The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-15
CIRCUIT COURT.
synopsis of the Judges Charge to the
Grand Jury.

Citcnit Court convened last Monday,
with o good representation in Attendance
from NIL portions Of the county.
Judge Christian, District Attorney Nc.
Lain, Sheriff McNair, Circuit Clerk War:
rem and Deputy Clerk Charles Chrisrnan
were all in their places aud ready for
business.
Judge Chrisman's charge TO the grand
jury was clear and concise, and presented
with the Judges usual force. He i'm
pressed npon the jury the Importance of
economizing time as much as possible as
this is a time of the year when farmers
can't well afford to be ont Of their crops,
and regretted that the Legislature had
seen fit to change the time of holding
court, but stated that some counties al
ways have to suffer this Inconvenience,
aud the lot had how fallen to Lincoln.
In consideration Of letter Of COM
plant from some ladies, the jury was
specially charged to investigate certain
disorderly conduct at Pleasant Grove
Methodist church on Fair River. The
jury was also specially charged to inves-
tigate the reports and accounts of the
county officials, and see that the books
of the Sheriff, Treasurer and Chancery
Clerk were straight and correct. Doctors
practicing without license were to be in
dicted
Special attention was called to the new
prohibition law, which makes it unlawful
for any one to solicit orders for liquor IN
prohibition territory, to sell same or to
assist either purchaser or seller; also to
the new law prohibiting the SALE giving
away or drinking of ardent spirits at any
church or other public gathering. Re-
ferring to the recent decision of the su-
rreme court of the United States relating
to the sale of liquor in uubroken pack
ages, the Judge said that that decision
only applied to interstate commerce
non-residents and did not extettd to any
citizen of Mississippi, or even toa resale
by nonresident. This was his con
vi tHC uCO'SiOh uiiu biO WY
would be applied in his courts.
The good law and order prevailing in
Lincoln county as compared with some
other counties, and the growth of the
people in morals and material prosperity
under the workings of Prohibition, was
highly complimentcd.
The grand jury, as impaneled, is as
follows:
Beat &c r Gage. John NJ May, W.
Hart, Albert Ratcllff, colored; beat &c
P Chandler, Shade. Chisholm, colored;
beat 81 s Feldet, w Boone, w f Lee,
Columbus Alexander, colored; beat Al
w Chisholm, Fl Albritton, f Rollins,
Harrison Bracey, co'ored; beat s. w NJ
Godbold, T Smith, Frank Watts,
George Flowers, cOlored.
r w Chisholm was appointed foreman
and C c Smith, bailiff,
The petit juries impaheled for the week
arp. as follows:
No. Amos Mooney, johnson Fair
man, Jacob Mark ham, Engine Buie, q c
Erwin. Jacob Harness, Moses Furlow,
William Morgan, Alfred Magee, Isham
Smith, J w Bryant, Monroe Workman.
No 2-W W May, Z + Floyd, ID Me
Coy, w X Williams, Geo H Harding, w
A Hammonds, WI Hodges, W R Cade,
Dan Hney, Chas. Heuck, Jr w. H. Dix
on, w + Davis.
The Jud 90 Commented upon the fact
as worthy 81 remark that The Board of
Supervisors had not selected single man
as petit juror who lives in either Bogue
Chitto or Brookhavcn.
In our next issue we will give a full
list of tho cases disposed of for the week.
The famous bnlldozing case from beat 4
State vs.. ID. }. Lard ct al-was taken mp
yesterday morning and was still in prog
rcss ut the hour of going to press.