Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-12-07
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
NEED MORE HELP
Says Daugherty In Annual Re-
port. Expatiating at Length
on increase in Operations
(Associated Press)

Washington, Dec. "A new
basic judicial organization, tc
meet the augmented work which
has resulted from the "ever-in-
creasitlg cornplexity of govern
ment," was suggested by Attor-
ney General Daugherty in his
annual report, made public here
today, on the operations of the
Department of Justice. Noting
that. 60,722 criminal cases were
begun in the last fiscal year, the
report declared the point was
beng approached where re-
vamping Of the machinery used
i'll this work is inevitable
Adoption of some method by
which the government could re-
tain attorneys who have special
knowledge of government mat
tiers in addition to legal training,
was one of the several sugges-
tons advanced by Mr.. Daugher-
ty. The recently enacted legisia-
tion providing additional Judges
should help the situation, he said,
but probably will not entirely
remedy It.
The failure Of local self gov
crnment Ill parts Of the coun-
try" the report said, results i'll
tie insistepce of the citizens OF
those communities that the fed
cral government perform that
function in which the local gov
eTnment mas failed and frequent
" in matters where there is con-
current jurisdiction between the
state and federal government it
is difficult to establish a policy
as to the extent to which the fed
eral government should take jur-
iSdiction. This is peculiarly true
OF offenses arising under the fed
eral reserve act, the narcotic act,
the Eolstead act and the posta
frauds act. There has been al.
effort on the part of this division
drlding this fiscal year to have
the United States attorneys and
the state prosecuting attorneys
meet from time to time for the
purpose of cooperation. Evil
dence OF the benefits of these
meetings is overwhelming.
The existing procedure fol
the removal of a defendant to
the Jurisdiction where the criml
was committed is unduly crm-
bersome and results in unjusti-
fed delay and injustice. Under
such procedure the trial is fre
quently delayed from one to two
years.
The report made no comment
oil the railroad injunction case
and merely noted the legal situ-
alton arising out of enforcement
Of the prohibition statutes OUT
side the continental limits OF
the United States.
Since the 18th amendment OF
the Constitution and Title Two
of the National Prohibition Act
became effective" it said, rum
running vessels of American anG
foreign registry, carrying liquor
from foreign ports to our shores,
have swarmed along our sea-
boards, smuggling liquors into
the United States in violation OF
cur laws.
Eighteen vessels of foreign
registry and II of American reg
istry with their cargoes of liquor
have been seized. No American
owned vessel can transport bev-
elage liquors. Foreign registe.--I
ed vessels can not transport bev-
erage liquors within American
territorial waters. OF the 18I
foreign registered vessels seized,
10 were found transporting and
smuggling liquors within the s.
mile limit of our shores. The
remaining 8 foreign vessels seiz-
ed were novering off our shores
beyond the Smile limit, bur
within the 4-league zone of our
shore line and unloading their
cargoes to other boats to be
brought ashore in violation of
our statutes known as the how
ering acts.
The lowering statutes (Rev.
Stat. 1867 and others) provide
that no vessel bound to our ports
shall unload merchandise with1H
4 leagues of our shores, unless
by permit, without incurring a
penalty against the captain, to
satisfy which the vessel may be
subjected to forfeiture.
Foreign governments protest
seizure of their vessels thus vio-
lating cur revenue laws and
smuggling liquors to our shore,
because international law does