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= =x om J -_ om. “ x Fs = te. ; 4 aod re ~ Sa 3 “a SMleighted For Crim Pee @B Warras 99 waar. Wwe ANDSEW i. BALAI Ry 22-year- old Negro, some months ago was con- | victed by 2 jury in Washington, D. C., and sentenced to death on a rape charge. He had made a-voluntary con- feasion in which there was no sugges- tion of coercion on the part of officers. Last June the Supreme Court of the | United States reversed MALLory's con- viction on the ground that the police Thad not arraigned him soon enough after his arrest. There was no ques- dence against him also stood up. Tht Supreme ing t no formal had been made against Mai LORY within a period of time it re- garded as proper, The ruling de- stroyed the case of the prosecution and MALLORY was turned loose. | At last report the police were laok- ing for MALLoRY again. This time he BEALL ALALH is wanted for housebreaking and for ulting the daughter of a wo i had been kind te him, all a ut half a year of hia release from iil "The case here in question is another indication that the Supreme Court at times appears to feel that the law- abiding and the majority have ‘no rights at all. At all events, the court's daeigion in the Mattory matter ob- viously means that it has weighted ‘the law heavily for criminals, even when their guilt is not questioned.- The people are entitled to far more consideration than the Supreme Court has chosen to give them in this in- atance. It haa turned loose a dangerous criminal to repeat his heinous of- fenses. Whether MALLory should be in prison or in a mental institution has not been determined, but by no man- ner of means should he be free to prey on society. _ The court’s treatment of the MAL- LORY case has disturbed police all over !the country, and for good reason. ; Congress should waste no time what- ever In spelling out the law on prompt arraignment in words that cannot be istaken. It ia outrageous that any chnicality should be employed to | ree iaw-enforcement agencies to A fie a self-confessed criminalLmbobed ; Yt | bden proved guilty in court. a0 i47 owt f - eo tion of the man’s guilt er of the valid-' ity of his confession and other evi- CL Court was _—, py! Mr. Tolso Mr. Boar Mr. Eelm Aly Mohr... ake Sak Tele. Roo! Mr. Hollomaa_.. Miss Gandy MTT VOMMERCIAL ee ones. TENNESSEE DATE 1-15-58 clue aye 14 A NOT RECORDED 47FEB 5 1958" —— ———— (sr jemane* vA a INDEXED... ane SERIALIZED... ~ FILED Lone “FBL- APHIS