The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-31
,;rco,, Court-rhe Judges Charge.

Sfnitn was appointed IorenlaH ol the 0ranu
Jury. The Judges charge to that body
was full and explicit. lie told the
Grand Jury they must look at both sides
of case, and not indict a man that they,
if sitting as a petit jury, would acquit.
Said, there is no man 40 high but that he
is amenable to the law, and lone SO
low, but that is entitled to a fair trial be-
before the law. He called special attention
to the duties of Board of Supervisors. No
member can have any interest in any con-
tract, direct or indirect. 1t is the duty of
every citizen to give in his taxes to the
Assessor; mortgages and notes must be
given in for what their facet calls for; the
Board must see that men give in their
property properly; every man should bear
his Just proportion of the tax, without re-
gard TO trace, color, or previous condi,
ton" concealed weapons shall not he car
ried concealed in part or whole; that no
habit causes so much to propagate crime
in this country as the practice of carrying
concealed weapons, and Grand Jurors
knowing of parties carrying concealed
weapons must make the fact known. Re-
ferred especial, to gaming, and said men
keeping gaming houses, ..or > allowing
gaming tables to be used in their houses are
as mach yiolators of the law as the gamh-
Ter; it is a penitentiary offence to gamble
With a minor. If 4 man burns a fodder
stack he is guilty of arson and may be
sentenced to the penitentiarv. lf.hetburps
Il dwelling in the night time which Is
Inhabited he commits an ,~offense punlsha-
bic with death or pcnitemtiarv Tor life.
Every citizen has a right to arrest n felon.
lie defined burglary. If you enter a
hodee to steal, beat or rape il is bur
ghry; obtaining entrance TO a house by
raud is burglary. He dwelt at length
Upon the statutes passed TO prohibit buli-
dozing; ours was a Government OF COM
munities in cont radjst:r ction to a Coy
eminent that was central and parental:
every community is required to punish It's
Nown criminals; ary outside interference
ior that purpose was Illegal; Lincoln couE-
g could not require that others counties,
should punish crimes committed within
baa borders; nor had she any cause OF com
ualrt against the State Government if she
WIS too ignorant or cowardly to ferret out
ann bring 10 Justice the disturbcrs Of her
pubic peace; no felony committed in this
county would be punished legally if the
Grand Juries failed to indict, or if Grimm
ais were discharged by petit jurors after
indictments; but thi, seems not to be un
derstood by a great many good people;
they are looking ahead for a remedy. 81
understand that some men have disclosed
their ignorance by calling on the Governor
to suppress h~ulldozing. VIII, never there
is an instruction or rebellion by any Or
ganized force against the constituted author
tiles he will promptly respond; but it Is
to the credit Of the CHIEF magistrate Of
Mississippi that he understands where his
duty begins and where it ends; a soldier
in time of war, he is a civil officer in time
of peace" The court happened to know
that the Governor sympathized with th
law abiding element, but it also knew
that he would not break one law to en-
force another. The people had the rem
cdy In their hands; if they were worthy of
he trust they would discharge it. lie
her and shabby in re-pecta bility-ali
could be driven in b~ullpen. Before the
var it was the the boast OF this country
that we had no assas>inS; onr people were
known for their yalor and bravery; a fair
fight and fair play WAS insisted upon by
he American citizen and we should not
have nisht>hawks now. BuIldozing is Il
violation of law, and all persons p%artici
pating in 1t in any way are equally guilty.
In defining The different kinda and grades
Of crime he said assault was striking at a
person in anger; MAYHEM, is 10 'inten-
%tionally deprive 4 person of any limb
and is a penitentiary ~otfense; every
unlawful killing is murder or man
slaughter; if Il person takes time to reflect
before killing 4 man it IS murder; in man
slaughter q person does not conceive a por-
pose 10 kill; rape is punishable by death;
robbery differs only from larceny except
that you put a person in fear; bribery Is
committed by any on who offers an officer,
Juror or voter money to influence his
decision, whether the party accepted
the bride or not, and is punishable
by ten years in the penItentiary; perjury
i4 false swearing, and is punishable by i'm
prisonment in penitentiary; officers of the
county are conservators of the peace
and shonld arrest all vlolat ors of the law
when coming under their knowledge; not
necessary to have a warrant to arrest a
felon, and the officer that n~eglects to per-
form his duty in this respect should be IN
dicted. Road overseer, should be held to a
strict accountability; it is their duty 10
have the roads worked and mlleboards pnt
mp on every public road. The Judge
mad not urged this before, but said .the
o~verseer that failed to do his duty should
be indicted. 'Let us have mileboards if
we do have to wade around in the mud
let us, by all means, know where we are"
Emf ertainment and Supper.
The young ladies' and gentlemen will
rive an entertainment and supper at
Vari etIes Theatre Tonight for the ber-
eft of the Presbyterian church. Admls-
sion tim cents; children five cents:
a good supper twenty five cents. The
entertainment will consist of ten beau
tifni tableaux, music and a langhable
pantomine, 1.-THE Milliners." The en-
tertainment has been gotten up very
q uietly, but it promises to be IN en-