Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-12-04
JUDGE GILLETTE'S
instructions to the Grand Jury are
OF Interest to Every Citizen.

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Grand jury, at this place Friday,
Nov. 28th Judge Frank E. Gill
lette addressed them as follows: !:
At this time, the Court desires
to say to you that crime is the
inevitable result of violation of
justice. In every community
throughout the length and
breadth of our land there are
those who lack only the power of
initiative and example to become
either jncendaries, thieves, rap
lists, suicides or murderers, and
whenever a william Of deeper dye
sets an example of seemingly
successful crime, his record,
blazoned abroad, acts as a match
applied to tinder among the callow
Drained imitators of the act. We
generally are in the habit Of pay
ing too little attention to the pow
or of suggestion in the every day
affairs of life. Naturally all of
us suppose that we act upon our
own volition and of our own
wills. Strong men physically,
men of strong nerves, temper
ment and ability, men of strong
minds and wills, are at times, as
we all know, given to act upon
the example that is Get before
them, thoughtlessly at times, at
other times carelessly. We see
things done that acts upon the
mind and is sufficient to cause
us, perhaps in a moment of
thoughtlessness, to follow that
example without giving it due
consideration. And so / say to
you that we sometimes are too
apt to follow example, rather
than the course dictated by our
own individual judgement or up
on our own individual initiative
power of thought. tits not tpossi-
tive always to accurately and
carefully judge ourselves, and it
often happens that those who are
complete masters of themselves
to do things because they see 9TH
ers doing the same thing. To those
who hold in their minds a rever-
ence for the law and an obedience
to the dictates of justice, they,
looking towards the good, imi-
tate what they see and what pre-
sents itself to them as good !;
while a successful train robbery
or a successful crime may start
a hundred callow Drained youths
to meditating upon the possi-
bilities of a successful coupe in
that direction. Crime unpunish-
ed is always menace to the pub
lie. Not only because of the
crime done by the criminal him.
self, but even more because of
the baneful results of the ex-
ample.
The city, the county, munich
pality which winks at the VIOLA
ton of the law, whether in broth
els, or in whatever form the
municipality may overlook such
violation of the law, is laying the
foundation for a still greater
crime in future years. Con-
tempt for the law and the glor-
ification of evil is the inevitable
result. Plans are made for the
protection of society and the only
safety lies in the enforcement OF
the law as it is made.
This grand jury is the eyes OF
this court. When it comes to the
punishment of the graver offens-
es that are committed, this court,
its organization, is a farce and a
useless expense to the pnblic il
the grand juries will shut theiI
eyes to crime and refuse to bring
before the court those who are
guilty of the violation of the laws
of this Territory. This court doe:
not sit here with regal power tc
bring before it those individuals
who are violators of the law anc
who menace our homes and oul
in ctit,ttipnC Tho ;y,;t,oA,,r.. ,.so.l.