The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-23
STORIES OF JUDGE GAMBLER.
HIS UNUSUAL ORDER CONNECTING
AND PARDONING A WOMAN.

He Refused n New Trial, But Grant
ed IL at the End of Six Months and
auashed the INSTRUMENTATION
Commission Refused to send the
woman Home-Judge Gambler Fin
ally Secured Her IA Ticket-Other
stories of the Judge.
Atlanta. Dec. 22.-Judge Gambler mas
gained quite a reputation for his emphatic
rulings and the individual opinions given
by him on and of the bench The press
representatives always regard him as a
good news source for he rarely holds a
court. especially in Atlanta, that he dos
not give out good story.
There was a young white man named
Crawford once indicted in his court for
larceny, and when the jury brought in a
verdict Of not guilty. the prisoner arose,
and in a very grateful way said:
Il am very much obliged to you gentle
men"
You ought to be-you owe each Of them
a chrome" promptly interjected Judge
Gambler, This is recalled here to show.
how self oplnionated Judge Gambler al
ways has been.
On another occasion, while in Judge
Lumpkins office drawing a jury. he sup
piled another instance of this character
istic. He drew out a slip and calling the
name for the clerk to write II down. said,
That's a good man-He'n make a good
JUROR then drawing another and caIlng
It, rather surprised those present by say
ing, This is a set off to the other"
SO much for preface to the story that
follows.
Members Of the Prison Commission are
constrained to think that Judge Gambler
~ trying to usurp more authority THAI
the Law gives him. An order of hts recent
Is put upon record, shows an anomalous
condition OF affairs, as Judge Gambler
CONSTITUTES the dispensing of justice, and
one Of the Prison Commission in discuss
ing the order. said the Judge had exer-
cised more authority than they had the
pardon power, for they could only recon-
mend a pardon, while he had absolutely
granted one.
4 Remarkable Order.
The order is a remarkable one in the
court records Of Georgia. II convicts
Fouan on q charge for which she was
never tried inflicted a punishment before
the record Of conviction was entered, and
pardoned her after the punishment had
been inflicted.
A negro man and a negro woman named
EIenry Holland ard Minnie Williams. were
put on trial in ms court for burglary. The
negro woman was convicted and sentenced
% I've years in the state penitentiary. A
new trial was asked for. and a superse-
IDEAS PRAYED. The Judge refused the lat
ter. and ordered the woman sent to the
state farm at Minedgevilie. He held up
the motion for new trial for
SIX months. when. the law says a
decision shall be rendered within ninety
days. and ihsn gFan ed a new trial and
Guashsd he indicimt mt
The order rs unique in tire annals Of
tursEruderce end vii lie reed with inter-
est ty the / gal fraternity throughout the
state.
It is rs follows:
State vs.. Minnie Williams, burglary.
Verdict guilty and motion for new trial
After careful 90 de alton OF this mo-
acn. l am satisfied that the defendant
Henry Holland. was guilty of burglary
that under tho evidence Minnie Williams
was only guilty OF receiving stolen gods
knowing hem to have be stolen. Before
fer mo ion was fled for new trial she had
been sJnt 70 the peeitentiary. A rev tr al
is granted in The case and having served
six months in the penitenuary which is
ample punisbmen for The offe Sc OF whi h
she was certainly guilty.
II is ordered that the bill of indictment
for burglary AGAINST her be ouashed. and
she be discharg from custody.
John s. Gambler,
j. s. G. St Mt. CT.