The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-04-14
CRIMINAL COURT.
Referred to the Italian War-A
French St0ry-One Wife
Enough.
The Kansas City Sun-High Fiv
ers Get it-Als0 Crap
Shooters.


to proclaim the court open at 1:3C
p. m. to-day. After swearing in the
Sheriff's force, Judge Ryland said
"Mr. clerk, you will call the grand
jury"
The jury was called and sworn.
After the jury were seated the court
said /:
"Any one who has an excuse from
serving on the jury will now please
make it known
They did not say word about go
ing home and were willing to serve
at least they said nothing.
The court said in charging the
grand jury, that society had to be reg
ulated and that the grand jury had to
assist in that duty. He said the coun-
try was now in an uproar over the
prospect of war with a sister coun-
try, the result of an unlawful act 10 a
city on American soil, where law was
not properly enforced.
He called attention to the statutes
and the provisions which made a
felony indictable-could not try and
: convict any person for felony with.
first being indicted.
Judge Ryland told little incident
that had its foundation in France, to
illustrate how treacherous were the
memories of witnesses. He told part
of the story in the French language
and then interpreted it to the jury.
They looked dazed.
He then dosed the bigamist. Said
if a man had one wife and took good
care of her, that was a great suficien-
cy. Some men wanted even more than
two wives, and the court said he
wanted that sort of people punished.
some wife 3 enough for any man."
The Judge "stood pat" and square,
The jurors thought of theirs' and SAID,
Enough some to spare"
He called attention to the "Kansas
City Sun law" but he said some laws
had TOO severe penalty, but was
careful not to say this law was one of
that kind. Watch obscene publica-
tions. Society should be guarded.
He got after the "crap shooters,
and said it was national game" in
Lafayette county. He believed it
was played with dice, but did rot say
q word about "seven beats 'leven.'
The court tackled the "High
FLYERS" and progressive eucher play
ers and said the game was rightly
named for it progressed from bad to
worse" and he was sorry for the
morals of any community that toler-
ated playing these games in parlors
under gilded electric light for prize s.
He gave the old jail blow between
the eyes and looked straight at Ed.
Hurley, who is on the grand jury,
whom he knows erects good buildings
and does his work well.
eff any of you get sick.or any have
been law breakers yourselves, let the
court know it and you will be ex-
cused," said the judge.
VIM. Courtney was appointed fore
man. Judge Ryland in his charge to
the jury mentioned everything in the
Heavens above or the world be
meath with the exception of Joe
Simpsons new baby and Tom Kehoe's
new trowsers.
"Mr. Sheriff, take the grand
jury to their room," said the
court, addressing Sheriff Ellis r.
Smith.
"Mr. Clelk call the petit jury"
Their names were called and they
answered.
Geo. III. Shepperd, of Lamon tie,
came to the front and presented a
certificate from DIR. Walter Penquite
that he was too deaf for duty.
81 wish the county court would
not draw deaf men as jurors. Excuse
Mr.. Shepperd," said the court.
L. M. Goats was excused because he
had the La grippe.
w. 81. Noftsker asked to be ex-
cused from serving, because he was a
plasterer by trade and this being the
spring of the year he had plenty of
contracts that were crowding him.
Cant excuse you for that" sail
the judge, looking as firm as the new
walk around the court house.
G. A. Leftwich, a middle aged man
walked to the Judges desk and asked
to be excused because he had two kids
down with the measles.
Court-Have you ever had the
measles !?
Juror-Yes, sir.
Court-Then there is no danger of
spreading the contsgion in court from
your
Juror-No, sir.
Court-Then go hone and help
-vour wife care for the sick children as