The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-04-02
up again next week for hearing" /"
And last week the following.

And last week the following:
''AN INVESTIGATING CoMNITrER-On Fri |
day morning. upon the opening of Court,
Judge Harper announced that he desired
to call the attention of the Bar to the
criminal docket, and the disposition made
of 1t by the Court during his absence
he thought the circumstances surround
ing the disposition of those liquor cases
presented a very suspicious and ugly ap-
pearance, and that he had heard that
Judge DuHadway, on being informed
that the Court had made an order that
none of these cases on the criminal
docket should be taken up until the
fourth week, had announced that Judge
Harper had no right to make such an
order and that he would take the re-
sponsibility of disregarding that order.
If that was true he considered it an act
of gross discourtesy to him. This order
was made, not from any personal motive,
but to prevent the interruption of the
civil business by parties coming in for
trial during the time set apart for the
civil business. He made the same order
in Lawrence county where he held Court
during the entire term, and the code of
criminal procedure gave him the right to
make this order. And all the cases SEN
fenced by DuHadway except one, were
recognized to appear on Monday of the
| fourth week as the record shows IN ac-
cordance with this order. OF this order
DuHadway was fully advised by the
Prosecuting Attorney before taking the
action he did Were there nothing more
4 connected with this case than the act of
dlscourtesy complained of, we would
probably not have taken any notice of
the matter, but information having come
to him that corrupt and fraudulent prac-
tices had been resorted to by the saloon
/ keepers and others to bring about the
result obtained he felt that it was his
| duty to have this matter investigated ;
that he would be unworthy to hold the
position he did as Judge of the Court,
should he permit this matter to pass
without investigation, in the lis ght OF the
/ reports that had reached him. He con-
sidered it his duty to appoint committee
| of the Bar to investigate these charges.
Hon w. A. Hutchins and Capt. n. W
Evans were therrupon appointed as an
investigating committee, to investigate
this matter and report the matter ascer-
tanned by them to this Court, and by
their report he would abide.
IF ascertained that the facts reported
to him were true, he proposed to test the
question whether or not these saloon
keepers could thus take advantage of
their own wrong, and he proposed to
IA Ike a test case of one, if objections
were made to his order, erasing from the
docket the sentences passed upon these
men by Judge Du Halfway.
The community will no doubt watch
the course of this investigation with
great interest, but should withheld their
Judgment until we hear the report of the
committee. The minds of the people
being now unusually wrought up, and
excited on the question of temperance,
the tendency will be to judge too hastily
on matter of this kind. While it is
true, (as Judge Harper says,) that the
circumstances in these cases, as reported
to him, are so suspicious as to demand OF
him, and make it his duty, to investigate
this matter, it is to be hoped, and we
trust that it will be so ascertalned, that
this whole business is the result of a mis-
understanding upon the part of Judge
DuHadway of the nature of Judge Har-
per's order, and that no wrong was in
tended by him. 1t is claimed by Du-
Hadway's friends that all there is in this
matter. is that it was reported that Du-
Hallway was not man who was very
severe on saloon keepers, and they and
their attorneys desired to take advantage
of this circumstance, and get off easier
than they would before Judge Harper,
and that no corrupt practices were re-
sorted to by any one. and that DuHad
way did not suppose he was interfering
with any of Judge Harper's arrange
ments, it having been customary hereto
fore for saloon keepers indicted to drop
in at any time and enter their pleas and
receive sentence"
For the present, we have no comments
to make.