ABSTRACT
Meantime,andfromthestandpointofthegroup,"guilt"proceedstoturnupasaquestionoffact,andatroublingone.Among peopleafterpeople,forinstance,weseesecretoffensestreated aspeculiarlypunishable-secretkilling;orsecretsorcery(banned utterlybytheChaggaking).Andletmegreatlyprotestagainst thesmugandtomenaivemisinterpretationofthisphenomenon onthepartofthosestudentsofprocedurewho,takingmodern legalprocedureasjustplain"rational"(Godsavethemark!),have attributedtheearlyheavypenaltiesforsecrecyofoffensetoinadequacyofprimitiveproceduretotrythefacts.Idonotfind asmuchevidenceofcurrentsocialdissatisfactionamongprimitiveswithprimitiveprevailingprocedurestotryfactsasIdoof currentdissatisfactionamongmodernswithmodernprevailing procedures.Andthemanwhowantstounderstandwhysecret offensesarefearedandhatedandstampedoninaprimitiveculturewoulddowelltomeditateuponmodernreactionswhena "banditgang"ora"sexfiend,"etc.,issupposedtobeatlarge andatworkinsomeneighborhood,orspiesatworkinthecountry.SecrecyoftheoffensecanstepupunbelievablyBentham's "secondary"uneasinesseffectsofseriouscrime.Thisisdoubtless especiallysoinsofarasaprimitivecommunity'slegalsystem loadsamajorshareofpost-crimeprocedureontotheaggrieved personorgroup,forsecrecyhamstringsall"self-help"machinery; butyouwillnotunderstandourrecurrent"red"-orKnowNothing,etc.-scares,fromHaymarketthroughtotoday,unless youtakeanyrealdangerconcernedasthesmallestofthreeingredients,ofwhichtheothertwoare(a)asortofcrossinthe politico-economicareabetweenheresyandblasphemyand(b)a fierceterroratsecretandthereforeinfinitelywidespreadand disastrousoperations.
