nd
n,tniater mattoe IN the abstract, ana
not IA the concrete. For Instance
,nlil,n tho average male. who Is con
tent to find the defendant guilty III
MOI guilty OF the express charge III
the indictment MS by the statutes Is
made and provided the cterha'
f,m,n,n, insists on considering each
individual case ION general primer
pies"
nh, California women size up n
whole ease: they don't care whethef
n defendant Is technically guii'y'
,hov only ask: SHOULD he be pun
ished?"
Yes. Justice has taken the pahd-
age from her eyes and has Kickeu
the scales into the scrap heap one
has picked up war bludgeoh anu
has gone on the warpath to see to IL
..,, ,., man mr. woman gets
what is coming to him or her, With
out fear or favor
Never more let it be said that
Justice is blind.
In DAILY City, just across the couh-
ty from San Francisco, jury OF
women found another woman guilty
of malicious mischief in breaking
the window in neighbours home
with a rock.
This jury held that, inasmuch as
the plaintiff commended that the de-
PENDANT aimed at the window ana
broke it, the defendant could not De
guilty. because a necessary element
of n crime is criminal intent, ana
that criminal intent in such case
would be impossible, because the fact
that she broke the window proved
that she did not aim
at it.
Solomon is reincarnated. John
Marshall and the wonderful Storey
would have to admit that the con-
clusion of these women jurors and
the geometrical steps they used IN
reaching this verdict, are faultless.
In Southern California, a jury OF
women at Watts, suburb OF Los
Angeles. tried an editor charged with
publishing bad language in his news
paper. The editor accused a trustee
of applying vile epithets to him ana
printed the string of obscenity. The
jury of II women held that the
words were no worse than what they
beheld IN front of saloons as they walk
ed along the streets of Watts, and
that the prosecutor and the Judge
might better see to it that the ears
of women and children weren't in
suited on the streets by ioul-mouth-
ed men, than to devote their time
to prosecuting a courageous editor,
and attempting to strangle the Iree
press of the commonwealth.
Therefore, they acquitted the edi-
tor in a written verdict in winch
they informed the Judge that unless
he ordered the prosecutor to arrest
and prosecute the trustee who had
cursed the editor, they would forth
with circulate a recall petition.
When the court flew into a rage
and said such a verdict was pre-
posterous and in defiance of law and
order. and when the judge threaten
ed to fine the women jurors for con-
tempt of court in attempting to In
timidate him, the women solemnly
filed out of the courtroom, and after
an executive session on the pave
ment, demanded that the judge issue
warrants for the arrest of himself,
on charges of insulting women in
a public place and also obstructlng
justice by threatening jurors in the
performance of their duty.
The judge threw up his hands,
finally broke into roar of laughter,
humbly apologized to the women for
being alive, assured them that he
had the greatest respect in the world
for women and knew they were all
perfect ladies, but said he had enough
of the bench in California and would
resign his position rather than sit in
another case with jury of women.
The Judge resigned that night.
The next day the II women jurors
circulated a petition demanding of
this man that he go back to the
bench instanter. 1t was contended
that he had no right to desert an
office without the consent of the ma
iority of the electors after he had
be en- chosen for the office.
The Judge reconsidered his resig-
nation and went back to MS 1op.-
Idaho Statesman.