The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-04
JUDGE ADAMS OF ASHEVuuE IS
CHAMPION JUSTICE DISPENSER
administers Simon-Pure Unadulterated Kind coo,,. y
Evade No Responsibilities-Wiped Out Social Evil
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Himself Juvenile Court
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tuetice, S11nOn-pure, unaQulterated, |
not hst-I-want justice, Judge Junius
curt. Is the champion administered |
- the champion administered. The
nn. with a grudge will tell you that,
"evidcnce or no evidence" his Honor
.vercises his p~rerOgative Of admins
terjnc on every S that is called
m his court.
An English barrister, whose client
had lust been convicted by a jury, re-
fused to pursue the accepted method
If lawyers in such a predicament-
"anpeal. or cuss the court; but
sought out one of the jurors. and in
olired Of the sturdy yeoman: "Mr.
Juror. in returning that verdict of
guilty. VIA had the most weight
NTH you-the evidence Of the wit
nesses, the argument Of counsel or
,he charge Of the COURT" To which
The Juror replied: Mister, none Of
them things count with me. When
n man Is brought to trial, l seq to
myself, if We amt done nOthin'.
watcher dom here? and l find 'em all
guilty"
The members Of the "Things-Are-
Not Like They Used to-be- in-Ashe-
vile Club will tell you that Judge
Adams is often prompted by the same
instinct, in passing upon the guilt or
innocence Of defendants hailed into
police court. IF we were to believe
the pleas of mo guilty which are
offered to police justices and COM
hitting magistrates all over the world,
We would consider our day a marvel
of injured innocence" Administer
ing upon the thousands of pleas
NEARLY four thousand annually in
Ashevile) is a task which would tax
the patience Of Aristides the Just, il
that dignitary we're living and pre-
siding over the police court of a COS
mopolitan city today.
Has Had Experience.
When Judge Adams asked the peO-
ple Of Asheville to elect him police
justice, he well knew the nature of
the work he was taking upon himself,
nor has he ever attempted to evade
the responsibilities Of his Office. Ad-
ministering with him is instructive.
Al the age OF twenty-three, he was
chairman Of the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee Of the city Of Ashe-
vile, being the youngest man who
ever held that position. He comes of
al race Of lawyers. Judge Joseph
was one of the ablest ~jurists who eve.
presided over a North Carolina court.
it Is proverbal that the young col
lege graduate takes up his life work
with the burden Of an Atlas resting
upon his shoulders, and that the man
with a vision is the man who accom-
plisheS things.
Admitted to the Bar in 1906, Judge
Adams was not willing to wait for a
remunerative position in which he
could serve the people of his home
city. but served as substitute police
justice for two years without COM
penSation. during which period he
decided hat the police justiceship or
tered an excellent opportunity for
real service; and, in May. 1911, he
announced himself a candidate FOL
the position. He entered the three
corncred race against the advice OF
many of his friends. contesting fol
the horor with one of the ablest and
most resourceful politicians OF the
city.
Makes Prohibition Prohibit.
Asheville had voted in favor Of pro
hihition in 1907, and the State as 6
whole was voted dry in 1908. At tht
time Judge Adams went on the bench
'hl1nd tigers" In the blind tiger DuSl
ness, the negro was made the scape'
goat. as the negro ever has been tn
%Scapegoat Of the designing politician
dhd men who work in the dark. !
was very apparent to police court OF
hcials that the negroes were beln'
furnished whiskey for sale by WHIT
men i'll Asheville. who were able L
buy it by the barrel or in carloa'
lots, and who were evidently reapln'
rich profit from the sales OF thel
supplies. These men not only en-
,oyed immense profits from the sale
made by negro "bootleggers," but the
hoped to discredit h prohlbitlol
laws. and build up a sentiment in Ia
Nor of the return Of the open saloor
That clue was the beginning OF TN
"ld. Judge Adams was not Wlliln
mat the negro and poor white me
should he punished for violating Tn
law at the instigation n by the pro
rurement Of men whose servants the
We're: and he set about. with the al
Ut the police force. to find the me
higher up" This was an almost III
possible task until the Legislature {
1911 passed the search and seluI
act. When that act went into eHec
Judge Adams instructed the police