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DA'i Y STANDARD
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THE WEEKLY STANDARD is a
of passing over so lightly the
carrying: of concealed weapons
by men whose morals prove them
to be the most unfit citizens to
enjoy such privileges. There
are instances where great
lenience should be extended to
violators of this law but certainly
no man who is drunk should be
included. A drunken man: with
a pistol in his pocket has no
claim for leniency for violating
the law. The crime for him is
the greater and is without
mitigation. A man has the right
to get drunk if he wants to, but
he has no right to endanger
other citizens with a deadly
weapon which none but the
level-headed and self -controling
ouispage, eight-column DaDer. It has
a larger circulation in Cabarrus than any are fit to have.
oiner.paper. mce $1,00 per annum in rpv :c nf diRsatf far.
Terms for regular advertisements tion aDOUt ine results oi xms
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Address all communications to . . . twn much more successful ones
Concord. N. G. w r,
seiore going further, we want
to publicly acknowledge Judge
Robinson's kindness (we take it
j , . , . . v ,
as sucn m gooa iaiinj ior excus
ing us from serving on the jury
ta the late term . If , a personal
No one who understands the favor, should weigh more than aJ
situation, we think, could under- sense of duty : to the public, si-
stand entire silence from The lence might have been expected
; Standard on the above subject, of us, but he easily let us out on
Concord, N. C, Oct. 24.
JUDGE W. s. O'B. ROBINSON.
We take it, that it is a preroga
tive of the press to criticise any
officer elected by popular vote.
Through what channel may the
public learn the merits and the
-demerits of public officials better
than through the press, and
that when he went out of his
way to refer'in open court to The
Standard as "a little penny
liner, " and its editor as an ig
noramus who thought he (the
judge) was "cussing"-, in court
when he used the Latin court
term, "Damnum absque Injuria"
realy what other practical way (which Webster says, means a
has the public of knowing loss without injury.)
whether or not a man elected to The reader will please note
office is faithfully serving the our language above and see how
people in that office? Or what his honor might have charged
better stimulus to official fidelity such upon us in poetry or jest
than a conservative press? " where truth is not an essential
The court in July was almost a factor. Were we to indulge in
farce with about the usual ex- caustic, resentful invectives, we
penses of a whole term of court doubt not that there would be
attached. The Standard, with m an amen amonS those to
fv, -u f An- -a. i whom the judge didn't commend
the nope of filling its legitimate . .
. . . , himself, to say nothing of the
mission of public service, noted , . , , ,
, . , - ' '. . bar and the jury to whom he
that four days at the beginning made himS8lf absolutely offen
were lost, without reflecting on sive. But this is not OUr purpose,
Judge Robinson as being essen- indeed it would not even be grat
tially to blame. A prominent if ying to us.
lawyer told us, that had a judge it is one of the fundamental
of the usual style held the court principles of our judicial system
the time would hava been pretty that a body of twelve good, cap
well taken up in the second able jurors is the highest trib
weok, and the ends of justice unal for deciding as to facts, and
better met. He said the court they are entitled to deference for
was more like a jolly picnic occa5- their opinions. Judges ' some
slon than like the sessions in the times betray a. contrary con
temple of Justice. A county ofii- viction, very courteously intima
cial, a consistent member of the ted, after the decision of the
-church, told us that the judge jury, but we never heard of a
used profane language unblush- udge before that would ruthless
ingly. We understood it to be ly insult a Cabarrus jury and
in social intercourse. Criticisms talk of their getting "off the jury
as unconservative as the judge's If their decisions did not coincide
demeanor floated freely in the with his opinions,
air. The Standard hoped, in As for the. - judge's making
its conservative and guarded wry faces to the jurors and
tones, not to fan, but to modify parties sitting in the. -bar while
the feeling engendered in attorneys are pleading, and
the minds of the people by actually speaking behind the
this court, at the same time hand to the jury, in sheer con
showing its readers that it was tempt while a lawyer is pleading,
not indifferent to their interests, it is chiefly an offensive against
Therfore an editorial appeared the bar which is well able to
in The Staedard under the take care of itself, but it tends
head of "The Court Unsatis- to lower the high estimate of
factory." What was said in court that should always be
criticism of the court is here re- maintained in the minds of 4the.
produced: people. ; - v v ! v
'There is a painful realization Now the half probably has not
that the judge is wanting in the been told and we would infinitely
graceful wearing of the judicial rather speak in high deserved
ermine. praise of our subject, but there
uuuW u ut carry win nim is na lack of serious , consc
solemnitv that insnires th rn nces abdut this matter. , . We
pie with a -sense tljat the court should be careful whom we elect
bouse is- the. very temple of to the high office of judge of our
justice. Indeed it is unfortunate courts. One member of the bar
lor tne msutuxion oi courts that t wf
crime. Several, and among them
some eminent o?ies, told us that
Judge Robinson is a good
hearted man and an able enough
lawyer but that he is entirely
wanting iu judicial tempera
ment. . J . v
Some one will say what is all
this to you? We say, enough
and more than enough. Since
the one dark day in the history
of our county that rises anew be
fore the mind like an enlarging
object of terror in the sufferer
with nightmare, the fair name of
Cabarrus is bleeding with wound
ed morals. Twice since has the
spirit of mobocracy manifested
itself at the county jail till ;it is
alarming. There are vt Wo dis
tinctive elements, striving with
each other now. The one
would forget what courts are
for and in their frenzy take hu
man life freely without the; pro
cess of law. The other tryjitg
to heal this demoralkation, and
restore the mental equlibriumv en
joyed, and that was our -pride, bet
fore that terrible event. How
very unfortunate that w. should
have had a ' court now ih ' -our
critical period that did no in
spire confidence and rjyerence
tnatwouia nava aiaea tne. better
thinkers. Judge Robinson's
bearing we regard as very bane
ful to our anti-mob influences.
In this we do not mean to
blame him for allowing .Will Ed
wards and Tom- Carr a change
of venue to Rowan: More than
that we emphatically commend
him for that act. While mobs
gather at our jail door and pris
oners are saved only ' by the
interposition of brave and lieroic
citizens, these defendants areliot
to be wondered at for swearing
that they do not believe they can
get justice in the county, nor is it
any thing but right that the
judge should grant their prayer.
It is a necessity due to the de
moralization even of goo men
which we do hope v?ill n IdIoW
over ere long. Yes let a Rowan
jury try the cases. It will be bet
ter to do so. There are plenty
of men in Cabarrus that would
do justice to the defendants but
getting such jurors is another
thing. If the writer wre in
volved and had been scared by a
mob at the jail he would want
a move of the trial and rwe sus
pect the reader would. Let w us
not blame Judge Robinson ' 1 for
this one act so justifiable under
the circumstances, but let there
be no more mobs in Cabarrus
and no more desecration of courts.
Our courts are and should
ever be the highest, embodvment
organ&ed liberty and dis
criminating justice. Xet each do
his part to make them ideal.
We feel that wa can promise
aavance mac our January
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term will contrast in a most
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beautiful and Salutary way with
our last two and there is but one
irrptS insonis a disgrace to -both the
oxron in his social intPT-PmiT. bench . and bar of North Caro
j v v-- ma UJm
4We confess to some surbrise Una. Another said to us. his rul-
and as much doubt of the wisdom ! ings are practicaUy a license to
in
Judge Robinson.
J udge Robinson '-is holding
court in Yadkin counthiS-L .---week;
If it's'a repetition of himl
in Cabarrus itv would be Damnum
absque Injuria if he were not. .
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