The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-10

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Marshall, July 4 1879, Major WILLIAM " q sted
man was elected Chairman and JOHN L. Pierce
| secretary.
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meeting touching certain editorials contained
/ In the Memphis Public Led1er and the New
| Orleans Times at the nast week. denouncinp
the nennIe If Harsisons an,lntv and Han. 4. f
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meeting Of the bar Of Harrison county to draft
/ resolutions expressive Of the sense OF said
meeting with refarenes TO an editorial article
In the Memphis IMbtte -LettgPr OF last week. de-
mandatory OF the people Ut Texas and OF Har-
rison county, and more especially Of our able
| defendant IN the case OF the State OF Texas vs..
James Currie. charged With the murder Of d. @.
Porter; and aaO an article published La the
New Orleans Times pertaining o the sans s,lb-
jeet, beg leave to submit the following resolu-
| lions:
IiesVtHsAs AuHt ~ - hHJWH ~ lis fSs lHWyGTS
thst the application OF james Curiis for con-
| tinuanee was In strict compliance with the law
as It 10 and has been IN force IN Texas since 1856
and being the first applleatinn WAS not debBta-
bic. and the counter affidavtts madston behalf
p1 the prosecution were 1nadmissihe under the
law anu eould not % entertained by tue presiding
Judge That such being the ease Judge Booty
nad no discretion In tho mater. but simply de-
el q Waat was unqneslonably The law when
ne sustained ne motion to continue The case.
HAD he 0verTulea the MOTION ana GnTris been
convicted. the case would certainly have baen
! reversed BY the Court OF Appeals for that rea-
son alone. and ct least one, year would have
elapsed before d trial could have been had that
would have been final. thereby causing. in real
=. loss gf time to the prosecution and deny
Ing TO tue defendant e,t clear Legal right.
. Resotred That there IS no discrimination on
the Tart OF the court Of Marshall TO turn Ttnrie
Dose ana suei, o enarge 50 recklessly made
facts nor Is he eowardly il the discharge Of
his official duty as SO Wantnnly stated: and We.
your computes, none OF whom are Ia the least
Interested In the CHrrie case. aud all Of whom
have practieed before Judge Booty since he was
g lis heorf RI sss esaafs d and Ii
uprightness. impartiality and fearlessness as a
judge ,
Judge Booty us d nrivate citizen, and also Gus as
ndgs Of the Second Judicial District. we know
that ne mas y. no sympathy with crime or those
wh r. eommit I 4, mr. parr,, ,o,,,, -
aota IN Ma,shn aa i n WnIas o as
York or elsewhere. as he we'll knows from tbe
treatment received by him during his detention
among us. oeeasioned BY his wound as wei as
during his present VISIT and from his knowl-
edge Of the intelligence md refinement of our
Resotped That this tHarrtson) county Is one
Of the oldest counties i'm the STATE, Of rexas and
herescuteheon has never been furnished BY The
reign Of mob law, but our courts have always
been sufficient TO protect the ,ctfzen IN his life
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