The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-05
THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH.
THE DANGERS OF ITS UNLAWFUL
SUPPRESSION POINTED OFT
FROM THE BENCH.

Judge FalliEant's Charge 20 the SUI
perTor Court Grand Jury on the
Constitutional Privileges Of Free
dom in Politics. IN Religion and in
Observation-Disclosures which Must BE
Protected and Not Abused-The
First Days Work Of the Court.
The March term Of the superior court
\ convened yesterday. The juries were
sworn and the business Of the term was
\ taken up at once.
/ In his charge to the grand jury Judge
/ Falligant dwelt upon the relations Of the
/ jury TO the people and to the state. The
charge was somewhat more comprehen-
/ sive than is usually made 10 the grand
I jury. and touched clearly upon the issues
! likely 10 come before il.
The judge dwelt at considerable length
/ upon the constitutional rights Of the peo-
/ Pile Freedom in politics. freedom in re-
ngious thought and freedom in discussion,
he said, are implanted in the constitution,
and are among the cardinal principles Of
American liberty. These rights must be
protected and not abused. The aim Of
the founders of the government was to
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in the exercise of all the privileges con-
ferred upon him by the constitution and
the privilege Of free speech was among
the uppermost Of these rights Its in
tegrity must be sacredly guarded. Its
abuse is deplorable. but its suppression
by Illegal means is fraught with great
danger, a danger that the law does not
tolerate
The ordinary duties Of the grand jury,
the general supervision it exercises over
the county's affairs, its inspection of the
various departments Of the county gov,
eminent. were fully dwelt upon. In refer
ence to the supervision Of the roads, the
judge referred to the fact that the last
grand jury had recommended the adop-
ton of the general road law
The jurys duty in the investigation Of
election abuses was pointed out in a man.
ner which left no doubt as to the intention
Of the court to protect the ballot.
The roll of the grand jury was called as
follows
A. Nice. Duncan, II. NJ. Branch, Nor
ton Frierson, John II. Cavanaugh, Henry
G. Ward, George W. Dwele, G. A. Gre
CORY, H. NJ, G. Smith, G. w. Allen, j. c.
Thompson, Benjamin b. Minor, Jr, John
Derst, w. G. Powell, G. w. Parish, John
d. Robinson, Hugh NJ. Hutton, T. L.
besSelileut r. A. CUTS, II. &. Morgan
Robert H. Lewis, Il. ii. Smith, Joseph
Ferst. John 0. German
The jury elected Mr.. Duncan foreman.
1t then retired and entered upon its de-
liberations. But two indictments were
returned.
William ]. Nuttall, larceny after trust,
and w. HUMPHREYS and Wallace Ferris
for hog stealing.
Nuttall is in jail, where he will await
his trial. He is the party who robbed his
benefactOr, A. S. Won Kamp, some months
ago, and then left the city Won Ramp
had been keeping Nuttall. and had prac-
tically supported him for a long time
one day he gave Nuttall $45 to get changed.
That was the last he saw of his money
or Nuttall While Won Ramp was looking
for Nuttal the latter went through Won
Ramps room and carried off everything
he could lay his hands on. After that he
robbed a Chinese laundry nearby Moth
ing was heard from him until he was ar
rested in Atlanta last week. He was
brought back to Savannah and was be-
fore the recorder yesterday morning, and
was turned over to the grand jury.
A suit was filed in the superior court for
Gordon II. Buckner against Stark r.
BucSner asking for injunction to res
train the latter interfering with certain
property which the plaintiff claims. 1t
seems that the defendant and plaintiff
were eo-heirs inheriting a piece of prop
erty near Bethesda on the Vernon river
The plaintiff charges that the defendant
threatens to tear down portion of the
house which extends over onto his portion
of the land, if it is not removed, and he
has applied for an injunction to restrain
him from any such action. Judge Falli-
giant granted restraining order and set
the matter for hearing on March 3d.
Clifford j. White against Ella A. White
Mamie C. White and Cyrus White is the
sounding of a suit in which the heirs to
certain property are petitioning the court
! for a partition. An order was taken ap-
pointing Capt John r. Dillon, Messrs
Charles H. Dorsett and John G. Clark
partitioners, and they were directed to
report to the court.
A rule absolute foreclosing a mortgage
on real estate was granted in the suit of
Georgia l.. Barron, Administrative, against
John Smith
The following mortgages on real es-
tate were foreclosed: A B. Hull against
Mrs Emma C, Strickland, 1921; Jones
Mendel against James NJ. Flood, $3.50, and
John Riley, administrator estate J. NJ
Barron, against John Smith SIPS.