The Denver Jewish news., 1920-05-05

warranted. I consider it grave mis-
carriage of justice.
Walter NJ. Appel affirmed: "It is
a gross miscarriage of justice. 1t is
beyond conception that such a verdict
should have been rendered"
Joseph S. Jaffa commented as fol-
lows:
'"The season for the ruthless maui
ing and Staying of Jewish horse and
cattle traders and peddlers seems to
be an open one in Denver. At least
AS far back as l can recall it has
never been closed. How man lik,
ClawsOn could escape punishment L.
beyond me. I did not attend the trial
base my opinion largely upon th.
press reports. The fact that some
of the bullets entered the back of the
murdered man and particularly the
fact that Clawson hid out for many
weeks would seem to me indicative of
his guilt in at Seast some degree
However. in my experience rs n prac-
ticing attorney l have long since con
Guided that God only knows what n
jury is going to do, and l sometimes
think that He, too. must be in doubt
am not s,r,r;soI ot th, ,o,,,;,t
fe,y ro.r ooo a Io,,;s,, o,tr. doo,or
uos slain h,. two r,,,,, -,rf;ons If
was , .blooded murder ana vot
the jury returned verdict of only in
vo,untorv manslouobtor and tho voun,
r,u,s waro froo In n f.u, ,,oo,,s oy,ir
to nrev unop tbe nuh,ic Justic. In
those c,sas bos ,ecomo a moro iola
"As to ony CHARGE or nroir5;c, n,
roelin, op tho nort of J,do, uersev
IN nros;a;no ot th, +r;o, boro no
ccn,ment 70 mako oxcer, to sor that
7 hovo ,,pov, Iu,,ao I1orse,, iptimote,r
I,.. MANY ,oors and ho,,or, hin, =, IN.
n con,h,e opd n, nnricbt iudoo opd
would no ,stop;sbad and d;sonno;pt.
cd to ,oorn that tbero wac onvtbinc
in the record of tho clawsop cose IN
show TINT he exercssed nm unwar
ranted. Influence upon the Jury. With
out strong evidence to show this to
he the case / cannot believe that
Judge Hersey conducted himself in
any way but in an eminently judicial
manner"
Nathaniel Halpern says:
''In the trial of case by jury.
the jury watches very closely the. ac-
tions of the judge to dete, mine wheth
or the accused is guilty or not. In
the Zuckerman case. Judge Herscy
undoubtedly by his conduct and rul-
ings influenced the jury to believe
Clawson had the right to commit the
murder. altho Clawson's own testi-
mony. in my opinion. was sufficient
to convict him. The many remarks
made by Judge Hersey in the trial Of
the case and his illegal rulings, give
strong reason to believe that he in
tended to lay down different stand
ard of law for the trial of a murderer
of a Jew, than that provided by the
law of the land. TO the prejudice of
tbe lives of tbe Jews.
Chor,os c;nsher, modo tho follow
ing statement.
81 was interviewed by Rabbi Hal
rorin and number of the Jewish peo
n,e of tbe West Side They expresse,l
tbeir oninion that Judge Hersey,s at
titude duripp the course of the Claw
son trioI evidenced preat prciudice.
md tbot certain statements made.
osnecioI1v ono statement which was in
substance n criticism Of tbe district
,ttor,ev for having filed charges
opoinst rl.wsop nc In bis opinion
t,oro uos not suffic;ent evidence to
f,,o ,,,oh o,,roo Tbis stotomop+ of
1,,doo Iersev was i,ternretcd bv the
,no,,,o who iptorr;owed mo nc be;np
cono,ns;vo ev;dopce of Judpe FJersey's
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