The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-07
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THE COURT or SESSIONS.

Aldrich, judge of tho second circuit,
presiding. The roll of the grand jury
was called, and seventeen members
answered to their names. Tho pre-
siding judge then delivered his charge
to the grand jury, substantially as fol-
lows:
1t gives me great pleasure to, meet
you, on my return to your county, af-
ter an absence Of two Years and a balf,
and to congratulate you upon the i'm
proved condition Of our affairs. The
State government has been conducted
with economy and with O just regard
to all the. interests Of our people.
Commerce las revived, labor Is con-
tent, crime has decreased, factories are
springing up, railroads arc extending
their lines, and there arc everywhere
signs Of general improvement. see
no reason why, with her great and va.
'ricd resources, with a government
that will at once develop those re-
sources and give protectiou to all our
people, and with the help of bene-
ticent Providence, our State may not
rise to the highest prosperity.
have said thai crime has diminish
ed: While this Is happily true Of most
offences, yet such is not the case with
the crime of homicide. In the past
ycar-from the first Of February, 1880,
to the first of January, 1851 have
tried thirteen cases Ofhomicide, out Of
which there were ten convictions.
The crime of homicide thus appears
drcadfully prevalent. Why is this so?
Ny experience convinces me that the
yyyl,S 10 tr 1>a
the practice Of whiskey-drinking and
the Carrying of concealed weapons.
These evils became so great that the
Legislature was forced to pass laws to
check them-the statutes against carry
ing concealed weapons anu forbidding
the sale of Intoxicating liquors outside
Of Incorporated towns and villagcs.
Your duty is to present all violations
OF these statutes that may come to your
knowledge.
The crime of homicide is not confin-
ed to our land-as some partisans pre-
tend. 1t spreads over the whole world.
All kinds of homicide are prcvalent--in
Ireland suffering under a chronic fam
lnc-ln imperial Russia and in pros
porous Germany, waging a constant
and cruel crusade against the Jews.
good citizens and who have furnished
TO literature some Of its brightest orna-
ments, and to politics some of the
greatest statcsmen--thcse people are
driven from their homes by the man
dates of q tyrannical government.
And all this III enlightened Europe.
We cannot say how this state of affairs
has come about. For our part, all
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Let it be understood that all that
come to our shores shall be strictly
answerable to the law, and shall like
wise enjoy the full protection OF the
law.
Our State is doing all she can to ell
courage immigration. Our Commits
sioner of Immigration is jealous and
capable gentleman, and is using his
best efforts to make his department
successful and beneficial to the people.
Immigration is Of vast importance to
our State. We want capital-and
with population will come capital.
Mr.. Butler, our Commissioner of
Agriculture, asks me to bring to the
attention ofthc grand jurics the law
passed for the protection of ftish-a sub
Jcct very much neglected. Though
bic in stocking our rivers with fish,
though traps have been put in proper
places, yet the law has been SO fire.
quently violated that the efforts of the
Commissioners almost come to nought.
II the landed proprietors will help him,
ana It the law be enforced, we shall
soon have all our rivers stocked with
all ample supply Of fish for all. It is
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ed.
1t is not necessary for mo to charge
you as to your different duties, as the
painstaking judge who preceded me
mas doubtless do1ie SO as fully as is
necessary. 1t is your right and duty
TO inspect cvey department Of the pub
lie administration.
There is one subject of great impor-
tance to the courts and the people. I
allude to the drawing of juries. The
law requires that i'll making up the
Jury-list the commissioners shall TAX O
one III ten or at least one III twenty Of
the whole number Of persons fit and
liable to jury duty. Yet in one county
within my knowledge, where there are
are over six thousand voters, there
Were but 280 names put on the jury
list. There is certainly something
wrong III. this. I do not know of any
Irregularities in the drawing of juries
in this county, but still it is part of
your duty to look after tho matter.
You will now retire for the consid-
Grafton of such bills as the Solicitor
shall submit to you.
The grand jury accordingly retired.
The State vs.. Nelson Savage, indict-
ed forlarceny from the field-stcaling
hundred ears Of corn from the field of
the prosecutor, Mr.. w. B. Boyle. Mr..
j. e. Mcdonald appeared for the de-
fence. at the close Of the States tes.
timony, he announced that lie had no
evidence to offer, and would submit
the case without argument. After
brief charge from tho Judge, the jury
retired, and soon returned with q vcr-
dict Of "Guilty."
The State vs.. Edward Brown, in
dicted for carrying a concealed wea-