The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-03
A STIR IN CHARLESTON.
The Prescntment OF the Grand Jury Create
Il Sensation

CHARLESTON, S. c.. June 25.-The
grand jury today made q presentmenl
which promises to stir up things in the
courts.
Among other things the grand jury
says of the contract of the dispensary
with w. Gibbes Whaley, the chair.
man is reported as paying more money
for drayage than just an efficient ser.
vice could be secured, for two respon,
sible parties have offered to do the
same work for 3 cents and the other
for 3 cents per package and the board
are now paying 5 cents, and we ask
that this evil be remedied.
1t has been brought to our notice
that money has been supplied to Sc
cure witness in certain cases while ii
has been difficult in others to get wit
nesses unless by using over and over
and over again the same few police
men and detectives. 1t is hoped that
some remedy may be supplied to obvi-
ate the necessity of city of 10000 in
habitants having three or four police
men and as many detectives to make
criminal docket. 1t is next to impos-
sible to secure justice and it impairs
the usefulness of the officers.
It has come under the notice of the
grand jury in various ways that W.
Gaillard one of the trial justices of the
city, has been on many occasions on
the streets and elsewhere under the in
fuence of liquor. Several citizens
have mentioned to the members Of the
grand jury that they have seen this Of
fcer under the influence Of liquor
when in the discharge when
in the discharge Of his duties We
have been unable to get these people
to testify against this officer, moved
we presume, either through fear or on
account of friendliness for him
but we are so well satisfied that these
charges are correct and inst that we
do not hesitate to present this trial
Justice as a person unfit to exercise
the duties of the responsibly office he
holds and we recommended that he be
removed from Office.
CARD FROM JUSTICE GAILLARD.
To the Editor of The News and Cou-
rier: Please allow me space in your
valuable columns to say few words
in my behalf after having been malic-
iously malinned by the grand jury at
this present term of the Court. The
cases for which have grown out of the
Assistant Attorney General to make a
certain affidavit in support of the fact
that certain strong cases had been
made and presented to the jury, some
of the most select and strongest of be-
tween seventy-fve an one hundred
cases, and of which the jury found no
bills, upon my affidavit and
others the Assistant Attorney
General moved for a change Of
venue in these cases 10 Orangeburg.
This grand jury has undertaken to
venge their spleen upon me, and un-
der their own report they say they
could get no one to testify against me,
but in view OF certain rumors they
have undertaken to assail my conduct
in this community and as they admit,
without any testimony. to bear them
out, but still have made this recon-
mendation. All because as an officer
of the law l have endeavored to dc
my duty in the execution of that law
which they of th;c city particularly
have been trying to bring IN cisrepute.
now finding they are about to be con
quered they have sought revenge on
this individual who cannot be heard
in his own defence to bring disrepute
on him. These are the facts in the
case, and l leave it to theunprejudiced
to be judges.
W. 2. GAlLLARD, Trial Justice.