The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1922-04-27
JUSTICE AND THE LAW.

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mately, that our country has 40,
100000 people without sense. 90
i ing to a final conclusion, upward
about 100000 have brains OF
whom devolves the duty OF al
forms of government, church ano
business. Among the profession
ais with an intelligence test
marked Every superior, who
dictate the amenities and hor
nets nests of life all the way
along, stands, like rock Gibral;
tar, the lawyer Behind this IN
dividual is the accumulate" " wis
dom of ages out of which the
one picks and digs to determine
1.-THE rights Of mantle other
from the same source with ener-
getic smartness determines en-
lightened methods to beat the
rights Of man-and gain world
wide reputation for eminence in
the law.
Sharswood said, ono less can
be said Of the law than that her
seat is the bosom of God, her
voice the harmony of worlds, =
but he did not consider the devil
and his gang played their part in
Estifling the voice" and turning
harmony" into an aggregation
of discords. No system in any
field Of human labor is perfect !;
but she SYSTEM of crimes and
punishment has been ploughed
over so many times, the lawyer
has discovered the man of medi-
Iocrity or supremacy will dis
gorge wealth to the limit to avoid
just punishment.
A New York lawyer recently
returned home, pocketing a fee
of $4,000 for defending to ac-
quittal an accused murder Grim
inal in this city. The old lawyer
crowned with dignity, bullying
with accumulated knowledge, mis-
eye single to the glory of that
honor which wealth brings, and
the future success of the cub,
doles out to him that case can
not be won without evidence. Get
evidence. Get evidence honestly
if you can; but get evidence. 1t
don t make d bit Of diff
ference, how you get it-but get
it.
Whatley, wiseacre, taught
that man who would lie would
not hesitate to swear to the same,
the culpability of the one being
no greater nor less than the 9TH
er. The cub catches on to this
very early in life. The old law
yer never forgets it. When it is
known the necessary evidence to
win case is not forthcoming it
is easy to move among the mob
with few simoleons and find
ready witnesses to testify to man.
evidence. This is more
frequent, probably, in congested
districts Of negro population A
negro can be coached to tell any
kind of story, and an O. L. has
no more chance to enter King
dom Come than to divert that
story into cross-purpose channels.
In open court decision was
recently handed down that the
or immortality of a wit
ness could not be questioned by
cross examination or otherwise.
indicating that the slums could |
be ransacked for the fit to hand |
out evidence over which the fin
al twelve could ponder. This
created heated discussion by
the legal lights in court, and
some crash among the better in
formed of the community. JUS
ice stood at one side with melo-
dramatic hands uplifted, ex-
"Oh, death where is
-hy sting; oh, grave where is thy
victory !"
Public opinion has been foiled
20 often that when man of
prominence commits an atrocious
rhine, it is handed about he will Il
never be convicted-he is rich.
This is of such frequent occur
'ence it may seem not strange
hat mob rule is invited, endan-
sering our civilization. 1t often
happens the prosecutor is handi-
apped. He is not provided with
unds to obtain evidence, lawful
Y. The criminal along the line
i immoral practices is often an
ducated devil; by experience an
xpert in destroying trace of
l1me. 1t is advocated paid evil
ence getters is the one best wayI
Q trap violators and secure re-
uisite evidence. The great draw
ack to conviction, many times, /
centered in the sensitiveness Of I
ONE good people to court
rawls, causing them to hold i
ack valuable information, thus
lding and abetting crime in
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