Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-07-14
MocKERY OF JUSTICE.

DEMONSTRATION methods vogue Tonopah was
"A afforded spectators in the justice yesterday where
travesy justice staged with all the erony of hare
aun striving elicit laugh sawdust The witnesses
were coached the floor persons in the audience who were
left terpe remarks and suggestions that shattered what
little dignity might expect to find associated with crude justice
The attorney Kissed and booted with protest from
the occupant the BENCH and the audience encouraged in
other diversions that showed the court willing to pose IN the
role Of mounteban he successful
1t was merely justice branch of the judicial system OF the
country for little respect best but when the court
demeas the rank of buoon and drags the dignity OF his
Office Of politics he not alone degrade himself but
standing of the law in the of the public The
justice paid by the whole people to administer the law as he
law appears ON the of Nevada His work of pei
fnctory and administrative and he not supposed to
inject the trials OF at bar Inc
statutes with full understanding of the mental limitations Of
candidates primary do seek impose any severe
intellectual cumben of the Office of justice of the peace
requirements do demand endowed with the wisdom
Of Solomon prondy Of Blackstone but the law so con
stuted that any one modcum of will not lose
himself legal labyrinth The justice court contemplated by
the constitution court of equity whose incumbent could refer
weighy subjects filed with perpexes the higher courts for
adjudication bar the occupant of the bench de
ported himself with marked condcenson to the defendant AMI
played part hecorng the prosecution closing with positive
rprmand to the and the district attorney for
having hardhood bring before him member OF the W W.
who admitted having shot and wounded miner
Il make from the evidence that this man the one
the assaung the justice summed up at the conclusion
session which there denial OF the facts eed
by district attorney Then ecoleetng he ufyng hm
SELF he quickly added THAT is just personal opinion about it
Then he defendant with freshly Numbered character
with permission shoot the and return fo
another judicial cleanup
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preaching page and violence for the pas
month
The burlesque actual Tonopah 1t was
not farce comedy paygoers 1t colo
concrete illustration of what always follow of supne
ness among Through failure support other and
fitting candidates conoca given the rens of author
drive taxpayers desperation The voters
responsible any abortion of justice that under such
When par from the ums Of Sacramento countenance
and told free and continue hi
he prone overlook the implied invitation
to do he please and laugh at the law
Tonopah has had wonderfully erude illustrations
judicial incompetence but this the worst of all Not long
public resort Next day 1920 during the hoida
making another muced 300 for shooting fit
anger another shot another quarrel his wife and
held in the county Jail the of W w there
delaying the upr from continuing hi
public proselytng browbeatng matchmaking and intimidation CO
ercon receives justice community be
comes the laughing country because the whm of
accidental that there Tonopah tn
criminal is |. W. w
Since declaration has been issued by the court is abou
officers demonstrate they not
sympathy with awbreakes by insisting dsrmng and punsn
every man concealed weapon his possession The
know find prctex for acquittn
themselves and they should
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