New Britain herald., 1929-01-26

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These are certainly hard days for
the.members Of the legal fraternity.
F1rtk, the judicial council Of Con.
nsctlcut casne along with . numbsF
OF lengthy suxgsstions and recosn-
nspdattsaA ansnt the psactace Of
law ~ 1t n am - It should b.. and
then an eedsr went forth from the
ofhcs Of the chief Of police forbid.
ding the bluecoats to discuss Cases
with attorneys before court under
penalty Of arraigument before the
board Of police commissioners. Ga
tor OF these came the declaration BY
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney w.
n. 0reenstein. . few days ago. that
the practice Of freeing some alleged
violators Of the liquor laws while
penalising others on the same evid-
encs would stop u he could stop 1t.
What next?
II this series Of announcements
and declarations has had mo- other
effect, ut least 1t has been tho
means Of centsring public attention
upon the activities Of the men OF
the law and whether they care or
not. they are In the limelight. The
judicial council has had consider
able to say about the courts. and
the press Of the state has not been
slow about passing comment con.
corning politics and the manner in
which 1t 10 played In the appoint-
merit Of judges. Some editors have
even gone 20 far - to suggest, APP
parently In all seriousness, that the
judgeships be removed from poll
tics In - great . measure ~ II pos
sible, which would probably be .
step forward from, tho viewpoint OF
the average person. but the Averages
person has nothing to say about 1t
SO he might a. we'll save himself the
bother Of having an opinion.
There will be politics mixed with
judgeships forever, 1t seems. and N
is typical Of politics in anything. the
danger lies not 20 much in the fact
that there ID the mixture but rather
in the manner In which the mixture
operates.
Naturally, the political party in
power has the judgeshipa. and there
is bound to be. politics on display In
the candidates. of the prospective
magistrates. but 1t would be vel If
everyone connected with the courts
exercised care to the end that the
place of the important vehicles OF
justice might always be kept high
in public estimation. For instance.
the clerical work at primaries and
on election day at the polls might
we'll be done by someone other than
Judges and prosecuting attorneys,
and 1t would not be going too far
along the line Of restriction to keep
these officials of the stump In poll
teal campaigns.
The effect Of the disposition OF
liquor cases on the general public
probably IL Of minor importance, but
it u said to be fact that there has
been more dickering among lawyers
and court officials since prohibition
than ever before. 1t has become
quite common, 1t is said, for two or
three men 10 be arrested, or prob
ably a man and wife, and when the
time comes for trial. an agreement
is entered into whereby one pleads
guilty and the others 20 free. Thus.
the court officials are spared the
bother Of long trials and the attor-
neys make quick disposition OF their
cases. while the alleged offenders
who escape prosecution can feel rea-
sonably certain that a few weeks or
possibly more will pass before they
will be arrested again and II it be-
comes necessary for them to face
the music" they will be first Of
Tenders and as such will get off with
a fine or possibly suspended jail
sentence.