The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-03-14
COBB SUPERIOR COURT.

Cobb Superior Court convened here
on Monday morning last with Judge
George f. Gober presiding, and Hon.
Thomas HUTCHINSON, Solicitor General,
and assistant, Charles H. Griffin, pres
ent and in the yigilant performance Of
their respective duties
The following gentlemen compose
the Grand Jury: George M. NOEL
reath, Foreman; Henry 5. Manning,
Clerk; A Reed, J A Johnston, +
Allgood, T B Dodgen, r E Daniel, J
w Selman, NJ S Gilbert, Attaway,
ID w Dobbs, Newton Bullard, A A
Wolfe, A J Stewart, E II Northcutt,
n Scott, r Z Butler, G l. Allen, w B
Robertson, &C Orwell, J l. Nichols,
w NJ CAN'T, and 7 w Glover.
The charge to. the grand jury by
Judge Gober was one of the strongest
and ablest he ever delivered. He al
luded to the fact of having appointed a
committee, by recommendation of
grand jury, to investigate the books of
the several county officers He then
spoke of the rights of a citizen as a
tax payer, and read the law defining
the duties and responsibilities of all
the officers of the county, the collection
of taxes, their specific application, ex-
penditure, etc. He charged as to the
work OF the roads, putting up sign
boards, etc, and stated that it was the
duty of the grand jury to report where
there were omissions due to neglect of
the required work. He gave particular
stress as to the enforcement of the law
against selling whisky, carrying con-
cealed weapons, pistols, dirks and met
al knucks also emphasized the inlpor-
lance of finding true bills against those
who gamble for money or anything of
value-that it had been the case that
some negro, boy or man, would be
jerked up and indicted for gambling
for nickle or drink of whisky, but
there was class of citizens called
upper tendon" who played cards and
gambled and escaped. 1t had been re-
ported over the state that he was the
Judge who inveighed against progress
sive euchre, but he didn't know any
thing about progressive euchre, but if
men and women, in a parlor or else
where, whether their number was three
or four or thirty, played cards for
amusement or pastime, for ten cents in
money or anything of value, the whole
crowd was guilty of gambling, and it is
the duty of the grand jury to indict all
without discrimination. The law is
written in the books and we must take
1T as we find it, regardless of opinion.
If the grand jury fails to do their duty.
then the Judge, Solicitor, Sheriff and
Clerk are helpless to correct evils. En-
force the law. You are not to know
friend or foe. The State constitution
guarantees protection to life, liberty
and property and its benificent benefits
should be conferred on all alike. This
is fair play. He said it was his DUTY
to urge the enforcement of the law and
enforce it, and if there were those who
didn't want it enforced in all matters
where it is violated then they must
get some other Judge, as he certainly
would seek to do his duty regardless of
the criticism or displeasure of those
who had rather looseness and irregu-
larity should prevail in the dispense
ton of justice, to suit their particular
case or shield their particular friends.
The charge was lengthy and covered
many points.