Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-29
oJ1CKENED CONSEQUENCES.
SCENE IN 4 GEORGIA CoCRT-RooM'

SCENE IN y S"SiNN |
C,eoroia has Il stringent pistol law :,
The penalty is forfeiture OF the pistol an" a
, fine Of go. and, at the discretion OF the {.
conrt inu,;sonment for thirty days. +
~,,ort time after this law went into effect
Jrlcc Lester was holding court in one OF
the mountain counties OF N"rth "ooiSi"' $
am. ri rht in the midst ofthe trlai Oh IL
causc ..he asked the attorney TO snSpen" "
f,yv moments and told the Sherh to lock
tha courthouse door and let no man pass
| o,,t without permission from him. Ihcn
s.i3 tho Jnlrc, in his !iru,, decided way
.l.ent!sInen, saw pistol ona man III
this room few moments ago, and can
NOT reconcile it to my soIsc OF "h6S US %
,,,oo officer to let such y violation Oh
tbo law PASS unnotccd. 1t may be tha'
# Is nv duty to go before the grand jury
,n1 irlict him, but if thatman will walk
} ,,n to this stand and lay his plsto- an"
! q fine of 81 down here, l will let MN OK
this time, otherwise l will g" before 'hc
GRAND Jury and testify against him..
II Tine Judge paused, and an attorney
: who was sitting down just before the
;: stand got up slipped his hand III Ms n'p,
o noclet, drew out II neat, Ivory nan.''c. -,
y sm;ti, s. Wcsson six shooter ana ia'o =
y down before the Judge.
g This is all right" remarked the Judge
al s,+ .o, orr. ,ot the man saw with tn
~ pistol.' ..... -,
OF At this another attorney, sitting I'LL
Is ,,cdiate,v in trout of the Judge, gov /"
st and drawing ont a small Colts feVol'e'
on ,,ih Il and a 81 bill upon the stand.
pit .v,is is right again. said the Juos
76, su>,t Won ,rc not the man l speak OF"
rs, ,Yhcreupou q large man just outside
'hc tha bar walked round, ran his manu- III
nd his BOSOM and drawing out u h"So
cd, army pistol, laid it and 81 OK tho s'''
has ..I dccla1e," exclaimed the Judge,
eet, this don't beat all yol have tone i's
all ,- frien1. but YOU are not the man 81
Tue with the pistol" .,
orc This process went on until n'h'''
The nistols and $40 were lying on 1fe '"''
and c+,nl. Then there was Il pause '''
GUS ,,ncoreI as if the crowd were rFellS
cing d;s,rmel: at least, if there were Il
and MORE pistols in the house their 0" l.
lme- did not seem disposed to give thcu'
ands s:C:on,leuen.' resumed the Judge, !
that r, nineteeu persons who have acte"
l the ,,e, in this business, but tho man III
lckel, saw With the pistol has not como up
) per and now" continued he, pulling ou'
L and watch and looking toward the fai si
yearly tho ourt.housc, "I will give INN
mt to minnie to accept my propositions IL
!, is he doe; not do it i'll that time VIII
him out to the Sheriff, and order III
e,oo take him into custody
~ Immediately two men from tho
cov mart or the house began to move ''
the Judges stand. Once they 81
=, 1,.Lo and locked ~ each other, and then,
ing slowly forward, laid down ''e'
+,1s and their dollars. As they
:, ,r,,r- ~ leave. tho Judge SAID: "ihi>
,.o ,re with the black wIlislSers is the oiie
+ho do 7 saw with the pistol"
, hovs Ii,cu Judge Lester gave Il shoi
! of +nre upon tho cowardly, tooi's
wicked habit of carrying Con
r,,oon ,ve,nous, and assured his aud1cnc
:, +lor, in the future the law would po
,1 ;f ouforced The court proceeded "
,od, tell regular BUSINESS '''' ,a,,;+ or p
,,f, that in that county the habit OF
. ,,.,,o, n,isto,s was broken up.--AasItrt'l