This course of justice is reversed by the practice of the in-
junction in labor disputes; for, as already stated, our form of
government and principles of justice maintain that it shall de-
volve upon the prosecution to prove beyond the peradventure of
a doubt the guilt of the accused. In the injunctions issued
against workmen, they are required to show cause why they
should not be fined or imprisoned. In other words, the burden
of proof is shifted from the prosecution or plaintiff, upon the
shoulders of the accused or defendant. It is not necessary to
prove his guilt. He must prove his innocence. And yet the
acts which he is charged with doing may be in violation of no



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law, though they may be enjoined by a court's injunction. — ■
From annual report to A. F. of L. convention, Denver, Col.,
November, igo8.
