Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-20

Remarks aud sentence Of Judge Garfield, In
the case named. II is. perhaps, needless TO
say thnt we are obliged for the favor. The ar.
tiole not only shows that the Judge is sound
In !he views entertained upon the evils Of the
liquor traffic, but that, as he declares, he has
the purpose, fearlessly 10 vindicate the law,
and visit upon those who violate H. the pun.
ishment that It's provisions impose. We be.
lieve that we are warranted In saying, that
these sentiments fud hearty approval In the
minds of large share: OF the better class of
our citizens. The course Of Judge Garfield
has awakened lively feelings of pleasure, that
our bench Is so ably occupied, and that the In j.
fluerces that surround II appear 10 be- 80 firm.
ly on the side of virtue and the well being of
the community. The case was tried by Pros.
Attorney Wade, assisted ly Theodore Hall, for
the State, and w. II. Hubbard, also Of Ashta-
bula, and Jones, Of Youngstown, for defend.
ant.
In the case of the State of Ohio against
Cornelius Guy convicted at the prcsen, tenn
OF the Court of Common Pleas of this county ,
of selling intoxicating liquor 10 violation of
law, Judge Garfield, in pronouncing sentence,
after overruling motion for new trial, aud
after hearing the statements of the defendant
by way of extenuation, and his promises of
future good behavior, used, substantially, the
following language:
You have been fairly tried by jury against
whom yOa had no objection, and ably defend
ed by counsel of your own selection, and have
been convicted upon nine counts of the indict.
'ment, and acquitted upon the other counts.
Your mOtion for new trial has been over.
ruled, aud you have been permitted to state
whatever you had TO offer in your own behalf
and 1t now only remains for us to pronounce
the sentence of the law. In doing this, our
purpos" is TO impose such punishment as shall
vindcate the law, prove salutary warning to
others and carry out the often declared pur-
poses we have expressed in this as well as
other countics of the district. One year ago,
you were arraiIned here for a similar offense,
and you then represented that you had quit
the business, and upon plea of guilty To
single charge, you were discharged on pay
mrnt of fine and costs, but with the distinct
warning, that a further violation of the law.
would, upon conviction, be punished by i'm.
prisonmcnt and fine. You are again here, and
convicted of repeated violations of the law.
You ask for leniency and to be let off without
imprisonment. What is the business in which
you llave been engagedy You claim TO have
kept only beer saloon; but the proof shows
that you have sold great quantities of beer
over your counter, and much of il to persons
Intoxicated or in the habit of getting intoxi-
Gated, rs you well knew, and in direct viola
,ion of the statute. You have furnished To
such, that which could do them no possible
good, and taken from them the money which
should have gone to support their destitute
families 1t is shown by statistics, as is al.
legged, that sixty thousand men and women in
our country annually 20 down to a drunkard's
grave. Think of i'll Sixty thousand of the
great army of intbriates iall every year, To
ris" no more; and yet the ranks are kept full.
With undiminished numbers, the march To
degradation and death goes on. BY what in
sirumenlality is this accomplished? Mainly
by these saloons scattered thickly through the
land, with a certain class OF drug stores pros
liluied tn the same business. These are the
recruiting stations where new enlistmenls are
increasingly made from among the youths of
the land, of all ranks and conditions in life
Their keepers. resorting to various appliances
to enlice and allure, are the recruiting officers
whose employment is, by day and by night,
TO fill up the ranks with new recruits, for no
other purpose than to fill their pockets with
the money of their victims, in exchange for
that which can in no manner benefit them, but
if continued, inevitably brings them at last To
u drunkard's end, and drunkards future
doom! Truly, these places are the gateways
to death.
1t seems, sometimes, TO he questionable
whether there exists in the mass or majority
of our community, a moral sentiment opposed
tn this traffic, and in favor of the enforcement
of the law. II certainly appears at times TO
he dormant, and yet, l think, that when
aroused and called into action, by some unus-
ually pressing and imperative demand there
will be found to exist, deep down IN the hearts
and convictions of the great majority of our
people, IN abiding consciousness of the untold
evils, the unmeasured wrongs and unmtigated
woes consequent upon the traffic, and loath-
ing pity for the men who are engaged in it.
How many such saloons there are in this
county. / know not. We have the evidence
that there are numbers of them, and t: is Ger
tain that they can well be dispensed with.
1t female walks your streets, clad in silks
and finery, the wages of her own prostitution,
she is stunned rs moral eper; she can find
no associates among the virtuous or the good
she is not permitted to cross the Threshold or
approach the fireside of a respectable citizen
What better IN moral worth, what higher In |
social position, should he be esteemed. who
also for the sake of gain, prostitutes his man
hood to pander to an appetite which leads in
evilably to misery and ruin?
These considerations are alluded 10 as en-
titled to some weight in determining what
punishment should now be inflicted for your
repeated violations of the law. Whilst the |
law remains In force, 1t is our duty, as well as
our purpose, when called upon to act, to en-
force IL 10 such a manner as to restrain men |
from its violations; TO induce those who are |
In the business to abandon il, aud to prevent |
others from embarking in IT, To this end, we
shall fulfill the declaration made to you one
year ago, that a repetition OF the offense would |
be followed by Imprisonment as well as fine.
The law provides for IN Imprisonment of not
than ION dava E,r each nff,.nsa mud a Hna |