New Britain herald., 1926-08-21


 the age is deliberate lying by wit,
 nesses who have been put under
 oath in court.
 Judge Alling had occasion this week to warn a woman who, it was obvious to all present was not tell | ing the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth" Even when he threatened to send her to jail ! she refused to change her testi- 1 mony, insisting that her statements
 were true. Her husband, who was also under arrest, had previously given the same testimony, which the judge was not inclined to be- heVe. As result the man and wife went to jail, partly because they had committed perjury although they were arrested on another charge.
 Being judge is becoming more difficult because those who fall into the meshes of the law seem to show utter contempt for the oath they take to tell the truth. They seem to believe that the end justi- fies the means and that they are privileged to make any statement which will confuse the court and contradict testimony of policemen. It is almost impossible for a judge to believe even small part of what he is told because the practice of lying while under oath is hecom- ing common. Under the American system of prosecution, the state must provide evidence which will convict beyond a reasonable doubt This is the most liberal policy in the civilized world. But it erects a barrier, because of the untruthful- ness of witnesses, which is hard to surmount. A judge today must be an able student of human nature and must read the eyes and de- of witnesses as well as listen 10 their words.
 The punishment for perjury ap- parently is insufficient to deter hardened liars who are trying to | save their skins cheat society of it's | just due and proof of perjury, un- der our present system of laws, is i hard to obtain. Legislators might 1 consider the situation at the next of the general assembly and enact laws which will change conditions and which will make the punishment more severe.
 The world, and New Britain espe- ,lally, moves all too quickly for u certain group. These are the sports nen, who are forced to go further md further away from the city imits to get the sport they desire. The fishermen who, in past days, ,ould fish from a point not more han mile from the trolley term nal, now ride all night to be the lrst on some faraway brook. The ;unners who could bring down 'irds from the very edge of town. low pack for a week for a trip into he Maine woods. Each year it is a title farther they must travel. Now days, whenever a group of the old liners gather to talk over old times, 'oull find a great deal of signing nd bemoaning over the rush of civ ; ization.
 Remember" they say. ''the old avs when a fellow could hire a { orse and buggy from Jim White l nd ride out to Shuttle Meadow for I ome good bass fishing? Remember l he time when Orrin Smith and his i rother were caretakers there and { oW they used to beat us on the l -rings we'd bring in. There used to [ e plenty of partridge and wood I ock along the canal too in those avs and we never had to go more ( ian five miles out of town to get [ lem. Remember the hounds the i mith boys had, and the days we t sed to listen to them over on west q lountain, paying up some old red I 'x that used to live over near Dun r am's orchard? Remember the stops Mountain Grove, and the refresh- ents there? And what have we got s do now--go out of the state to f et any hunting worth while and k le bass are protected by the law [ 1t at Shuttle Meadow. Gosh" C