The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-23
Judge Sanders Issues Some Sage
Counsel Today.
Says Pistol Carrying will Become .
Felony-Says Men Dan Keep
From Drinking.
COURT
NOTES.
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| some good adyfce TINS morning about
carry ing pistols. He was moved to
make q few observations by the case
against A. Ledforn, a plumber, chang.
ed with maliciouly cutting George
Reichstein, . timer employed by Mr..
John MART, at the Commercial Hotel
Saturday night. The warrant first is
sued was for simple breach of the
peace, but Reichstein was in court
with his head and both hands tied mp
from cuts, inflicted il il alleged by
the other, and Judge Sanders statoc
that il was not the custom Of his court
to sllow preach of the peace charges
to suffioein such cases.
Ii seems from what can be learned
that Ledford was using indecent
language over the telephone ut the
commercial Hotel when Reichstein
called him down. A dispute followed
and Ledford pulled his knife and made
for the other, cutting him first on the
head, and then on the hands and arms
He waived an examination on the
malicious cutting charge and was
held in the sum of 5000, and the
breach OF the peace case was continued
until tomorrow.
Judge Sanders stated in regard to
the case that there is entirely too
much shooting and cutting going on
everywhere these days "You can I
hardly pick up paper that You don Z
find shooting. cutting, and killings
everywhere, he said. at is time TO
stop it. II the law against carry ing
deadly weapons such ms pistols and big
knives were enforced more rigidly,
il would soon diminish homicides.
Men go about with pistols in their
rockets and use them on the slight
est pretext. often to their lasting re
greet.
II understand from said authority
that the next legislature will pass a
law making il felony to carry a
! pistol or other deadly weapon conceal.
ed, under certain conditions. be-
lieve it will be q good law. When "A
mans life is in danger there is some
justification for carrying a pistol, but
when there is not and ne simply car
ries it TO be carrying it, there is no
excuse for it. -
Judge Sanders had quite court to
day. In the case against Ben Harris,
charged with drunkenness, Judge
Sanders also made some very pertinent
remarks . He said that men who can
not refrain from drinking whiskey
when il mikes them drunk aud pre-
vents their holding good positions,
ought to be put in strsieh hit jacket
like n crazy man and kept that way
until cured of the habit. at IL fool
ish" he said, "for a man to say he
can't keep from drinking whiskey.
He can IL he wants to, and IL he
were pat in q straight jacket and
kept that way with only q small
amount Of wbiskey occasionally until
he got used to none at ell. he would
very soon be convinced that he can
do without it. Here 10 Q young
man," he further declared, "who
can make a good salary il he would
keep sober. He il one OF the best
grocery clerks in the city, but men
cannot hire him because they never
know when he il going to get drunk
on them"
Harris was up several DAYS ago and
promised never to come back again,
but he was back today. 81 thought l
wouldn't when 1 promised, judge. 81
he said. "but here am" He was
fined 81 and costs. Others fined for
drunkenness were: II. Il. Clifton,
Gardner, Arnold and Ballard.
Tom Oatlett and Flora Transer.
oolored. were fined geo and Is costs
respectively for a fight.
Edith May Beasley and Lille Lee
were fined t5 and costs each for
breach of the peace.