MYSTERIOUS “WHITE LADY-”

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 325, 28 January 1902, Page 3

MYSTERIOUS “WHITE LADY-”

, Paris, Dec. 7. i The. mysterious “ white lady ’ of the | ! Drey Ms trial is again before the public. !Thfs time she has issued a pamphlet in •hich she eloquently denounces the pro- . 3 ut system of judiciary. She proves that, [though the Constitution says justice hall be' public and free for everybody, eople now prefer to suffer flagrant rrong rather than incur the outrageous expense and delays of legal Then Jdie shows that the courts and legislators 'wo gradually surrounded the administrator of justice with such complicated rules ffiiat rrow the simplest case becomes unJertain and dangerous even with all postyaible rights on one’s side. _ . Dt The pamphlet gives a series of glaring Examples of legal injustice, •and winds up • vitli a fervent appeal to all citizens to : (mite in a popular movement to break up ithe “ fat, mysterious monopoly of lawyers ■ land exact before election from candidates ’for Parliament a pledge to advocate a complete revision of the laws and the unifying and simplifying of the civil and criminal codes by a special commission o sixty members, one-third only lawyers and judges, one-third o prominent men unconnected with the and the other third to be sensible women. Critics pronounce the booklet admirably 'written. It is distributed free throughout Prance, The cover notes that five Million fogies have been printed.