Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-04-28
Judge Cooks Home Paper Ac.
cuses Him OF Packing a Jury.
Charge Supported by an Affidavit
of an officer and Eye Witness
This is Awful.


Murray Times says II was show
that only 10 instead of 20 name
we're drawn for grand jurors an
and that instead of drawing 4 NOR
names the court discharged thos
regularly drawn and proceeded t
make up another grand jury, in tn
presence Of Dan Clayton, a jurl
commissioner. The Times contin
ues
"In drawing this lastgrand jury
of which the present grand jury is
a part, he took from the wheel. &C
ccrding to his own affidavit and the
affidavit of Dan Clayton, all of the
| 200 names in the jury wheel and
picked from all of them 20 instead o.
drawing the 20 as the law directs
He said that he picked over all Of
the 200 in order to scatter them over
the county and to get sober and dis
Greet citizens and yet we find FIVE
of them IN 3H miles square and three
others only mile and half part,
and by the way J F. Padgitt was
the first one drawn as sworn to by
the jury commissioner and his name
did not appear. 1t was clearly
shown to him that the jury was lille
gally picked, as the law gives no
right to pick jury and yet he sits
on his own case and decides that he
carried out the law and when he
got it all done to suit he left on first
train and a special Judge was APP
pointed by the governor to hold our
court and everything went smooth
until a motion was made that
brought into question some of Cook S
allegal work aud behold Cook come.
back and puts the special judge on
of the bench. although he has APP
pointments to speak in Trigg count 4
this week, and was not expected to
come back, and passes on his own
case instead OF allowing a Judge
that knew no man to try it out &C
cording to law.
He knew the whole business
would be knocked out because eve
| ry schoolboy knows that to take out
all of the 200 names in the Jury
wheel and pick therefrom as he ad
mitted in his affidavit, is not
drawing at all, let alone draw
ing as the law directs. 1t
does not take lawyer 10
understand what drawing means,
as many of our best citizens who
were for Cook we're heard 10 say
that they had seen enough and that
Cook either did not know the law or
lwilllully violated it and in either
event they could not vote for him.
Draw your own conclusions.
This is a serious and exceedingly
damaging charge to bring against
Judge on the bench. 1t is not "a
campaign lie" as the facts are moi
, denied and are supported by the
: following affidavit Of one of Judge
Cook S own appointees, and not de
MED by the Judge himself.
ClaytOn's Affidavit.
THE affiiant, Dan Clayton, state
that he is a citizen and resident O
Galloway county, Kentucky, ant
that by proper orders of the Gallo
way Circuit Court, and at the Nc
vember term of 1902, thereof, he, to
gether with S. B. Watson and a. J
Beale was appointed and qualities
as Jury commissioner for CallOwa,
county, and that in conformity will
their duty as said commissioners
they retired to a room designated
by said court, in the court house a
Murray, KY, and engaged in thu
duties incumbent upon them as
such commissioners that they tool
the last returned assessors books
for Galloway county and from it and
from a personal list OF names hand
ed and furnished them by John II.
Keys, they selected, made, return
ed and placed in the jury wheel and
tubes, the number of names on slips
required by law for grand and
petit Jurors for the ensuing year
and that during their deliberations
and selection of names, writing and
depositing as aforesaid, the said
John H. Keys was frequently pres
emit
The affiant further states that by
the invitation and request of Judge