The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-16
DECRIES "SOB STUFF"
TO SAVE CRIMINALS
,r7ST1CE HILL SAYS SAFETY
~ CITIZENS is IN ENFORCE
MENT OF JUST LAWS.

orbis is not the first republic which
&C.,. faced the menace Of lawlessness,"
,'.i.rcd Justice H. Warner Hill, OF
ue1'1 C,,eorgia supreme court, in address
tI.e tbe Georgia Bar Association at
~ So on "The Menace of Lawless-
~" He recounted the fates OF Car
ne ne. Rome. Athens and Venice, all
hitch fell, he stated, because OF
o. ", of obedience to and respect for
a.. and constituted authority" Justice
"a mn declared there is an element in
LIZ ~. country, and there would be a
i i,, element if we permitted them,
i l' are knocking at our doors with
N" nav TO destroying us and our insti-
@....;ons" but, he said, 'if every pa
t-:or;c citizen does his duty they will
not pass"
DEGREES sob Stuff
He decried the sob stuff" which
:. brought about to save youthful
ss,;,,;na1s and said if the plea OF no
sdrratjon holds good, then only grad
rq+es with college diplomas should be
convicted of crime.
The safety of the citizens lies in the
,oforcement of just and constitutional
isws Justice Hill said in arguing that
-,Een law has been adopted by legal
w constituted authority 1t should be
ab.erved and respected. IF law is
had repeal it." he said. Speaking OF
he forms of opposition to the orderly
enforcement of the law, Justice Hill
said in part:
MANY excuses are given for viola
tions of the law-the laws delay, etc
Certain punishment, according to the
forms OF law, and not vengeance
should be the rule of conduct.
Bolshevistic.
Reference has already been made
to those who would destroy the effect
OF the courts, and their orderly pro-
cesses, by creating personal and po-
1tical sentiment against them. This
# carried on to any extent, is even
more dangerous than the open attacks
Of those who advocate mob violence
This drastic suggestion Tin refer
ring to the proposition to take away
from the supreme court power to pass
upon the constitutionality of laws
strikes at the very root of one branch
of our government This perniciouS
doctrine would lead to an unconstitu-
tiona and mob rule government. II
can have but one purpose, and that IS
the wrecking of our present form OF
constitutional government.
This effort to break down constr
tuted authority and law enforcement
is bolshevistic and vicious III its tend
ency.
Schools and Churches.
Let a young man or woman COM
nit crime and be convicted and as
soon as a sentiment can be worked
I'D in their favor there are those who
get busy in their zeal to release them,
and the wall goes forth that they
never had a chance in life they had
no education and no early reilgious
training and therefore they should
be turned loose on society again tc
repeat their murders and other crimes
They forget that, in Georgia, there is
a school house within three miles oil
practically every child in the state
that there is a church and Sunday
school in every community, and II they
do not attend it is not the fault OF the
community The, doors are wide open
to receive all who will come. II the
above arguments of those who would
undo the work OF the courts is sound
then only graduates with college di-
plomas should be convicted of crime
The legal test is, did they know right
from wrong?
Should Stop.
This sob stuff should stop. Yor
will never have proper law enforce
ment while it lasts. Those who in
du1ge in it cannot see the agony and
suffering of the widows and orphans
made so by criminals. SO it comes to
this: with whom will you stand, the
ministers of the law and the widows
and orphans made SO by criminals, or
will you stand by those who, without
excuse, make the widows and or
phans?"
Justice Hill closed his address with
an appeal made by Lincoln for all
Americans to support the constitution
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