The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-28
STORY OF THE A|R IN CRIMINAL CASES
Rehearing For New Evil
dence Discovered.
Challenges in Murder Cases Changed
10 EquaIize. The Georgia vagran-
cy Law is Favor

The matter of crimes and hearings
in court was fully discussed by the
House Judiciary Committee yesterday.
After much had been said pro and
con, and by close vote this of 3 to
s, the bill providing that in criminal
cases where new evidence was dis
covered q new trial be allowed by the
Supreme Court was ordered reporter
favorably. Mr.. Graham. OF Granville,
antagOnized the bill declaring II ought
not TO pass. that the legislative Dfanch
of the government could not make TINS
direction TO the judicial branch.
Messrs Robertson. of Guilford, ana
Ehringhaus. of Pasquotank. favored
the bill, while Mr. F'eimster. OF Ca:
tawba, thought that criminals had
enough rights now.
The vote stood 8 to S until Mr.. NC
Ninch, of Mecklenburg, voted in faVor
Of the bill saying he reserved the
right to oppose il on the floor or the
House.
The bill of Mr.. Graham, of Granville,
to amend the law of challenges IN
criminal cases, changing this from 20
for defendant and 4 for the state. to
10 for each was finally amended at
the suggestion of Mr. Feimster 10 ~
challenges for the defendant ana 1
for the state, the right of the state
to place names at the foot OF the panel
being taken away. 1t is claimed tllat
by this large venires need not pe
called and that money will be saved.
The amendment Of Mr.. Feimster was
accepted and a favorable report was
ordered
The vagrancy bill introduced by Mr..
Alexander of Mecklenburg. which was
considered last week, was again taken
up. The sentiment of the committees
seemed to be strongly in favor OF
more stringent law and at length q
subcommittee consisting of Messrs.
Olive, Lockhart and Fowler, was an-
pointed to consider the Georgia Dlll
and report TO the full committee as 20
whether they considered IT advisable
to adopt that measure. AS is Wen
known the present Georgia law is n
once the most advanced and the most
stringent piece of legislation in the
entire country on the vagfancY prop-
lem
A bill providing that illegitimatc
children should inherit cOllaterally
from their mother and should be ca
pable of inheriting when there were
other and legitimate children was un-
favorably reported BIZ a close cote or
8 TO 6.
a bin to give five in place of three
county commissioners TO PerqCimans
and Il bill providing for cotton
we;gher III Dunn were ordered given
Favorable report
A substitute bill was suggested for
the bill presented to prevent compro-
misses in suits without the consent OF
attorneys. and Mr.. Winborne, of Hcrt-
ford. is to draw the bill.
Favorable reports were ordered on
the bin amending the Craven county
stock law and on tne~bill 10 allow the
sale of the county home property in
Duplin and to allow the proceeds, to-
gethcr with a tax of 10 cents on the
500 to be applied to the erection of a
new county home.
Liquor Traffic Legislation.
The House Committee on Liquor
Traffic was at work yesterday after
noon and a number OF bills of local
interest were acted OH. Those FAVOR
ably reported were:
A bill to prohibit the sale or manu-
facture of liquors or intoxicating bit
tiers in Waccamahaw township. Column
bus county.
TO repeal the charter of Myrtle, in
Brunswick county, a town whose In
corporation led to the erection or a
Iwhiskey still which has since been put
out of business because of violation OF
the law. The bill has already passed
the Senate and thus ends Myrtle
town.
To prevent the manufacture and
sale of liquor within three miles or
Fletchers Chapel Methodist Church III
Gates county. Also a bill to incorpor-
ate AGAINST liquor within two miles of
Eureka Disciple Baptist church in
Srantham township, Wayne county.
To add TO the law concerning liquor
on election days that none shall be
sold within five miles of polling
place, the law now prohibiting the Civ
ing away of liquor.
The bill of Mr.. Patterson, of Swain,
to exempt the county from prohibition
features provided by an act of 1899
and put it on the Watts law basis was
deferred for two weeks. The commit
tee docs not favor the bill.
The bill to regulate the sale OF
cider, this proposed by Mr.. Harrison
of Halifax. was deferred. as was also
the bill repeating the act allowing
sale of whiskey at the Atlantic Hotel,
the Alexander bill regulating hours OF
opening and closing saloons and the
| bill amending the charter of Hills
boro.
For Public Health.
| The Committee on Public Health
Yesterday gave it's approval to the Dill
of Mr.. Wright, of Rowan, forbiddine
| the retailing of cocaine and opium un-
less on a physicians prescription.
| The bill to consolidate ana revise the
| pharmacy laws of the State was or
/ dered given favorable report.
| The bill to allow the physicians OF
| Huntersville, Mecklenburg county, te
! conduct Il drug store and COMPOUND
prescriptions was reported unfavorably
/! rs the place has AS inhabitants and
| the state law for pharmacists allows
no place with over 500 inhabitants tc
have a drug store where prescriptions
are compounded without there is
registered pharmacist. At Hunters
/ willie it is claimed there is not sufti-
/ Client revenue to warrant the services
of a licensed pharmacist. A remedy
suggested is to have thirty-threc o.
| the inhabitants move out of town anc
reside over the line of the town limits
1t seems a case in which town has
/ few people too many.