Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-09-26
RIGID LAW A DETR1MENT TO CRIME

The following from the Churchill Standar
will give food for thought Read it then thin
about it:
Though guilty of crime person need
not go to Jail in Nevada. He appeals,
puts up bond and goes through the high
ways and byways as freely as persons not
charged with wrong doing The culprts
freedom may last fol- months or even years,
they may die natural deaths with indct-
ments hanging over their heads We have
shining examples of this condition as re
suit of the numerous bank failures, all
rotten, and those responsible for the wrecks
move about as Serenely as if nothing had
happened
The Rickt.y affair the Frank Golden
affair, and last, the Oscar J. Smith affair.
all tend to make people have little respect
for the laws that allow these offenders
against society to continue to enjoy. libcrty,
where they should have been punished long
ago.
There are too many evasions and hair
splitting that have mpedcd and all but
wrecked the march Of justice III Nevada.
Sure and swift punishment is surely a Diet
riment of crime and protection to society.
1t is Illuminating to note such instances
the ones cited i'll this article, for they
certainly tend to aggravate a condition
that is coming to be worse and worse
time goes along.
lnere Is Il very uc1nllG ana obvious
relation between indulgence Of law break
rrs and the frequency Of law breaking.
The certainty OF rchibuton--the regular
and memorable administration of Justice
the automatic punishment OF crime-theSe
the things that prevent crime The
criminal ought to know that there must
be a due reckoning with the law. When
he knows in advance that through the arts
of hired lawyers. the complaissance of the
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board; he well may expect to escape, what
happens? No one can fail to know. \
premium is placed on lawbreaking and so
'ciety is demoralzing. If there is any any
facts needed to bolster up this line Of
reasoning they easily furnished by the
court records OF Nevada,
The above is gospel thruth, VT truth has Il
weight in law these days. A set on lawyers ca
Job IL man and with Il dishonest judge send hi
to the eternal bow-wows. Or set of lawyer
can pick flaws and find technicalites in most an
of our laws in the Nevada statutes.
Only few days ago one Pistinat, Of Rhyolit
was made the catspaw of a gambling holdup cas-
tried and found guilty and sentenced to on
year in the states prison, and the guilty partit
were the witnesses that convicted him. This
our boosted justice. Bah
While on the other hand. one "Pop" ALE
was caught with the goods on him, saughterin
other peoples cattle and selling Them was al
rested bound over to the grand jury release
ON some writ, with Latin name, by Judg
AvemIl, on the grounds that his court did nc
have jurisdiction. Allen was re-arrested and ha
a hearing before Justice Of the Peace Haywood a
Manhattan and turned Scott free. This is som
more of your boosted Nevada justice.
The Fallon Standard speaks the truth. bu
what's the use? With dishonest judges and di'
trict attorneys crime is laughed at in this glor
Gus state of ours The stealing of millions
condoned and applauded but some poor unfol
tunate man like Gus Pistnat, good citizen VIII
never stole dollar in his life; has always bee
square with his fellowman, is, by negarious tai
tics, sent to felon's cell, while Hickey, Golde
and Smith, foul bank wreckers, enjoying lif
and living on the luxuries of the land.
Again, Nevada justice Bah