The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-04-02

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SOME oUIcKENBp CONSEQUENCES IN. "A
F.,. TAI, GEORGIA COURT u. s<ig
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A correspondent in the Nashville
American repeats the following sto
~, which was told him by7a ,Geor;
gian who witnessed the scene , de-.
cribed:- ~ a'@'ss' '.Sa
Georgia llas stringent pistol a law.
Tie penalty. is Forfeiture Of the, pis-
tol and a ,6ne Of. $50 and, at the dis
erection Of the court, Imprisonment
for thirty days, A short time after
this law went into effect, Judge Les
ter was holding court in one OF the
mountain counties Of North Georgia,
and, right in the midst of the trial
Of a cause, he asked the attorneys to
suspend few moments, and told
the sheriff to lock the court house
door and let no man pass out with
out permission from him. Then
said the judge, in his firm decided
way: Gentlemen, I saw a pistol on
a man in this room a few moments
ago, and l cannot reconcile it 20 my
sense of duty as a peace officer to let
such violation of the law pass TN
noticed. 1t may he that it is my
duty to go before the grand jury and
ili.lict him, but if that man viii walk
up to this stand and lay his pistol
and fine of 81 down here, I will let
him of this time, otherwise I will 60
before the grand jury and testify
against him.
The judge paused, and an attorney
who was sitting down just before the
stand got up, slipped his hand in his
hip-pocket, drew out neat ivory
handled Smith 6 Wesson six-shooter.
and laid 81 down before the Judge.
"This is all right" remarked the
Judge, shut you areinot the man that
| saw with the pistol'
At this another attorney, sitting
Immediately il front Of the judge,
got up aud, drawing out small Colts
revolver, laid it and a 81 bill upon
the stand. N5' ~ go.
"This is right again. said the
Judge shut you are not the man I
o,sok f,,' ,so3a % na-#iaa5''i ti''k'i -
ispsSaphh. pl l:.iagAa saT sil &c i4ip oii 81 3.
Thereupoasa large man just outside
Of the bar, walked around, ran his
hand, into his bosom and, drawing
d huge old army pistol, laid it and
81 IN the stand..'' a'ss y a.sila ~. : :.
This process, went onuuntil nine
teen pistols and 's19awere lying on
the judges stand Then there was as a
pause, and ,it.anpeareda aiftheicrowd
pretty we'll disarmed; at leass-ifthere
were a'ayo' mere pistols in the house
their ,owuerssdid not,seem disposed
itongive them up ,sGentlemen," re-
sumtsd Y the Judge ''heFe are. nineteen
persons who ihare acted like men in
this business, but the man that I
saw With il the pistol Ast has not come up
yet; and now," continued he, pulling
out his watch and looking toward the
far side of the, courthouse, q will
give him one minute to accept my
proposition, and # he does n not do It
ii that time, I viii point lin out 70
the sheriff ana order him to take him
into custody 's@'' t''s
/, Immediately twvto, 70 men from. the
back part Of tie House began to
move toward the judges stand.
Once they stopped and looked at
each other, and then, coming slowly
forward laid down, their pistols and
their dollars. AS they turned to
leave the judge saids aThis man
with the black whiskers is the one
that I,saw with the:pistol."
Then Judge Lester gave a short
lecture upon: the cowardly, foolish
and wicked habit of carrying con
cealed weapons, and assured his au-
dience that in the future the law
would be strictly enforced. The
court proceeded with its regular bus
mess, aad it is needless to add that
in that county the habit Of carrying
pistols was broken up.