The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-21

case records. This is In open violation Of the
constitution Of guaranteed civil rights OF rec
ognized court justice as supposed to be admins
tered in the capitalist courts. 1t means that
southern boss judges have admitted that JIM
crow Justice is the rule in trials Of Negro workers
in the South.
TherI. L. D. Is making this fact the chief basis
for the appeal-the first time this has ever been
done. The l. L. D. is now challenging capitalist
justice, not in general terms, but on the basis OF
specific court records and Of statements made by
the judges themselves
In the trial, in order to give an appearance Of
great impartianty, three judges we're put in
charge, Judge Gus Grayson, Judge Frank T.
Duncan, who has been quoted, and Judge T.
Scott Offutt, who pronounced sentence when the
farcical trial was over Fuel Lee had been acs
cused Of the murder OF rich farmer, Green K.
Davis and Of three others Of Davis's family, and
his conviction took place Notwithstanding the
fact that Fuel Lee steadily protested his inno-
cence, and the further fact that no first hand
evidence could be produced against him. The
murder appears to have been the work Of
whisky gang who sought to cover up their work
by accusing Negro.
The present situation is that the prosecution
is endeavoroing to have the appeal thrown out
Of court on the ground that it was not flied
within the prescribed time. It happens that
there is a conflict of regulations, the state law
requiring appeals to be filed within three months
and the county law requiring that they be filed
during the court session at which the trial TOOK
place-wtich means much shorter interval.
The I. L. D. filed its appeal within one month
after the trial, thus more than conforming with
the state rule, which ordinarily takes precedence
d.
trivial techncality to forbid the appeal after 1t
had been granted is purely and simply boss
triekery to railroad Fuel Lee to death in order to
prevent the raising Of the issue about Negro
jurors.
When Allan Taub on behalf Of the I. L. D.,
interviewed Deputy Attorney General Willis r.
Jones in Baltimore about the Fuel Lee case,
during the last two days, Jones said we don't
want to have another Sacco -Vanzetti case. We
want TO have this thing over with in May, and
/ have no further time taken up with it,, Attor-
ney Taub has just returned after thorough
examination OF the court records in the Court of
Appeals.
This lets the cat out of the bag This shows
the fear Of the lynch bosses that the L L. D.
will foil their murderous schemes. This is why
they follow the unusual plan Of denying post
ponement Of trial even when David Levinson,
the original chief counsel for Fuel Lee, is in a
hospital after undergoing an operation. But
their hopes of railroading Lee before the defense
could be ready has been futile, for the /. L. D.
has Joseph Brodsky, Bernard AIDES Gust returned
from handling the Tampa: cases, and David
Drucker in charge of the case in place Of David
Levinson who is sick
Send kilograms! Send protest resolutions
Demand that the appeal be heard
Stop the legal lynching OF Fuel Lee c.orphan
Jones)! Send wires to Governor Albert C..
Ritchie, Annapolis Maryland, and to Chief Jus
tice Carol T. Bond, Court Of Appeals, Annapolis,
Maryland.