The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-26
Must Obey the Law.
JUDGE EARLE CREATES A SENSATION

JUDGE EARLE CREATES \ SENSATION
The County Diopensarios Have Violated the
Status and Must Suffer the Penalties.
| Crccnvillc Mountaineer
The sensation Of the week has been
tho firm and unyielding position of
Judge Earle in regard to the systcmat.
ic violations Of the dispensary Jaw, tO
which he directed special attention at
the opening OF the term. The grand
jury was charged at tho outset to ex-
anime closely into the management OF
the disponsarios, and to note whether
1t was true that tho dispensers had not
required buyers to sign applications
for liquor, az was commonly reported.
This and other features of tho law
were carefully explained to the grand
jury, and as 1T was generally known
that the dispensers throughout the
State had disregarded tho law in
many respects, it was expected that
tho prcsCntmcnt Of the grand jury
would deal with these infructions OF
tito law. But when the prcscntmcnt
was mado on Wednesday morning,
while it condemned tho system of
bookkeeping and reported that the
law had bcen loosely administered,
there was no specific charges against
any one for direct violations of the
law. This was unsatisfactory to Judge
Earle, and he proceeded at once to
mako some remarks to the panel,
which caused q reversal Of their judg-
mcnt and resulted in an appendix to
their report. The remarks of Judge
"a nj ,1,sfn a. IL f>Il
Referring to SO much of your pre-
sentiment as relates to the dispcnsary,
if tho county dispensers have sold al
cohollc liquors as you now report,
then they have violated tho plain pro-
visions of the statute. They are au-
thorlZed to dispense liquors only as
the statute Directs, and if they make
sales i'll any other manner they are
just as guilty rs the man who runs a
blind tiger, as it is called.
" on have presented many persons
at this term for violations of this
statute, and many persons have been
convicted and sentenced. You have
done your duty ~ to them, but if tho
the statute, they shOu!d likewise be
presented, and if they arc guilty they
Should DC punished. Law will be re-
spected by the people only when il is
enforced without discrimination and if
the individual citizen is to be punish
cd Tor violating the statute land it is
right that he should be) tho officer
who disregards its plain provisions
should not be excused. Indeed tho
law should be moro strictly enforced
against the officer than tho private
citizen for the former is not only
subject to tho primary duty incumbent
upon all persons req liring obedience
TO law, but he has also resting upon
nm tho obligations incident to his
Office.
II the county dispensers havc vio-
iated the law in tho matters referred
! TO by you then it Is your duty to pres
cnt them. | have no right to dictate
TO you; | have cndcay0rcd to do my full
duty IN declaring to yen the law
Whether you will do your duty, and
what you will do in the promises,
must be left to you. You arc the
grand inquest of the ocOunty and no one
has the power to control you in your
deliberations"
The grand jury took several hours
to consider the supplemental ;nargc
Of Judge Earle, and finally came into
court with the ADDITIONAL prcsentment,
which specifies Dispensers Hill and
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