The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-17

~ previous articles 81 fhis suhiect
fha writer haH attempted 30 ahnN n
waste Of time and money incurred by
tha uae az oar worn out sysiem 81
procedure n or trial conrfs ThiH
ariiela win attempt fo show the very
unnecessary delays Ga Esttlnw Grim
fHni ease M % oar appellate ~ Hu-
Hrnme court for review.
Most ~ nuf raurs procedure Chat
taa become - ~ statutes. Was en-
arte1 ln 1873 and 1873 o. haa hsf1
amended and re-amended nf every
session 81 tne legislature 8u enme naF
~ anothaF An nci 81 the Legislature
Ooh ts13 authorised eur supreme court
o. make rules Enverninw - own pro-
cedurn and ~ fhe luwer courts These
rules we're Published that year ~ ere
ftzh Ffortda CosIrt Reports. and those
rBiea governing the trial r1urt= have
not been revised since that time.
Probably the reason 81 that each SEES
Einn ~ ihe legislature ana enacted
iaws en- ne subject tin ~ present
81 - almost impossible % tell whst
tha rules ~ che l0wer courts really
aFe.
orr whole system - court pro~e-
dare needs rfgn0delinr iris shouie
- dome I'm The interest * persons wha
arr charged eita crime. ~ wei ~
tknaa who desire e. $50 the Law en-
forced. n nhouia he done IN the M
fafnst ~ 81 ntiRants ard the tax
payer
The writer finds upon lneestigatin~
ere records that the AVERAGE murder
aaee - presented % the supreme court
from ten % twelve months after tna
crime 10 committed. aud Sd some eiGraf
that lonw after verdict ard sentensa
Under our statutes there is no HIATT
ation ~ tne time within which eritf
~ erruF to enc auprnma SQUIRT can hs
sued oat "a erifninai caaas and ne iimit.
ati0n - 10 fha nulnber d "a perfect
81 Legal umaaf oir svstem for a Per
enn r. w1e aut a Wrif ~ aFrur mua AZ
80 esulrsfica sue orr hnother tll anf
number mlwht b. aatAinsa and eacf
nne ln fufu allowed co e1tre--.tha
time extending even ever several
gearg Thua person nav re iu iai
teaF aftor year unlaae 1iH case IL hHii.
able ana ne Furnishes me proper cup.
orsedeas houa
Under Our STATUTES wftl ~ rTra'
@ nnae fetafnmhle in nuf ie@s tnaf
thirty nor more .hsn niuetN caFa lf
fef a. a. issiei--in other word.s tha
So TIRE date between Nnirh tha reoaF.
must - filed win enc suufena culrf
Iteu ne person anpeaNns II allu-Fe'
thirty days after the rec1rd - miai
~ which To- aia Ms brief. and the Htat0
BIAS fweniy DAYS more in wnich 60 on.
fa hrief. and Their lf fhe appellant a.
Hea be- has tive dHga additional q
fin raniF urIaf Then che case b
rsaHH fer review ~ fae supreme court
lt haH taken che uaHe almost sl
manfhn even where there Is no un
NH.af DELAYS. to rei from fta lowe
faarf to tae supreme coufl oar ga
prone court usually dariaea erlm
inai case rs hess than ten DAYS aftn
iha briefs are n.ed aua finally MAJ
ready. And f should he stated lua
here that the supreme court IA noe re-
eponsIbio for any delays which IN
statutes auow and provide for--eNosp
possibly when ere issues are made NJ
during me tuo months ~ summer va
gailon.
oar court procedure. except wher
iha statutes provide. - taken Amos
wholly from ths common lac ~ Ems
LAND. a. n was kuown and practices
at the time of our separation from 90
mother country. EuEland has beai
gradually changiaE ere system. vi
borrowed lonN ago and Ia zoos. prac
fcaiiy abolished the oid criminal egur
procedure and created a new syater
commensurate With me demands q
Justice Iuaae william n. Gemml
saws Tn the ala hundred crimina
cases that have been before the cour
81 criminal appeals 90 England niuc
iia creation ln May. 1905. tho ayeraE
time that has elapsed between GA
date ~ conviction and the final Dis
position ln the court 90 appeal h lee
than four weeks so wonder TIA
there are bat foW eases ~ murdaf d
England The same writer says tha
tha ineomnefency ~ ne Judges % q
lower courts ia the main obstacle MOI
o. ha overcome. A. stated In prev
iona articio. "a il not the severity
era punishment that tends to prever
crime. but q is TIE ahsolute eertaAn,
und swiftnass nf o."
We have adopted the common Ia
procedure Ca florida. secfion 80 ser
eraI statutes provide thai the ouulfno
and statute AVS or England who
are 81 q nenerai and not local pa
fure doen 60 tire Fourth ~ iuH. alf
are declared "a - 81 force r. ~
state where they are not En- conih0
with cur statutes ana constitution
fsrm 81 government Common law
deamlnea a. follows. IA means bot
are eammea luW - Enatand a. oi
posed o. statutes or written haw ah
thoan statutes passed before ne in
migration of me arst settlers O. Ana'
Sea-"
Our supreme court % Fiorifa ~
Occasion 10 imfnruret this section vi
rsfarunce 60 our procedure m TIE cal
"a stuart W. q and q. q. Co. IS 20
laa. page 80. decided recently,
foi.oeH ~The principles 81 ere con
mae law. when not modified hT 81
nrsaa cnacfmunta or rules 90 b. a
rnnmIfnmemgm 81 our government
conditions are IN force 81 part
.ths system of avs and rules ~ 81
rranrn In thia state
The common iaw mode 81 proeedu
fa heauttfm ard abrasive ulei nl
n. fhe elder Florlda lawyers Hho na'
aaane weda~d 90 lta uWe and thNT a.
Hsaths as give n up y So trad
.tnnaHv foundsd In iustlee. hut whi
.a.. a. sfann HaFErH and Ia fmH anw