The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-08
TO PUT DOWN CRIME
CONVICT CRIMINALS
JUDGE GARY SAYS CRYING
EVIL LACK O FTRUTH.
Looking at Murder Gases One Would
Doubt if War is Over-Duty Of
N Jurors Emphasized.


this county convened Oh Monday
morning, but as Monday was sales
day, and there were great many sal
es, there was no business transacted
Of consequence, except filling the
panels Of the grand and petit jurors.
Judge Ernest Gary is presiding at
this term Of the court, aad is hand
ling the business with dispatch.
On Tuesday morning the grand
jury was organized, and Solicitor
Cooper handed out a number of bills
Of indictment. Judge Gary charged
the grand jury forcibiy both as to
their general and specific duties. He
said he thought it was defect in the
criminal law which gave circuit
Judge carte blanche to charge grand
ju,ics which usually did their duty
anyway, and restricted judges in their
charges to petit .iurics, which some
times did not do their duty. FIc said
there was Il grcat hue and cry on the
part of the press that the courts were
not doing their duty, but the ncwspa-
pcrs did lot point out the remedy.
It took the judge. the lawyers and
other officers Of the court and the
juries to constitute the court, and IT
a part Of the court was not doing its
duty, those who were raising the hue
and cry should specify which part of
the court was not doing its duty. No
improvement on the jury system had
been suggested. Tie said the duty of
jurics was to put down crime and
the way to put down crime was to
convict criminals. He spoke Of the
heavy criminal docket. which had con-
frontcd him in Laurcns, and said he
had told the grand jury up there that
one might well infer from the many
murder eases for trial that the war
was not over in Laurens county.
Jurics should frown down crime: he
said. When witnesses came before
jurcs and gave periurcd testimony.
WHICH the iurics knew was untrue, it
was the duty Of The jurics to discard
that testimony and to get at the
truth Of the ease. The crying evil of
today was a lack Of truth. The court
was here for the boticrmcnt Of the
society Of Ncwhcrry county. He was
;,ot here to rr-u!cr any kick against
Ncwhcrry county. Ncwberry was a
place dear to his heart. Some of mis-
ancestors reposed in her sacred soil.
But he wanted to impress upon the
jury that 1T was their duty to frowr
down crime. He said there was much
discussion TODAY Of the liquor ques-
ton. The liquor question. he
said, would be solved Immediate
1y If the law Of the land were
enforced. Tt was lamcntable fact
that The drunltard had more privil-
cecs thaa the law-abiding citizen. The
law said that drunkenness was an ae-
grava'ion Of crime. while in too many
instances The .jurics said if was an
excnsc. TO prohibit a man from
takin~ drink Of whiskcy was al
abrid"cmcnt Of a personal liberty. but
when men abused their personal libcr-
ties. then the law should step in Tn
conversation with an eminent physi-
cian recently. said Judge Gary, the
physician had expressed the opinion
thu! crime was disease GERM The
state had sanitarum for the cure
Of this disease. located on the banks
OF dhc Crn"arcc, and the scientists
down there said thev could euro it.
The ,urv were the doctors. IF thew
would Diagnose the eases. he would
send them mp for treatment.
But, while it was the duty Of the
inrics to frown down crime. it was
cnunllv their dutv to protect the in
norcm. But If the state had made
out a rrima facic ease, it was the
duty Of the grand. jury to return q
truH hi''. and thea the case would be
invcs i"a'ed bv petit jury, and thc
petit iurics would be expected tc
come up to the high mark which had
been set for them.
On the call Of thc docket Tuesday
morning the solicitor aanaouncet