The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-07-01
JUDGE ROBERT COCHRAN
TO MERIDIAN GRAND JURY
SAYS A FULL ENFORCEMENT OF CRIMI=
NAL LAW WOULD MAKE Gov
ERNMENT LIKE HEAVEN
The Devil Totes the Pistols and Runs the Blind
Tigers and Gambling Hells-Says the Enforce
ment of Law Depends Upon Officers
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is everywhere seen in the decadence Of
the yirility and power of the church.
If it is not enforced anywhere else in
the United States, want to see it
enforced in MiSsiSSippi; if it is not
enforced any where else it shall be en-
| forced in the Tenth district.
You may run your eyes over the
map of the world and your mind over
its history, and you will find that in
every country where the criminal law
is rigidly and uncOmpromiSingly en-
forced there is prosperity and mate
rial development and the church
guides and directs the people; the
same process will show you that in ev-
cry country where the law is not en-
forced the devil reignS in decay, anar-
chy, bloOdShed, murder and general
Decentralization.
One Of the troubles in the enforce
ment Of the law is the jaundiced con-
dition and leperouS attitude of the
people towards crime and criminals.
They seem to be utterly ObliviOuS TO
the fact that crime triumphant means
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the abcogation of all law, and that if
the devil succeeds in his diabolical plot
that man will be remanded TO his pri-
meval state, where he will be cOmpell-
ed to defend his own by brute force.
This would be the perfection Of the
| DEVILS scheme, when he could turn
every man against every other man
and finally destroy humanity. 1t is
lamentable fact that too many peO-
pie SynapathiZe with crime and crimi-
nails. There is scarcely ever cOnvic-
tion of criminal of any Importance
that the people do not Immediately
proceed TO buttonhole the judge and
plead for light penalty. 1t is also
! true d 1T nearly every mao viii sign
amy s5.i u petition TO the Govern0r
| to get any sort of criminal out of any
sort Of trouble. Why is this true?
Is it because the devil has control OF
the people, or is it because they are
unconscious that they are doing his
bidding.
Another trouble that lies in the way
of the enforcement Of the criminal law
| is the sentiment that it ought to be
so enforced that nobody will get hurt.
| | do not hesitate to say that this SEN
timent is the scheme and suggestion
of the devil. The criminal law was
designed to hurt, and if it does not
; hurt, it has no virtue or power. It's
only force is its deterrent force, its
sole mission is to appeal to the good
people for the protection it brings
them, and to the bad on account of
the terrorS it thunders at their fears.
[ believe in maximum penalties and
in taxing the DEVILS crowd; / believe
i'm raising the levy SO high that they
will be taxed out of action. If they
do not like my policy, they must keep
their names off Of the assessment roll;
I mean the criminal docket. The
biggest humbug that the devil has ever
yet gotten off on the people is that
the good people should lie taxed TO
pay the expenses of criminal courts in
order TO keep lot of criminals from
overthrOwing civil government.
Another trouble in the way Of en-
forcement of the criminal law is y0ur
public official. If every public official
in this country, from constable up,
would do his duty, there would not be
the slightest trouble in enforcing the
criminal law. 1t is the imperative
duty of each and every one of them
to assist the courts in the adminStra-
tion of the criminal law, and notwith-
standing this solemn obligation rest
ing upon them, it is still true that
too many of them are in league with
the devil and endeavoring to throttle
the courts in the administration Of
the law. They will every one uf
them tell the people when they are
soliciting their votes that they are
against crime and criminals, but
just as soon as they get in office, too
many of them go over TO the devil
and betray the people. | know
public official who will pray in church
on Sunday, run with the devils crowd
on Monday. and while with them crit
iciZe the judge for saying SO much
about crime because it hurts the coun-
ty, and always hollowS to suit the
crowd he is with. 1t seems to me
that such public official is relig-
iouS snollgoSter, a moral morphadite,
a political Siamese twin, one-half
God Almighty and the other half dew
il: one hand out to catch the votes of
the good people and the other hand
out raking in the votes of the devils
crowd, ,endeavoring all the time to
bring about dog-fall between God
Almighty and the devilin the enforce
ment of the criminal law. What !
ought to be done with such an official
fraud and humbug?
1t is the imperative duty of every
good citizen to go before your body