The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-20

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this offense the jury and court ara
bound, under the law, to acquit
me- We are bound to know that
a great many Of the buyers com.
init perjury almost daily, az g
this offense. because after having
taken this oath, they will not only
cyade the questions put to thcEa
but positively deny getting any
whiskey, while at the same time
they are notsonly drunk, but haze
a bottle fall in their pocket, and
Ltd ttsll, when tIlsy aE 4 Ssleased, boy y,
they would have Hstuckn some
body,if they had only been asked
the proper question.
And some rather than inform
on the offender, or rather than
perjure himself, absolutely refuse
TO testify at all, and suffer I'M
tprisDnment IN the county Jail in
consequence thereof. and some in
order to hold the esteem and favor
of their trends. who sells them
whiskey. will even swear that
they will never indlct a man who
will sell them whiskey. And
again come can always know be-
fore hand where, from whom and
at what price the whiskey can be
obtained, yet they never can recol-
lcct afterwards anything about it.
W hiie there are great many
indictments and convictions upon
the testimony of witnesses who
have the manhood and moral
courage to inform on their enem, !,
flor such he is, yet. there are at
least twenty illicit sales which
can not be presented BY tie = grand
jury II account of the witnesses,
who deliberately swear falsely, to
where there is one Indictment and
codyiction. S
. There is absolutely more per-
jury committed in regard to this
offense, than in regard to all other
offenses combined, and for what2
Simply for the privilege of get
ting that which de- troys the vic
tins health, ruins his character,
squanders his means, and drives
his family, if he is so unfortun-
ate as to Lave one, to despair, mis-
cry and want, and finally brings
him to premature grave, and in
the presence of his Creator with
=hlaclS- and-foul= resting
upon his soul for shielding and
protecting, while in life, the worst
enemy he had on earth.---------------
Now, when a man deliberately
goes to work to Systematically
violate the revenue laws, he does
it simply for the money there is
in it; he is the man upon whom
should rest all responsibility.
When he gives whiskey in return
for money, should not the buyer,
when he is called on in court, un-
der his solemn oath, make a clear,
full, truthful statement of the
whole matter and let the violator
suffer the penalty, rather than
damn his own soul forever, by
swearing falsely in order that he
may still get and drink this dead
" poison,=z=.55sz=--=,z
Suppose every man who buys
whiskey from Illicit vendors
would, as every good law abiding
citizen and lover of morality
should do, voluntarily come before
the court and make the informa-
ton before the grand juries, and
then freely tell it before the petit
juries, how long would it be until
this traffic would be. absolutely
suppressed Let every intelli-
gent reader and thinker answer,
and the courts and other officers
will not be censured so much here
after in respect to this matter.
Hoping that the buyers may re-
solve to assert their manhood
when called on under oath by
telling the plain, simple truth and
they will be sure to leave the
court room with all approving con-
science, even if it does incur the
-displeasurc of SEINE body who
will try to censure the witness for
not swearing falsely in, order to
uphold the violator of the law.
A, SIIpScRIRER
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Il have used Ayers Pills for
the past 30 years, and am satisfied
| should not be alive to-day if it
had not been for them. They
cured me of dyspepsia when all
other remedies failed IT. p.