Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-20

signature of the court and bearing the seal of the court does not in any way appear to. be considered by them. t is a known fact that men who have been convicted of crimes have been released within two days after they have been received at the prison and allowed to go wherever they wished
 ! Others who have committed serious Chimes and who were committed and d statement of facts sent along that stated that they were dangerous and l.Ot to be trusted, have been allowed all sorts of liberties by the prison of tcials and soon made their escapes. fhe statements of facts that have | deen sent along with the commitments lave been shown to the prisoners and tiey Were allowed to make comments in them.
 tRecsntfy the prison superintendent Ind the clerk of the parole board b1la a prominent official of Cochise County that it did not make any diff ference what sentence the court im- posed on man for the crime he had committed, that the board of pardons had inc right to parole or pardon him tie minute he arrived at the prison if they saw it.
 such being the case. what is the use Of the taxpayers of the state be-, ing compelled to pay thousands of dol lars annually to convict men Of the violations of the law, only to De turned loose under the present policy of Governor Hunt and the prison of licials?
 As has been suggested above the law might be amended and this eX- pelse done away with and a great saving made.
 Things nave certainly come to pretty mess when the orders of the courts are entirely disregarGed by the officials sworn to support the Consti- tution of the State of Arizona. Why should the average citizen be compel led to comply with the law when off cials di5obey the orders given by the court over it's seal and signature?
 It is a well known fact that many prisoners committed from Cochise .Ounty have been released from the prison within a very short time after hey have been committed to the
 tate prison and no notice or reason sent to the county officials from where hey were committed or any infOrma-
 ion asked from them as to whether lr not the prisoner should be paroled.
 The word Of number of prisoners ias been taken in preference to the ,tdtement made out and signed by the
 udge of the superior court and county
 sa esf.I
 gainst the wishes of the above named ldicers when they were in a much ,atter position to know whether or 'Ot the prisoner was entitled to iarole than the parole clerk or super ntendent of the prison. who had be- ome acquainted with the prisoner for
 few days after he had arrived there. The time has come for all the good aw-abiding citizens of the state to ,et together and see that the laws f the state are enforced or new ct of officers elected and placed in
 harge that will see that they are. The precedent established by Gov rnor Hunt at the prison is still in oTce notwithstanding that a part Of is pardoning power was taken away
 rom his by the establishing of the
 arole board as is shown by the ,aroles and pardOns that have been 5sued within the past months. According to the parole clerk and le superintendent of the prison, the ttorney general has informed them
 nat they have the right to entirely isregard the sentence imposed by the curt and release the man at once if
 hey so desire.