Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-06-12


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In any thing was wanting to prove the cor
ruptng influence Of the whisky trafic IL was
supplied by the action Of the Grand Jury,
which recently held its session in this place.
Never was there such an array Of evidence
presented before Grand Jury in this county. L.
Nearly 100 witnesses were examined, whose
10 ,timony bore directly npon the sale OF liquor
in violation Of the law. Minors testified to buy
ing whisky aud beer. giving place and date /;
men who were in tie habl Of getting intoxi-
cated testified to buying whisk !. 10, short
ehere was yerdielming evidence. presented
that the laws.Of the State wene- daily vinl ated
in the saloons, and whisky shops in Findlay.
| In the faoe 0f al this, ahreg,trdless Of law,
| tiieir oath, or comm, dtcenoR, a controlling q
| number OF that jury refused tO bring to q, inst
aoconnt these men who are trampling tiia lnEps
Of the State under th0ir feet We say ~ oanr
/ trolling number. We need not be more specific
| nor need we 50 much as intimate who Of the Is
would be most likelely tn strive to defeat the
ends of law by allowing the dram seller to 20
unwhipped of justice.
Those who visit the drinking saloons ten or a
dozen times a day, while sitting as Grand
| Jurors and who have been seen reelinR and
staggering through STREETS, are not Just the
kind OF material 10 m IKE conscientious Grand
| Jurors, and one dram Of whisky with them
willdrown great many qhaIms Of conscience.
We may also remark that the Sheriff. might
have shown himself a trife more particular in
his choice OF mehto hil vacancieson,the Ora nd
Jury. The men chosen by him tD sis on that
Grand Jury are notoriously opposed tn the en-
torcement of the law Of the State against dram
selling.
There is law in the State of Ohio against
| drunkenness. Some Of the men who sat on that
Grand Jury have been known 10 openly add re-
peatedly violate that law Now, we as q the in W
abiding citizens Of Hancock county how thsv
like the spectacle Of a drunkard being set 10
deal out justice to the min who sold him the
liquor. 1t is time that the people we're awak.
ing to. the fact thaV the power OF whisky. in
trenched in society, in business, in. our Grand
JAries, aye, even on the bench itself, is setting
| as defiance and trampling under font the laws
OK the State. II such instances Of the power
and corruption OF the liquor traffic be allowed
to pass by unheeded. we shall soon be in the
power OF the law -bneaaeFs, and res pectable
people will haFe rights tn at bhe dra mr. llers
and beer-jerkers are bouudto respest
/ We have said this much in No ih-feelfng Ia
any number of that jury. There were nine or
ten men therein who strove earnestly to do
their duty, and who went to their homes with
bowed heads because Of the record forced up
on the jury by FIVE or six, whose love Of whis-
ky outweghed their love Of iustire, and whose
appetities, associations and prejudices blinded
them alike to honor, decency and Justice. We
do not envy any Of this immortal six their con-
sciences, and our earnest prayer is that God,
in mercy, will spare QUO county the affection Of
another such q Gnanf Jury