The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-04-11
CRIMINAL COURT.
Judge RyIand Charges the
Grand Jury and Talks Good
Law to Them,

The grand jury was called.
r. c. Kelley, of Black Water, was
excused from service on the grand
jury.
.'Are there any others who desire
to be excused from service ~ the
grand jury ?" asked Judge Ryland.
D. T. Hatshorn-I would like to
be excused.
Judge Ryland-What is your ex-
cuse Mr.. Hartshorn
HI am troubled with sick head
aches.
Are they regular?
H-No sir.
J-Well as long as they are not
regular and this is not one Of the
times that you are about to have an
attack, the court could not see its way
clear to excuse YOU.
And Mr.. Hartshorn kept his place
in silence.
Judge.-Mr. Clerk, enter w. H.
Anderson as foreman.
THE GRAND JURY.
V. E Keller, John W. Lakin. p.
H. Longan, B. ID. Clark, c. G. Den
ny, w. H. Anderson, T. H. Calls,
A. Farnham, William Courtney,
J. H. Looney, D T. Hartshorn, +.
e. Love.
The grand jury stood up and the
usual oath was administered by Elder
E. K. Marvin, deputy clerk.
Judge Ryland then charged the
grand jury, telling them that they
had plenty of time to do their work.
He urged them not to make such
haste as to incur the displeasure
OF any one by adjourning before work
was completed as was charged at the
last term of the court.
you are your neighbor's keeper"
said the court.
The court told them that they must
keep the law themselves and see that
their neighbor does also, and that it
was no hardships to obey the law. If
any law is bad one, enforce it and
a repeal will soon follow as it was an
easy matter to repeal laws. He urged
that the grand jury was a necessity
under the laws of Missouri and could
not punish certain crimes without
first the matter being investigated by
the grand jury and true Indictment
found.
The court gave the sale of red
liquor side hit by telling the grand
jury that some men pay license to sell
intoxicants and they should be pro-
tected in the right they pay for, but
that selling it on Sunday or to minors
was illegal and these acts should be
investigated, but it was no more illegal
than the selling of other goods on
Sunday.
Back door sales counted the same as
front door-both illegal on the Lords
day. Must do no work on Sunday.
There are some religious sects who
recognize other days than the first day
of the week as Sunday. If they do,
and SO observe it they must be pro-
tected.
at is as much of crime to sell
cigar on Sunday as to sell a glass of
liquor" said Judge Ryland, looking
at Judge Anderson, who never did
anything worse on Sunday than to
watch his corn grow.
The crap shooters and those who
gamble in their parlors, got dose of
law poured into the ear of the grand
jury who are paid for listening.
The grand jury was enjoined to look
out for them.
The advocates of mob law were told
some wholesome truths and cited the
jury to the fact that unless the COM
munity stuck to the law, all were at
sea and the results would prove
disastrous. "No excuse for mob law"
said the judge with emphasis.
The county Jail is a standing charge
for Judge Ryland when ON the Pettis
county bench.
After he mentioned it, he took a
long breath and said he had eften
called attention to it in Pettis county,
and asked the grand jury to look well
into it, also the county farm.
/ Section II, article IA of the
statutes was called to the attention Of
the grand jury about public officers
handling public money. The hooks of
such officers should be looked at by
the grand jury.
The judge said he was sorry any
one should complain of the last grand
jury, and wanted no room left for
complaint when this one should ad-
journ.
AFTERNOON Session.
The court roOm was densely crowded