The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-19
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ne UNKNOWN tUfuoence.
The Pensacola Journal Of July II. 1913.
recites at length the procesdings Of one
OF the most notorious trials in the an
nails OF the Court Of Record Of Escambia
County The parties being charged with
. most base and criminal. to say the
least. practice. among our good people
OF Pensacola. Florida. And to think that
they have gone unpunisnsd hakes me
wonder what IL the next on the program
for U.s. What was the cause of such an
acQuittal! That 10 the question being
debated In the minds of every man and
woman, especially the fathers and moth
esr OF our fair daughters. Those whom
Cod have chosen to protect that wnscn
Eext to Goodness. Is the most sacred
treasure woman can possess. her
purity and her good name in the COM
munity.
The outcome of the trial in the NAL
practice case leaves one to doubt, MT
the unbiased guilt OF the accused based
on the testimony produced by the stats,
but the UNKNOWN INFLUENCE among
the jurymen in returning a ver0ct OF
NOT GUILTY. The writer does not ac-
cuse the gentlemen who served as jury
roen of failing to dispense JUSTICE In
It's true meaning. The point at issue IN
this article IL that UNKNOWN INFLu-
ENcE which was responsible for the
parties accused going unpublished whetn-
er by trial or by reason of being MOL
PRESSED by the representative OF the
people Of Escambia county.
1t il evident that the testimony pro-
duced by the state. whether it was d.
RECT or CIRCUMSTANTIAL. was sur
ficient to sustain the case Of the state,
but that UNKNOWN INFLUENCE pre-
vailed in defeating the ends Of JUSTICE.
The good men who served ON the jury
were all residents of Escambia county
and among them men who have families.
30 again I say. that their opinions were
swayed in q certain direction and that
they must have acted according to their
convictions.
Turning our attention to the state
fail to see where the state erred in pre-
senting a concrete case Of guilt againJt
the accused but the depiorabie circum-
stances attached to the states side In re-
fusing to file information against other
parties implicated in the case because
they turned states evidence. is poor
proof of the sincerity of the state to
bring to trial all parties accused as ac-
completes in the case. and no doubt was
another factor In the UNKNOWN IN
FLUENcE.
In his charge to the jury the Hon.
c. NJ. Jones. judge Of the court of rec
ord of Escambia county. could not have
Made a palmer or more unbiased charge
to the Jury. and on his charge plus the
evidence given in court should the jury
consider the INNOCENCE OR GUILT OF
THE ACCUSED.
After The smoke OF battle had cleared
We found the existing conditions: name
ly: that most heineous crime had been
committed in the midst of our respec.a-
BILE community. That the PUBLICITY
tending to defame the name OF an un-
fortunate weak woman. and who since
has paid the price, has a glorious victory.
and that those responsible for such an
outrage on humanity. those who have
stopped lower than the most savage
beast the purveyors of crime in our
have been allowed to go un-
punished to resume their nefarious prac-
tice of old and to continue being para
sites OF humanity.
The writer wonders what will become
of us in this age Of enlightenment and
progress If such MOcKERY OF JUSTICE
goes unchallenged in our midst. Please
recall the case of another won. y who
was acquitted in the past Oh charge OF
killing one of Pensacoia's young men
and who again was set free by the eio-
quent recital Of KIPLING'S (MOTHER
o. MINE) the UNKNOWN INFLU-
ENNCE.
AN ASTONISHED CITIZEN.