The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-05-25
A WORD TO TIE WISE.
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A ~Weil-detliied ruinor * caiteut 10
the effect, that certain interested par
ties are busy at work 10 form the m.r-
chants of the parish into il combination
to defy the Sunday Law. and to trns-
trate any attempt made hv the sworn
officers Of the law to enforce i. Tie
plan lstO form an antI-Snnaay Law
League for the purpose. 50 this Yutnar
has it, of enrolling as many members
as possible sworn to opposition to tie
enforcement of the law. One nersor,
at least, is said to be ON the road So
Letting signatures 10 Il project looking
to such organization. Some 80 SO far
as to say that the plan c~ontemplates
swearing persons who may be called
to serve on liries to a promise not 10
convict Ia case they shoull be chosen
to sit on IL case OF the violation of tii..
Sunday Law.
1t is hard to believe that there are
men in our community. WHO are SO
blinded by their personal interests. or
their prejudices as to be willing aud
ready to descend To 50 alSfeputable
and criminal IL means, i'll order to de
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which they may disagree.
1t is still harder IL believe that any
considerable number of the reputable
merchants and business men of the
parish will be induced to enter into
any such criminal conspiracy to defeat
the laws of their country by i resort
to perjury, and subornation of per-
jury.
1t is harder still to believe that the
tax payers of Lafonrcie. who will be
called upon to defray the expenses of
the prosecutions which such a conspir-
acy will necessarily bring about, will
tolerate any suc! nefarious designs.
Still. lnasmuch as the m referred
to obtains in our community,
and some person, if not more. is busy
trying to organize a leagne to fight the
Sunday Law. aud lest some persons
might unwittingly take steps in a
direction which might eventually lead
them into serious trouble, if not to the
State Prison. it might be well to pnb-
ilsh the law bearing on the subjects of
corrnpting jaries and Of perjury, and
conspiracy to procure perjury.
The Revised Statutes of 1870, Sec
ton Sol provides:
livery attempt to corrupt or awe
Jurors in the trial of any cause, either
civil or criminal. depending in any
court Id this State, by menaces,
threats, giving money. or promise OF
any %pecuniary advantage, or other.
wise, shall on convection be fined not
less than n hundred nor more than
five hundred dollars, and imprisoned
not less than six months, 0 more
than two years. -
Act No. 8 of the Extra Session of
1870 provides, Sect. ). That whoever
snail conspire with another person or
persons to commit or procure tie com-
mtsston OF the crime OF murder, rape,
robbery, burglary, arson, periufv, or
forgery, on conviction thereof. shall
be imprisoned at hard labor not ex-
ceedlng W years nor less than six
months, and fined not exceeding two
thousand dollars nor less than five
hundred dollars, at the discretion of
the court
1t Will thus be seen that tie ATTEMPT |
to bind persons beforehand to refuse
70 convict in any criminal case by any
means, Whatsoever, is punishable by |
Il hne of not less than one hundred
dollars, and by imprisonment of not
less than six months. This means.
that II a conviction should be had in |
a case of that kind, the Judge would
be bound by the law to sentence the
person convicted to a a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars. and he
must III addition, send the party to the
parish jail for not less than six
In other words, the penalty
for an offence of that kind is both fine |
ana imprisonment, and the Judge is I
left without any dissertation as to the
lnt1iction of both,
Under the Act of 1870, defining and
Furnishing a conspiracy to procure the
commission of the crime of perjury.
the penalty is again both fine and i'm
with this difference, how
ever, that the judge in east of a con-
vlction, must sentence the accused to
The penltentiary for not less than six
months and must fine him not less
five hundred dollars.
1T 1t be a fac; that some one. or more
persons are conspiring to have jurors
swear IN advance that they will not
IN a prosecution of a Sunday
Law case, such person or persons are
that their crime will be inyes-
lgated 10y the next Grand jury. of
he District Court. +;
LAW & ORDER. :
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