The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-31
JUDGE HINES URGES
RAIDS ON ALL CLUBS
SAYS ATLANTA BAR ASSOCIA-
TON SHOULD ALSO HAVE
HOUSE CLEANING.
DEALS SEVERELY WITH BOYKIN
Lawyer in Bunco Probe Creates Quite
a Stir When Addressing Commit
tee. Declared to Be One of Ablest
Efforts in His Legal Career.

ATLANTA, Ga.--Judge James K.
Hines assertion in the course of his
argument before the bunco probe COM
mittee of city council, that the Atlanta
bar association ought to have gen
eral house cleaning" has created quite
stir among the lawyers Of the city.
Though he mentioned no names it
was generally understood that Judge
Hines had reference to Attorney Jo-
seph O. Ewing and Attorney John Y
Smith, who represented Floyd Wood
ward and other members of the bunco
ring when they became involved in
arrests or court trials. They were law
partners, according to their testimony
before the committee, but Ewing did
the most of the actual work for mem
bers of the syndicate, such as obtain
ing release from police headquarters
on small cash collaterals, arranging
bonds with Solicitor Boykin, entering
pleas of guilty, working up evidence,
etc.
Why Law Is Not Enforced.
Judge Hines further declared that
he thought Attorney Ewing had been
put in rather unfair position by At
torney Smith, in that the former has
taken a prominent part in the bunco
controversy, while the latter has re-
manned in the background.
Judge Hines argument before the
probe committee ran approximately
two hours and was one of the ablest
efforts of his legal career, according
to lawyers hearing it who have heard
him in other forums and before other
tribunals.
The judge dealt severely with Soiici-
tor Boykin for promising immunity
to members of the bunco syndicate,
pickpockets, gamblers and crooks of
divers other kinds. He declared that
the laws of Georgia do not authorize
ernor to grant immunity.
ed" by Solicitor Boykin, in somewhat
the same way that Georgia is being
slandered by some others he could
mention"
In regard to the enforcement of
the prohibition laws, which was one
of the main points of criticism by
Solicitor Boykin, Judge Hines declar-
ed that there are obvious reasons
why the police have difficulty in pun
ishing violators.
Raid the Clubs.
THE trouble with the prohibition
law" said Judge Hines, "is that rich
and prominent and influential people
think they can go on drinking their
liquor, while the poor obscure and un-
influential bear the brunt of punish
ment under the prohibition law If |
were Chief Poole | would begin my
campaign of prohibition law enforce
ment by raiding the Capital City, the
Piedmont Driving, the Druid Hills and
other fashionable clubs. If the rich
customers of TIE bootleggers were put
out of business the bottleggers could
not continue in business"
Insofar as the bunco operations were
concerned Judge Hines asserted that
the success of the Atlanta police in
dealing with con men was about on
a par with the success OF the police
in other cities infested with this type
of crooks. He said the invariable pro-
cedure of the con men after robbing
a victim was to ship him hastily out
OF the city, then for the men who
handled him to leave the city them
selves, and thereby at once cover the
trail.