Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-20

er, for receiving salary as an officer b
u fore making report as required by law.
Twelve bills ofindictment against Sc
L gesnt Brown, of the police force, for fai
ing to make report, as required by Law
q Twelve indictments against P. s
: SimoDs, Captain of Metropolitan Polio
. force, for failing to make report, as n
: quired by law.
Twelve indictments against Capital
SimOns for receiving salary as an office
before making report, as required b.
law.
Thirteen indictments against 8.
Beaumont, Police Commissioner, TO
failure to make report, as required b,
law.
Il Thirteen indictments against 8. B
Beaumont for receiving salary as 81
officer before making report, as requires
by law.
The above indictments, az will be seen
are for failure to comply witt
the provisions of the law as laid
down in the act organizing the poles
force in Memphis. The plea Of Ignorance
on the part of the sstute Commissioner
might be put in with 9 good grace, but
when these gentlemen profess to be the
concentrated wisdom of the city, and
when they dispense law and justice every
| day in their so-cdlLed court of justice,
the above plea will not be recognized by
sensible men. But there is another in
dictment against Mr.. Beaumont and his
man Friday (Simons) that is favored
with something more than ignorance of
the law, for it savors Of that ugly thing,
called corruption In office. An indiet-
ment, which charges that one, Dale, the
keeper of keno room on Madison street,
entered into an agreement with s. B.
Beaumont and his Captain Simons, by
which it was agreed upon and under
stood between the parties, that Dale
should be permitted to run his keno bank
uninterrupted by the police force for the
consideration Of one hundred dollars In
cash down, aud the sum Of one hundred
dollars per week for an unlimited time
thereafter, and that In pursuance of this
charming contract, the said Dale paid
the one hundred dollars In cash, and the
further sum of one hundred dollars per
week, for eight weeks thereafter, to Capt.
Simons, who, on this occasion, acted as
q kind of go-6eta0ss1 for his friend and
Beaumont.
There is still another indictment, which
charges that Mr.. Beaumont had been
present in said keno room when the
gaming was going on without arresting
the gamblers, as was his duty rs
q conservator OF the peace
and by way of ssd commentary upon
the above violations of law, there ap-
pears upon the records Of the Municipal |
Court several indictments against our |
friend Capt. Simons, for engaging in |
the delightful game called keno. We |
present above brief but comprehensive
account OF these unimportant things
called criminal indictments. It would
be well to remember that prior to the
finding of the Grand Jury, war ofraces
aad been inaugurated in the Radical
-Rnks. The spOils Of office were the bones
If contention, which contention gave
birth to two races Of aninRls-the home
and the foreign carpet
striving for Office by
means Of negro votes. Hence the
var of races, resulting in in
lictments and injunction bills.
rhe Police Commissioners, not wishing
o go to trial on these unfortunate in
Iictments, filed, on behalf of themselves
md the State, an injunction bill in the
yhancery Court of Memphis, charging
Judge Waldrsn with almost every crime
,nown to the common or statute law of
he land, alleging that at the time OF his
ppointment to Office by Gov. Brownlow
lie (Wsldran) was not eljgi BILE to the
anne, because he had not been, for three
ears prior to the time of his appoint.
nent, q citizen Of the State of Tennes-
ee as required by the statute. The hill
Yinds up by praying that Waldran be re-
moved from Office, enioined from setting
D the capacity Of Judge, and especially |
rom acting as Judge during the trial of
be Police Commissioners In the Munici- {
al Court, upon the indictments found. {
,he injunction was refused by the Chan.
ellor, and an order made for the Clerk {
nd Master to take proof, as to eligibility
nd corruption Of Judge Waldrsn. The
roof was taken and the matter argued I
efore the Chancellor last Tuesday.
The proof discloses some strange things
D connection with Judicial officers, such
s the Judge borrowing money from a
efendant sentenced under Indictment.
nd writing letter to him, saving
Tine money will be returned in time for
on to pay your fne," etc, 1t NAV be- c
aid that Judge ought not to borrow
honey from man whom he had SEN.
snced TO pay fine; nevertheless it was
one, and we have the assurance of the Q
Iarshal OF the Municipal Court, before
HON the settlement was finally made,
nat the borrowing was q simple business !.
having nothing to do with
10 fine under the indictments. To say '
10 least Of II, 1t was in bad taste: brt =
Q are living In new times, that have in, o
oduced new and strange customs-this
Iay be one Of them.
It is charged in the bill Of Injunction :,
Iat Judge Waldran fixed up the Grand 3
lry for the purpose OF finding these bills
Indictment; but Mr.. Hldson, the :
Attorney Of the Municipal {
ourt, informs US that be made out the :
It OF Jurors with the names of the grand :
rors marked thsreon, This list OF names :
as used by Judge Waldran, with the ex- =
ption of few men who did not answer !.
], their names, their places being sup
led from the by-standers, consequently
.e GrandsJ ury must from this fact land d
70 better one, that they were respects T.