Putnam patriot., 1925-12-25

substantive law and accordingly There is no per sonal element enters into it. The law says offender shall be punished That the rule obeyed But in the severity of punishment judge allowed to use his own discretion This the adjective law thus more elastic and opens the door for that human element brings divergence o opnen with eorfeSpondngy different judgment shmen of the Thus layman seems not to understand why may be prison one year another for two and still another possibly put probation all being found guilty legal ofense
 There is however another element that this phase o the situation The surrounding facts stands different footing than d offender second offender stand upon different footing habua criminal There may have been warrant lenency while another the circumstances may for severity But the critical public hearing the dence being familiar with the nevertheless sets itself up master critic and refuses understand why all men eonvinced of burglary do get uniform Thereupon they let loose flood and re- vile the law They will tell that things cause disrespec for law.
 The jury still uncertain element the trial and disposition of Members of judges the facts and supposed to apply the law the
 given them by the judge There much criticism of the jury system There be for this. s however
 system that has survived with changes for many At first the jury chosen from among the facts Under the present system familiarity with would bar a person from sitting the jury.
 While the theory that the jury takes the law from the court does always appear that the jury regard as to how the court nsucs them Anyone who has followed court procedure and watched jury trials the remarks of jurymen after trials have knows that jury quantity. with body of twelve contend with the the trial is multiplied twelve times You tell what jury going to do frequently heard from the lips of old lawyers If the where sympathy be aroused you will ally find the jury the box h the other hand hinges nice question of law, you will usually find jury box empty.
 Referring to the Macr A killed a man. The acquitted previous jury had stood for acQuitta One uman stood seadfast verdict guilty degree and brought the disagreement verdict of the last jury popular doubt The of the not left in the hands mmovab judge to determine her innocence guilt by the strict rule of law He might have found the guilty did the jury But already stated there doubt that the sympathy of this wronged young with the result of her doing thrown her face by the caused her downfall She admittedly shot and killed him. By selecting jury element the sympathy would be aroused the human breast as already pointed out. multiplied by twelve.
 And say: The law, which is fundamentally of rules of human action mankind should be unjuy criticised by public who stands by knows little of the facts
 less of the law and rdued and sneered and booed and dis respected when unusual situation glance the rules do not apply.
 Much of law based upon experience Human exper teaches many things In the Gerald Chapman teach that rule of law needed for the of lawyers and judges when future Chapman arise this be then rule will be made either by courts decision legislative But why rdicule and hold in disrepect whole book of rules because ultra extraordinary sit has and the book of rules does provide ain a rule eto Sucha situ