Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-19
CRIMES COUNSEL.
Montgomery County's Prisoner Punish
ers In Regular Conclave The Judges
Instructions to the Grand Jury.

ceeded to make his charge which
was characteristic with other charges
he had made previously, but the fol-
lowing paragraphs are fresh features,
extra of the regular routine Of instruc-
tons:
There have been since the discharge
ofthe last Grand Jury two important
elections in the city, the first in Au-
guest, the second in November.
The law is stringent in regard to
elections and the effort to preserve
the purity of the ballot box, and the
Grand Jury should see that it is en-
forced. Bribery of any kind, the use
of money or other valuable things to
influence votes, is a crime in this
State and it is pity offences Of this
kind can not be often hunted down
and punished they are hard to
prove for these improper influences
are not usually employed openly, bat
they sometimes are, and whenever
they can be reached itshOuld bedOne-
1t is misdemeanor to sell OF give
any intoxicating liquors Of any kind
at or near an election ground on the
day of election, and this means be-
tween sunrise and sunset Of that day.
The object OF the law is, If possible to
bring men sober to the polls and
send them sober home.
Any person who votes at any cegu-
lar election not being authorized to
do S0-as if he be under age ora nom
resident or have previously vSted on
the same day, is guilty of a crime
and should be punished, and un-
seemly or disorderly conduct around
the polls is punishable. Every thing
at an election should he ms quiet
and orderly as possible. Citizens
should be allowed to appUeach the
ballot box without dnoleStation, vote
as they please and quietly depart.
1t is not often that this us the case
around the polls, but the law Ger
tsinly contemplatesand desires that
election day should be wholly free
from disturbance Gf any kind.
/ have heard ofAate some whisper
ing about gambling places in this
town into which young men are
enticed and aquire habits never to be
gotten rid of iR after !Efe. Many
weak minded young persons think it
quite the thing 10 gamble and drink
and swear, they have.an idea that it
makes men of them, and@onsequent
" they fall easy victims 20 the de-
signing persons who ane found in
every town ready to strip them of
their money and their msrals at the
same time. I'm this place is situated
college for yOung naRn. Their
athers and mothers from elsewhere
end them here TO be educated, they
ire not surrounded by home influence
nd hence the Grand Juries should
Xercise even more than ordinary
are To see that mo place is to be
Dund here which can allur them into
ice and dissipation.
We have had s0me tronRslc hereto
lre im the city with places of this
Srt, aRd | believe the ,evil lis nearly
1 have no reason to
link that the vice OF gambling is as
Dmm0n among y0ung gentlemen as
was a short time ago, htEf new col 4
,ge students come here eNeFy fall
nd bring with thein sometimes old
ices or are subject to fresh tempta-
ons. / have been requested to ask '
he Grand Jury to inquire around G
nd see whether any of these young t
ers are being led into evil habits b
ere and / do SO. | think little /
quiry in this direction woulddl no Il
lrIn. "
The practice of going earned, of b
FRYING pistols, appears to be pain p
lily common also, especially among 81
e young men in the community. p
he most deplorable consequences p'
zen follow this practice and it lis sc
e duty of Grand Juries to do all i'm
cir power to suppress it. Now and
EN- two persons quarrel and one Gf
I'm draws or attempts to draw a es
tol and his adversary in anger &c
'orts him to the Grand Jury, but th
~ little serious effort is made to j.
p the practice of going armed. L.
g firing fpistols at night is a com &c
IN sound to those who live in the tn
,urbs of GAINESVILLE, and the gener- of
impression whether true or false is tn
II many youths, white and black, su
We been guilty of this offense, lei
'refOre it is essential to inquire into pc
Sc violations of the law, either in fe;
city or county. We