The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
] Ji)GE WALTER CLARK
70 THE, LAWYERS

procedure in North Carolina, and a.
lied matters and problems, and his
+ PAPER p~epal ed for the Bar associa-
0 I copy Of which was carried in
/ The Daily News yesterday, on reform
II law and procedure is document
/ sila5 "l-l repay careful study. Jude
Ciar7l pointed out many particulars
ii which the need Of reform is ur-
sent, and he offered remedial Gnea-
] s1res designed to meet all the abuses
i and delinquenc;es which he men
toned.
JcdGe Clark took pains to verify
statements that have been made for
/ : number Of years IS to crimes of
/ violence in North Carolnl. North
Carolina last year had 189 trials for
! homicide. There We're were 1876
trials for homicide in 1893, and there
were, according to census reports in
/ fact ES5 honllcides committed in the
/ state. Last year, Judge Clark
thinks we n1nst have had on the sane
! basis nearly 500 homicides IN North
+ Carolina. IN England and Wales,
with 20 million Inhabitants, there
were about 70 hemicides in that
year. TIE bare facts OF the conclu-
sion are that We |.ave in the state of
North Carolina at least 70 homicides
! fer every cue committed in England
and Wales; and the ratio holds sub
stantialiy in comparison with Germa-
many c1d France In Sicily, with
Is Ve1tattas. its notorious organiza-
! tons Of ofIcnse and stea2thy yenge-
arcc.- there are committed about
half as many hcnicides, in proper
tier: t. population IS in North Caro-
1ina.
zudge Clark might have extended
! the comparison IS Letween the Uni
i ted States IS a whole ard these coun-
tr.es, and indeed, between the Uni
/ ted States and The Dominion OF Can
+ ada. across aa imaginary line, He
saia3ls ha~e uaIe any number Of IN
tercstiD& comparisons as between
! the various states; but it is after ali
the alfa'rs Of our own state which
; concerns US, ard he wet on as far
IS necessary to prove incontroverti-
bly, tEa5 we are q people Of blood.
. 1t is uSeIea to be sensitive about
the exposure Of these matters" says
the chief justice. They have been
discussed and considered il publica-
tions throughout Europe aud the
Dgl thera states. II 9 recent opin-
ion Of our court / made 3 reference
t-t1o2l OF my personal responsible
t. md not IS distinctly as I nov do,
!. and yet some Of my bretheren were
doubtful that should do SO. It is
not wise &c suppress Or to resent the
faeas."
If we IS 2 people, living in tie
t~en.izth century after Christ, ii an
arc Of ideals, ard altruisn, and in
! sa,iectuai attainment; uldcr lie SOW
erc;gaty o2 the peorla, delegated
trough the courts Of law feel any
) ting Of shame and Of reproach On
!, account Of these facts, certainly it s
J f4tiie to try and ignore them and
!, iE l1at sense Of shame has any ming
: ling Of h0pa for changed conditions,
: or any desire for them. These
: truths should stand frankly op5n,
and become 3 part Of the common
o. ace knowledge Of every man and
woman and child. We, the people
: Of North Carolina, proud Ct lineage
claiming q superior strain OF Anglo
Saxon blood, unminglcd, as in the
c.se OF many Of our sister states
with lhOee OF other races; we people
Of. Enolish, Scotch, Irish, German
ai7d Dutch ancestry, descendants OF
fraen ana women who lived lives Of
suffering for conscience's sake, are {
5loodE-handed people.
: Why Is IL? What are the mair
Z reasens2 Judge Clark, as a man G
5 ne iaw aud the courts, points ou
defects in these processes which hs
be..evce 10 answer that question IL
greater or less degree. He speak
2 IS lawyer to lawyers; moreover
g re e@aaks within his brief. Bat VI
& woucar to what extent, in his opin
ion, as Philosopher and 2 studen
. o5 men, Judge Clark would hol'
= that these matters are involved L
. tha wnolc proposition SIS to the prey
: ale-ce Of crime OF this character i
eur state? What can We, as g pee
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