The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
LANCASTER CASE IS CONTINUED TO
 INDEFINITE DATE
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cle was called to Judge Wilkinson attention, and he admitted that he had something to do with the prepa- ration of the notes from which they were written. His attention was called to an article headed, How Juries Are Fixed" He said he clipped this article from a Louisville newspaper while he was attending an American Legion meeting, and delivered it to Letson
 When you were before the Marion county grand jury recently, didn't you testify that you knew nothing about the prepara ton of these arti- cles?" Senator Carmichael asked.
 T have no recollection of telling the grand jury I didn't know any thing about the preparation of -hese articles" answered Judge Wilkinson.
 "Honest?" asked Senator Carmi- chael. The state objected. Judge Wilkinson repeated that he had no recollection -Nef having made such statement to the grand jury. He said he told the grand jury he knew nothing about agents working in Marion county He declared that he appeared voluntarily before the grand jury, and that he did not tell Lesson to mail extra copies of the edition.
 On examination by the state, fudge Wilkinson sought to go into the pro- paganda from the beginning, insist Ing that the state had right to counteract the assertions of the de- fense. The court refused.
 Many Defense Witnesses
 The defense had in court a large number of witnesses to testify that although they received copies of the editions as regular subscribers, they also received extra copies, each of which was in a wrapper carrying a Ice stamp.
 When the preliminary statements of attorneys were concluded. and the examination of Judge Wilkinson was practically ended, Judge Duke called Editor Letson before the bar and the stenographic notes show that the fol- lowing examination was made:
 By the court: e. Mr. Letson, are you publisher of the Hamilton News?
 A. Marion County News, yes sir.
 Q. And you published these issues?
 A. Yes sir.
 Q. In which those articles that were read to the court appeared?
 A. Yes sir; yes sir,
 Q. Did it ever occur to you, Mir.
 
 tempt of court in trying to control the verdicts of the jury of the court?
 A. I didn'tZI didn't think I was trying to control the verdcts of the court.
 O. Didn't 1t occur to you that you might be sent to jail and kept there for contempt of court in trying to do that?
 A. have never tried to do thay. judge,
 a. Wasn't that the purpose of those articles?
 A. No sir.
 MT, Wilkinson: Has your honor read those articles?
 The court: I heard of them before I reached the city.
 The court Undressing witness): Mir Letson, you are in contempt of court for having done that; you are interfering with the orderly proceed ings of the court i'll trying to get justice between the state of Alabama and these defenadnts. Now in proper enforcement of the~law does not mean the conviction of defendants; it means the conviction of the guilty and the acquittal of the innocent; it's just as much a proper enforcement of the idN lo dCQuiL dh iitiVRShN AiAH dS u is to convict a guilty man; and to call for a conviction. which is clearly the import of these articles U have read them carefully; l have read them three or> four timcs)-to call for a conviction Is not calling for proper enfc niant of the law. and then to put 4fth a propaganda by mailing to ah iizets or nearly all of the citi- aeA pt he county-all the voters 3ro ah'g of the county-extra mum ber gf sour paper which contained ttes sucles showed clearly an in- t@t our part to reach the entire Dras cf your citizenship with that isiss or propaganda which was en- Teis mproper-entirely improper tHN 4 thought that you did that With a knowledge that it was inn Nopef would confine you in jail dr some length of time. But you say tcu al5nt think so; you say that you
 y'lAh t was proper thing to do. l1 tt Vew of that sact l am con-
 riiaea to let it pass with the un- Aratan1ing that in future you do now that it is improper. That is all.
 solicitor Asks Continuance
 Solicitor Pennington informed the. loaFt that he was unwilling to try inc cases after the developments of tee day and that although he had not cFasatca his associates he believed fiSre should be a continuance until tlB atmosphere cleared But he eaded with the court to permit the siAte 10 go into everything indicat- ma propaganda by either side in- sisgins hat the defense started the
 4aar and that the state ws