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n Timesisa’ssocia'NONNo. 59iss mutter at the mlngton, Mo.year, in advanceIT COLUMN-illative:OHNSONarck.1WER.eetion)Clerk:TlOWDER.eetion)Clerk;IN EH cction Ii Judge:KSON,Terre.I AMornej: OLE. Jr., lgton. CKER UK tun,of Deeds:HANNON.etion,t County CourtlCHEL.L.ection)TKIN,Run,1 Court— Kiratcl:USCH.Tern.OW,igton.ORT,igton.Court—SecondSL FnMeiidp:lRVER.liver.EATONigton..k*S ELECTIONSr to The Times rial political aig-’b elections guu-ptlon we note to •He City election,raign was waged lines. The realty supposed to rsement or 11 re's on t Republican i Slate.Ihc reason for pHi'tii-ipatlon in was absent from crnl days in put-enuuua battle of in behalf of he that city.10 turned their Hyde, and Sen-•entedly that tho impeached. Both tnntial majority the polls. The r for the Demo-is that the pea-ully agree to the o should be Iro-iill the politicul i‘R ik able to set*results. But is Klicutea that the tftve joined the mjority of Mis-lizution of their real Governor.« HE LUXEJew* of Minch imn of the first nr tick* headed: ns.” Truly this rat of spasmodic dCtS the narrow t is a slander of acter us to do-rebuke. No one without seeing F Ihe author with regard to the question of law .enforcement. The altitude of every right thinking mind is one of oheili-1 LUinfractions thereof, willfuly committed, and this without fear, favor or affection.8ueh, however, is not tha,attitude of the News. Its periscope in so gauged os to detect one, and only one.character of littr violntion, that of olationn of the “Dry Law, while murder, rape, robbery, burglary, ur-i and all other crime fade into mere shadow, a vaporous phantomvision of Harry, us he looks through his tdtarope^f dMtMflim.boa. /rou) which the names of grand and petit jurors are drawn,i of 400 of «s. good citizens as liv« in St. Francois county? Do you r that from time to time addi-1 names ore added from the va-townsjiipn of Chf, copnly. andproportion to the population t of? Ilo you know that the law much older than the “fiiire all law, requires the county CoUr draw jurors in thin way? Do know that alternate jurors foi petit jury panel arc also roquir be drawn In the some way, andwith the ^election of .....panel of jurors and alternates, i both n juror property drown on alternate, by reason ,of death, it removal from the county, or c wise, fail to appear for jury scr The sheriff is required to serv jurors and alternates drhwn b; county court, in the manner prollie. regular panel otherwise,in case of a vacancy, as above sIs it your position, Mr. News that all lt;?f the 41HI honorable di whose names are now in the jtir are unfit for jury service? Ai those men dishonest? Du yo Have that any one of them commit willful perjury in order tnin u position on Ihc petit jury you do aa believe, then does yot lief to that effect extend to tli tire 400?As an art of fairness, if such ity J» an integral part of your r up, Wi respectfully ask that yo core a list of the jurors and nates drawn by the county eou the regular panel since Jaituur 11120 (tin- dute of the tuking effi your pet law) und publish the on the front page of your pup. an prominent a place as given nefarious article of March Slat, out of fairness to ft public of whom yon me so anxious to t in the premises, add the list of selected by the sheriff to take place of those regularly drawn who foiled to appear or were exi by the circuit court. It will not much at your valuable space thus fair to nil these men. • this list with your subscriptior ami see for yourself how man these honest, low abiding, tn citizens, who Luke your paper, been previously offended and g maligned and inexcusubly slur by you.Do you know, Mr, News Man the law providing the method i Itrling the regular pone! of petby the county court is tory? Do you know that tli’s lat a law long before the prohibitic forcemeat law was id need upo statutes of the state 7 Ho you that to follow your suggestion lay the members of the county liable to indictment for crime! you know that to follow your i would subject the sheriff to a edition for crime? Do you that it is a violation of a rrl statute nearly a century old to to solicit a position on a jury ‘ you know that it is a crime 1 tempt to influence ■ juror aft has been selected to try a cat Court?It is ft crime to attempt to ti A juror after his selection, or any way attempt to influence h any means except the introduce proper testimony in open conrt being true, it is just as (last from a moral standpoint, for c attempt to prejudice those who of necessity, be selected as juro fore they reach the court room lt;fore they are drawn. It certui blowing both hot and cold for under Ihe guise of wishing the enforced, to himself seek to so enca those upon whom must rci burden of deciding, under the evi Adduced In open court, whethc charged U guilty of a violntion. it behooves .me who sets himself favoring the enforcement of ti ml vise the officers to themsolve lute some other criminal stuLula doing. In Mr. Denman's opinio means, vvhnl-so-ovcr they may justify the end. Not so with . abiding citizen.Would the News have the c judges canvass the citizenship c County to determine, beforehand fnvor the enforcement of the dr above all others. Doe* Uenmo peel .Sheriff Hunt, in filling van in the regular punel for the May of circuit court, to personally view each person n« to his or stand on the enforcement of th law before making a selection? not ask each prospective juror his or her stand on each crl statute before making the sole Should much an outrngeouw mctl-proreodure he a don tel as ml vocal the News, then truly, there woul mediately spring into being a spect fur all law.It would be well for Mr, Denrr go to the records of the circuit unit find and publish the list of » of the jurors in each case of t leged drv law violation since »!■ option of the law. If ho will ih he will place before his reside list of names that Include some i very best of our citizenship. II find there the names of many good, honest and true, who‘hi from the very bottom of their h that prohibition is a boon to hu ty, onJ who would convict :i re or friend were his guilt establish competent testimony. The facl there has not been a conviction i hands of h jury in circuit court i of these rase* has raM«rt our i hor, Denman, to lose his licnd. S not each CMC stand on its own ticular facta? Should there by i victlwi merely because there charge? Arc We living in An and under American laws? If k. truly wp arc, should wo ahondi and adopt the Code Napo where the naked charge is tak true and the burden rests vyjth hcfOBfd to eafnMiah his irtno Were this true nnd a charge of innl libel should he preferred 0| the editor of the News for hll famous attack tffiop (he jtiron lectcd sfrtC* January, 4920. fls w upon the'dOO Perromt whtwc nnnn ill the jury hex. ft would be a time WbM Brother Harry write another fittick for the NeJli8tTcef;;:rYe •Qods! Kindly “* (fUeslionn. Mr,rageoua outhun X Law Abiding Cltu
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Farmington Times
Farmington, Missouri, US
Fri, Apr 07, 1922
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