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An Awful Sentence

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 17, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 19.

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An Awful Sentence

By Editor

A despatch from London, April 25, tells us that the son of a Haywards Heath blacksmith stole a lump of coal worth about ten cents, yielding, we suppose, to a momentary temptation. It was acknowledged by the prosecutor that he was a good boy, and yet he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, and his father fined to the extent of $6.50, and 50 cents weekly towards his son's maintenance while in prison. We are glad, however, that the English people themselves are lifting voice against it. A tremendous protest has been raised, and the Home Secretary is receiving many letters; in fact, the matter has come before Parliament. It is thought that it may make a great change in the jurisprudence of the lower courts of England, which are not in the hands of an experienced judiciary, but rather of what might be called laymen. Surely English justice is not manifest in this matter, and we can not believe that such a sentence will be allowed to stand.