Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-26
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. The major part of last Thursday
! and Friday was devoted to the cause
, of whiskey by his honor Judge
PLANTS, in the Court of Common
:. Pleas. The way his judgeship as
sessed healthy fines vas a caution.
All the demurrers, pleas in har, ex
%cuses, ETC., could not stay the flood,
though several cO%ntinusnces were
worked thereby. A few of the sa
loon keepers left town to avoid ar
rest, but the majority of them came
to the scratch. The hall opened on
Thursday morning by the arraign-
ment of FRANK CROWLEY on the
charge of keeping a room where IN
~toxicating liquors were sold in viola
ton of law. Considerable skirmish-
ing was INDUCED in. Propositions
were made by defendant and rejected
by the State, until a proposal was
made by CROWLEY that he would
plead guilty TO the charge in the in
dictment, be fined, (provided a col
lection Of the same should not be
enforced for twelve months,) and
give bond as required by the statute
not to sell again in violation of law.
This was accepted by the State, and
CRoMLIY WAS fined 800 and costs,
and an order made to shut up and
abate his shop IA a~aaiseuce uatif-tf1e
bond be given. lnasmuch IS con-
siderable discussion has taken place
between n citizens as to the effect
of this order, we have thought pro-
per to give the journal entry in the
case, and the same has been made in
each case where the party has been
found guilty or plead guilty to keep
ing a room. After reciting that
CROWLEY pay a fine of 500 and
costs, the entry reads thus:
"And %thereupOn, on motion of the
Prosecuting Attorney, and it being made
to appear to the court here that said
room named in said indictment is still
Kept us "A place where Intoxicating
liquors are sold in violation of law, the
court does further order that said room
named he shut up and abatcd; and it is
further ordered that said defendant do
shut up said room and abate said mil
Sance until such time as said defendant
shall give bond and security to the ac-
ceptance of the court in the penal sum
of $1,000, payable TO the State of Ohio,
conditioned that said defendant will not
sell intoxicating liquors contrary to
the laws of the State, and will pay all
fines, costs and damages assessed against
him for every violation thereof"
The CROWLEY case having been
thus disposed of the other cases
were taken up in their order. The
first was that of CHARLES BUrEs
charged with selling liquor to JOHN
MARTIN, 1.-THE colored man who was
killed in Payne's Alley two years ago
this month bv some unknown man..
BUTEs plead not guilty. A jury was
and the most of the day con-
sumed in the trial of the case. The
inrv were out about five minutes and
brought in q verdict of Guilty.
.uTEs then plesd guilty to two other
Indictments for selling liquor and
1le for keeping a room. The court
assessed fines o him aggregating
1900; and the same entry was made
his last case that was made in
case. Three other in
against HIM were then
Then Friday morning.
came JAMES DEEM, SESNET HUDLIN,
SEBASTIAN GoETz. CHARLES SEMoN,
BkIz and GEORGE W. VI
NEY, each plead guilty Of keeping a
room, and the conrt fined them 800
and cost, each, and their rooms were
ordered to he shut up as %nuisances
until the required bond be given.
A plea of not guilty then became
a signal for continuance. and on this
several secured continusnces, the
court being anxious to adjourn that
evening.