The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-10-10
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| Representative Beard yesterday re-
ouested the publication of the following
correction of slight error made in his
| interview published in yesterdays States
man:
Editor Statesman-In your issue of this
| morning you by mistake misquoted my
| remarks on the night before with refer
ence to those acting in connection with
the Corbett-F itzsimmons prize fight. My
statement to your editor was to this
effect, viz: "Dan Stuart and his party
had best be careful how and where they
enter into an agreement to pull off the
prize fight in another State or Territory
of this Union or any foreign territory,
for the reason that they might lay them
selves liable to prosecution in this for q
felony for conspiring in this State to com
NIT a felony in the State or Territory
where the fight is agreed to be pulled
off," Article $50, title Is, chapter / of
our Penal Code provide: "a conspiracy
entered into in this State for the purpose
of committing any felony in any other
of the States or Territories of the United
States, or in any foreign territory, shall
be punished in the same manner as if
the conspiracy so entered into was to
commit the offense in this State' The
penalty for such conspiracy by our
Criminal Code is CONTINENT in the
penitentiary not less than two nor more
than five years." The mistake you made
was in making me to say the parties
might be guilty of Compromising q
felony" in stead Of conspiracy to COM
NIT felony. hope you will give this
place in the columns of your paper and
correct the mistake, as / know you did
not intend to misquote me. Very re-
specially, B. B. BEARD.
Representative of Twenty-fourth Dis
trict.
reads as follows:
Section 1884. If any person shall en-
gage in prize fight, or fight for u bet,
wager or stakes, by whatever name il
may be called, he shall be fined one
thousand dollars and imprisoned in the
county Jail six months.
Sec. 1885. If any person or persons
shall be second or seconds in such a
fight, or bear challenge, or the accept
ance of challenge, either verbal or
written, for such fight, or make up or
aid in making up the stakes for such
fight, or shall, in any capacity, or in any
way, aid or assist in bringing on or CON
Quoting such fight, he or they shall be
fined five hundred dollars and imprisoned
in the county Jail three months.
Sec. l2SS. If any person shall train
or prepare, or assist another in training
or preparing for such fight in this or
any other State, he shall be fined five
hundred dollars and imprisoned in the
county Jail three months.
Sec. 1889. 1t shall be the duty of all
judges of the courts, justices of the
peace, mayors of cities, trustees of
towns, and other conservators of peace.
al sheritfs, constables, marshals and
other police officers, on being informed,
or having reason of their knowledge to
believe that such fight is about to take
place, or that there is training or prepar-
ing in any place within their jurisdiction
for such fight, to suppress and prevent
the same; and for this purpose they shall
arrest the offending parties, or have
them arrested, or hold them to security
for their good behavior, and also commit
them to prison if they do not give bail
for their appearance at the next circuit
court to answer the charge; and in order
to suppress and prevent the same they
shall exercise all the powers vested in
them for the prevention of crimes and
and any officer having
such knowledge or information who shall
Willfully neglect or fail to execute the
duties required of him in this section.
shall be fined the sum of five hundred
dollars and shall forfeit his office.
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