The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-10-15
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m his country there are A
s,s.es so-o counties. 1884, cities
arc iso 600 ceo people what, there
to-e 9 your legal right in one jur
.cif'ion may not he In another
~ what IL criminal in one juris
1irer may not be criminal in an
WA may be criminal a. a parii'
sr period is often found not u
nave been criminal a. different
70 od in the. same state. Adulier,
erme IN some jurisdictions
ph in others Il is left within ths
man of morals. The code OF Laws
prsfi Ally every state in The Tn
ion ultier in some respec, from
hose ~ Others and for that reason
Aepsyer LAWYER IL writing srti'
~ 'er publication with a ma
!anai circulation 70 help The lay
nan understanding his Legal
-ss,s mere is a necessity OF care.
~ pointing ont that the penal
s.ltes discussed j. the law. only
~ - specific jurisdic'icn may
D. cnoerned
The ode ot Laws IS dangerous
s and ci'iren % one state
iaiH4d in me law ~ that psrticu-
>a.e may rely uIon biz know
Ike IN another jnrisdic'ion. and
ee hmseN into so much trouble
tAa q Will take IS lawyers 10 get
-ieh'ened out
FEDERAL COURTS
However there j. an excep-
ian ALL criminal cases brought
An ~ ,edera. courts must he
as.sd on acts % congress which
fftn- specific crimes and provide
a. heir punishment
~. Way Down South
2 sorers' Schooling Investigated
Ns Ethel f. jenkins York
cnirfv South Carolina. school at
.erasnce teacher is making an i'm
,es' CATION ~ the schooling receiv-
ID hv every convict on the York
eo4n'y chain gang. She expects that
.rt,s viii be brought out in this
vev 10 support The theory tina,
inc II in large measure trace
~h's 10 gnorancs.
~ IL much cheaper 10 keep .
hld IN school than an adult In
prison Mrs. Jenkins said in dis
cussing The theory. 1T costs around
Sgll year 10 keep a convict In the
safe peni\enliary. The cost of keep
ing white child in school in York
county public schools \ wear is a
iiitle more than So and thar for a
colored child is about 81 80.
IT IL better 10 build schools for
children than jails for adults
Mrs. jenkins continued II is better
and more economical 10 build hoys
lhsn 10 repair men.
Now hats mighty hne hing.
lazy. and il would not be bad idea
TO investigate the York county
public school system 10 see how
much education the Kids get for
sl25o.
If yot' WIZ yOl LOSE
Over IN Georgia in = Democratic
primary sometimes II you win YOU
lose. with lis unique county unit
system T. nonina'es officers not by
popular vote hui by system some
thing like The presidential electoral
college.
or The total ~ 40 county unit
votes. the winning senatorial can
ddate must have sos else rum
of j. necessary And the tricky
part lies In me TACT thar he may
win sufficient unit votes without
having majority ~ popular votes
For example, eight Georgia "big
city counties have six unit votes
each. Thirty others have four unit
votes each and III rural counties
have Two unit votes e\h Georgia 5
registration for primary Is esti-
mated Al iS5sl5. A senatorial can
didaie could carry It's rs larger
counties with total popular vote
~ around 225o0o and sill get only
1855 unit woes while The fellow who
carries The III litlie counties could
win only eiooo0 popular votes and
e42 unit yotes.
Fulton county (Atlanta) which