The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-11-24
COBB SUPERIOR COURT.

OlUD superior COurt, November
term, convened here last Monday
morning, Judge Geo. F. Gober presd.
ing, and Solicitor Thomas Hutchesor
officiating. The following gentlemen
compose the grand jury for this week
r. w. Boone, Foreman ;Jno T. Groves
Clerk; p. J. Power, g. D. Coch-
ran. w. l.. Richardson, J. d. Baker
7. N. Camp, 7. P. Lisdley, John L.
Reed, j. i. CAN'T, Jr., James NJ. Bull
lard, w. j. Trammell, f. H. Northcutt
w. p. .Jiles, II. A. Taylor, s. J. Irelan
Jesse N. CAN'T, J. H. Waller, r. H
Wright, G. G.. Matthews, p. T. Handy,
d Geo, S. Owen, d. A. Sewell.
Judge Gober's charge was very forci,
BILE and comprehensive, and urged upon
the jurors their best endeavor to en-
force the law under the rule and stat
utes as laid down, regardless of friend
or foe, favor or affection.
He called attention to the statute
against gambling,-that playing with
cards, dice or by any device or scheme,
for anything of value, money or what
not, was gambling, and indictable I'M
der the laws of Georgia.
On elections he dwelt at length and
read passages from the election and
registration laws and impressed upon
the jurors the Importance of indicting
/ all violators. The central idea of our
constitution and state law was that
the majority shall rule, and to make
this possible free ballot, legally cast,
and honestly counted should prevail :;
that if a mans vote could be bought
with fifty cents, the one who had the
most money could carry an election,
and thus by fraud and rascality the
peoples will might be defeated; one
mans influence would be greater Just
to the extent he influenced an election
by money and whiskey; that buying
and selling votes were violations Of
law, and the guilty should be indicted
A secret ballot, too, is one of the legal
rights of voter, and any superinten-
dent of an election who allows voters
ballot to be exposed, causing parties to
go out on the street end talk about it,
is liable to Indictment and should be
indicted. A number of persons con-
victed of larceny think they have a
legal right to vote, when such is not
the case. Every man should be pro-
tected in his franchise, and purchased
voter and convicted criminals have no
right to kill an honest tax payers vote ,
and to allow it to be done is a great
commentary on our free institutions.
The sale of whiskey or receiving or
ders for or the delivery of the same in
Cobb county is n violation of law.
The sale of whisky, brandy, gin,
rum, beer, or anything that will intox-
icate, is prohibited, and it is your duty
to find out who violates the law and
indict them. The right to sell cider or
domestic wine, in less than one quart,
of fruit purchased. or grown by the
maker, is allowed. but not on election
days, and not to a person drunk.
Complaint had been made to him
that criminal cases had been settled
before the trial of the case in Justice
Courts; ignorant people having been
arrested and allowed to settle by pay
ment of cost in these matters. The
law says that cost cannot be demanded
until after conviction, and whatsoever
i does to the contrary is guilty of NAL
practice in office and ought to be in
dicted, and | charge you to find if any
i officer does this. Honestly and fairly
given a trial is what is required. Law
cannot be used as trap to catch peo-
pie in order to get money by demand
| ing cost in advance of conviction. and
! the Justice of the Peace who uses his
office for such purpose becomes a
criminal and subjects himself to in
dictment
He gave in charge the game law
| hAil1Ii NONo NV dllON utlill
after November LIST. Some. people re-
garded it as new tangled idea to pro-
hibit the shooting of birds until after
that date and openly violated it. Law
is to regulate the conduct of every
body, rich and poor alike, and nc one
should be allowed to violate this law
with impunity, but should be indicted
| for each transgression.
He dwelt at length upon the impor-
lance of good roads and that everybody
was in favor of them Look into the
matter and where you do not know of
your own personal knowledge as grand
jurors of the condition of all the roads
] in the county, you are given the power
| to summon witnesses and make a thor
ough investigation.
The other statutes were given in
charge by His Honor, ard the grand
jurors entered upon the discharge of
their duties 1t is an able body of men
and they will seek every avenue of in
formation TO ferret out crime, enforce
the law and protect society,