The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-11-23

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tenth district for two years, the
number Of homicides would be re-
duced to the minimum. You
have it ii your power, and the
solemn responsibility rests upon
you to use your highest and best
efforts and endeavors to suppress
these agencies of the devil.
Now, / want to talk to you a
little about your courts. Certain
prosecutions, swift convictions
and maximum penalties should be
your settled and determined poll
/ y. If when you have inflicted
the maximum penalty, the pleas
land the entreaties of the defend
ant and bis friends for lighter
punishment make you feel like
you are taking softening of the
brain, and that your backbone is
becoming uniointed, in the name
Of decency, resign, get out Of the
way, and let the real man take
your place. Delays and continu-
ances rob the law Of all its virtue
and power, and are today the cam
ker worms that are eating out its
very vitals. When a case is ready
for trial on the part Of the State,
try it, and do not delay it at the
suggestion Of any one to suit his
convenience or until the defend
ant is prepared to overthrow the
case of the State.
Law and Order Men for Jury.
If a jury is asked for, instruct
your constable to summon only
law and order men to serve on
the jury, and if he fails to obey
your instructions and summons
criminals, expel them from the
jury and continue to do so until a
law and order jury is empaneled.
Law and order men, and only law
and order men, have any right to
take part in the administration of.
the criminal law. If your consta-
BILE persists in his efforts to shield
criminals by summoning criminals
to serve on the jury, report it to
me and | will have the grand jury
Investigate his case. Any public
official who will wilfully and
knowingly assist criminal in es-
Gaping punishment is subject to
Indictment, and the most whole
some influence that could now be
used in the suppression of crime
would be the Indictment and pun
ishment of such officials. / intend
to instruct the grand jury in every
county to file with their report a
transcript from your criminal
dockets. | intend TO see, and /
intend that the people shall know,
what you are doing to aid this
court in the administration of the
law. / shall not hesitate to COM
mend before the people the faith
full and honest justice of the peace,
nor will / hesitate to call to their
attention the little lousy, NANCY,
disreputable, dirty rascal who
lines up with the criminals. 4
now call upon every justice Of the
peace in the tenth district to co..
operate with this court in the en-
forcement Of the law. / want.to
meet each and every one of you
at every term of this court in
your respective counties, take you.
by the hand and counsel with you
on the enforcement of the law.
Judge and Justices Can Cooperate.
How many of you will write
me at Meridian and tell me that
you will unfalteringly stand by
the policy Of this conrts Let US
make it the banner district Of the
State, and set the example for the
other judicial districts. Glorious
are your privileges, but great are
your responsibilities. Two an
tagonistic forces constantly strive
for the mastery Of the life and
character of man; the one good,
the other evil; the one inspired
! by God, the other inspired by the
devil. Crime is simply the devil
in action; to suppress crime is to
suppress the devil. There is not
a church in your district that will
not be respected, if you do your
duty. There is not one that crime
UNPUBLISHED will not wither and
blight.
"A justice of the peace who
hesitates or falters in the rigid en-
forcement Of the criminal law is a
traitor to God and to man and an
| Tally to the devil.
81 sound the tocsin Of war
against crime and let the decree
of this court 60 forth, backed by
every reputable Justice Of the
peace, and endorsed by all good
men and pure women, that the
ldevil symbolized in crime must,
land shall be, driven out Of the
tenth district.
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Health is absolutely impossible, If
constipation be present Many serious
cases of liver and kidney complaint
have sprung from neglected constipa-
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