Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18

. very P~ertinent QuestIon.
"Fines and Parts of Fl mes.

"Fines and Parts of Fines
y Since Mr.. HAMPTON is again to enter
upon mis- duties as Prosecuting Attor-
, ney in a few days, We have concluded
, to furnish the inaugural for the occa
sion. which will be fraught with ques-
tons touching the public interest. and
especially the public purse. Doubtless
we incur the gentieman's displeasure by
making certain statements from rec
ords, but u duty to our patrons be-
ing greater than those to the prosecutor,
we can not refrain. We have a case
in point, of which we will make a text,
sticking closely thereto. and having
positive proof of our assertions we must
say that he who reading doubts is a
bastard We below give the prelude.
inlerlude and fnale OF a certain
case tried in our Court of Common
Pleas, which came TO an end Here
is the case:
At the February term of the Court
of Common Pleas, 1868. RICHARD
PRICE and RACHEL PRIcE. living in
Raccoon Township. were jointly in
dicted for keeping a in which to
sell liquor. The case was not tried
until the May iherm, 1859 D.
HKBaRD being at that time Prosecuting
Attorney. AT this term RIcHARD was
tried BY a jury and acquitted. Later
10 the same term, on the eleventh day,
June 5;h, RACHEL was tried. found
guilty and sentenced 20 pay a fine of
$50 and costs-the latter at that time
amounting TO SI46 80 Mr.. HEBARD
then moved the Court to shut up the
room where the liquor was sold in
violation OF law, and the same be abated
as a nuisance.
On the Cd day of June, l87O-Mr
HAMPTON her being Prosecuting Attor-
ney-the following execution was or
dered out BY him:
The State Of Ohio, GaEia County, SIS.
To the Sheriff of Gallia county, Greet
ting:
You are hereby commanded to cause J
20 In Ior;a1 Of tho rno1c anI ..laftaIc In
your county, of Rachel Price, the sum
of one hundred and ninety-six dollars
and eighty cents ($l9G &c. which by the
Judgment of the Court of Common Pleas,
within and for said county of Gallia, at :
the May term, 1869, the State of Ohio re-
covered against the said Rachel Price, :
being amount of a fine assessed against :
her for keeping q room in which to sell
liquor, and costs, with interest thereon
from the 25th day of May. A ID. 1865, un- i
til paid, and also seventy-tiye cents, the !
costs of increase oil said judgment, and /
the accruing costs hereOn, and for want l
of goods and cllattels to cause the same
to be levied of the lands and tenements
in your county, of the said Rachel Price, :
and to have hat honey before the said
Court of Common Pleas on or before the
I'd day of August, A. ID. 1870, TO render =
unto the sad State of Ohio, and have ,
YOU then and there this writ, with your !,
under the same, duly endorsed +,
thereon. !
Witness my hand and the seal of said !
Court of Common Pleas, at the
SEAL Court House, in GallipOlis, this ,
ID day of June, A. d. 1870. :
Attest JOSEPH HUNT, >
Clerk. :
This execution was delivered TO
RICHARD BLAZER, then Sheriff of the
county, OF the same day it was Issued,
and bears this Endorsement: "Received '
this writ this ed day OF June, A. d. j
By the 10th day of July, -.
1870, be had received 1905 As, the
total amount with accrued costs, of
RACHEL PRICE, and has the same in =
dorsed on the execution. Now for the .
point, On the lst day of August, of
the same year. 1870, having retained
his own and the Clerks fees, he (Bla :
ger paid the Prosecuting Attorney the
balance, and unfortunately for Mr..
HAMPTON. he (Hampton) wrote the -,
following receipt on the back Of the !
execution:
1927. 80. .
Received Of r. Blazer on (
the within execution one hundred and .,
twenty seven dollars and eighty cents. !
II w. HAMPTON. '
Aug. LIST, 1870. Pros. Atty.
This sum Of S127 80, the fine and {.
remaining costs, has never been re
and never reached the County I
Treasury. Not one cent of it. Posi- T
bly, it may be what Mr. HAMPTON calls
fines and parts of Gnes," but they
still remain in his pocket. Here, then,
you have the indictment; the judg
ment of the COURT the issuing of its
execution; return of the execution
satisfedi the payment of The money
% the Prosecuting Attorney, and
his receipt therefor. What could be
more conclusive; what more positive3 r
Nothing-a stroke of fate is not :,
certain. Then he who doubts
lacks Judgment and decision, or fawns !
to secure further favors. :
Had we published the above three J
months ago. it would possibly have :
been styled an electioneering story, (
gotten up for effect, and per conse-
quence of little worth. But now, there
being no election in view, nothing po- ,
at stake. such a classification