The daily gazette., 1879-05-22
Court House Rings.
To THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE:-


Dear Sir.-In writing last week about
Philadelphia coming around to the
"Delaware idea"--the whipping post
promisedto write and tell to what low
level politics in Philadelphia had reach
ed. / will have to skip over all that
might be told of s.strikers" and changers
on'' in both parties, who make their liv-
ing by the most questionable means, de-
terring decent and honest citizens from
accepting nominations for public Offices,
and pass OH to tell how political Organi-
cations are used to control Office holders
and defeat the ends of justice. The
sjury' has been styled the Palladium of
our Liberties, and for which our English
ancestors fought and worked and gained
from King John, so far back as 1915 al
Runnymede-a free trial for every man
by twelve of his peers. Therefore when
this system is tampered with, say it is
going to the very fountain head of JUS
ticc and polluting the whole stream II
was charged last fall openly on the stump
in one of the Legislative districts, in
which one of the Deputy SherifIs lived
that he was promising positions Oh the
jury, and did actually put their names
in the wheel, for the purpose Of defeat
ing certain candidate and to have the
''glory" of being the ''boss" Of his dis
trict, If anyone doubted this charge all
they have to do is to attend Court and
they will see the worst "poltical beats"
of the district on the jury.
When you get your new Court House
and you see mysterious men with myg-
terious occupations hanging around, you
can put them down as '.ury fixeIs."
They have become so strong here that
they are hard to break up. One Of our
judges recently reprimanded jury after
| they had rendered "qucer vcrdics,"
and said he had no doubt that it had
been brought about by professional jury
iixers whom he had seen lowering about
the Court during the trial and the same
Judge threatened to deal severely with
any of those individuals who would be
brought before him.
| The professor does his work in this
manner. He gets complete lists Of the
jurymen for the term he goes over it !;
first gets the ward that the election di-
vision in which those he thinks he can
"reach" reside. Then he fiuds out who
"owns" or can "pull" those said indi-
vIduals then for his "price )" the "work
is DONE" So, is abused and the ends
thw arted of the greatest safeguard
thrown around our liberty and our lives.
One other individual warn you to look
out for if he should make his appearance
around your new Court door, viz {: the
professional bail goer." To say the least
his nefarious work is demoralizing to
Justice.
Through the influence of politics a
rounder who gets himself into trouble,
generally has bis bill of indictments sub
mitied. 1t is done in this wise: the wrong
ed or injured party seeking to enforce jus
tice is of course the Commonwealth IS
principal witness, in effect the prosecutor
in that particular case. He comes down
time after time to court and the case is
postponed until some time he is found
absent the case is called the prosecutor
is declared as not appearing, the bill is
submitted to the jury for verdict OF
s'not guilty" which is rendered.
Fore warned, fore armed. Take heed
and do not allow these abuses grow up
within your county. / would not like
to see it for the love bear to my native
county and city, and for the fame and
good name of my adopted city and coun'
ty, hope at no distant day to be able tt
report that these abuses and the perpetra
tors of them "are known 10 more for
ever" Yours,
A BLUE HENS CHICKEN.