The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-09-02
Deputy District Attorney..Ara;,.

Deputy District Attorney..Arai,.
Sapposipg that our neiehbor Of
the Telegram had quote the law Of
1852, under the provisions of which
the Deputy has been acting ever
since his appointment. we briefly
replied to his article, and remind
cd him that the "information." 90
obtained, to be in accordance with
that law, must be of the sworn or
affirmed kind, to make i. legal,
stick, and we endeavored, and
thought we had succeeded in max
ing the matter plain to our neigh
bor's understanding, that the very
law be quoted, proved that We had
taken the legal and only sensible
view Of what constituted "infor-
nation" sufficient 10 base on &C.
ton on. against the law violator.
Judge OF our surprise, gentle
reader, when We were informed,
that the Telegram, had committed
the foolish deception On it's readers
by emasculating the law--commit
ting the unmanly weakness of
emitting to quote it as i. is /; for
the only obvious reason that law
was against his argument, and con.
coded the point we made.
Here is the quotation from the
law of so, as our neigLbor of the
Telegram made it, with the clause
he omitted, which we have enclos-
ed in parenthesis, and italicise,l, in
order to show the leader the ..hon.
est" ingenuity of a journ alist, who
knows what commons sense "
means. and who imprcsses the be-
lief, by profnse ink slinging, that
he alone il capable and has been
set apart and consccrated TO the
work Of expounding not only the
law, but the gospel Of common
sense" Here is the extract:
Nv henever any Prosecuting or
District Attorney, shall receive in
formation of the CON mission of |
any misdemeanor, he shall cause
process to issue from a court bav-
ing jurisdiction to issue the same, /!
Except the Circuit Court), to the |
proper officer, directing him 10 I
subpoena the persons therein nam |
ed, likely to be acquainted with !
the commission of such felony or
misdeneanor, and shall examine !
any person go sub, enaed before !
such Court, touching such offense, |
and II the facts thus elected are
sufficient TO establish reasonable
presumption OF guilt against the
party charged, said Court shall
cause 80 much of said testimony
as amounts to q charge of felony
or misdemeanor to be reduced to
writing, and subscribed and swo,n
to By such ,citnessI; whereupon |
such court shall cause process to
issue for the apprehension of the
accused, as in other cases" |
Waving the insinuatinn of the !
non. use of ICON nonsense" here !
tofore, in the Palladium, we polite |
y, in turn. Suggest" that the
above attempted extract, by the
T Telegram. shows that paper to be
lamentably destitute of another |
ingredient in the make.
up OF q man, quite as important
and useful as common sense"
and that is common hoesty," that
should at least cause the blush of (
shame to mantle the cheek, or bring
It to the Surface.
The editor of the Telegram in
ais last Thursdays paper, again
comes to the SCRATCH and insists
hat, Notwithstanding we have
proved that the Attorney has used
he law of so to get information
II the legitimate kind, that officer
las left undone those thirgs he
ought to have done. Does Bro.
mean that the sworn duty
IT the Attorney is to go to the
liquor saloons, nose out violations
Ind then swear to 'em himself, as
o the truth Of the information
hus obtajned2 or what does he
want the Attorney to do, that he
has not already done pWill Bro. S.
piaa IN nvp0o;r