Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-16
Instructed the New Grand Jury to Go After Pistol Totars,' ' Gamblers, Sun
 day Violators and Others.
co MANY CRIMES
People Have No Regard For Law Pistol TOter an Assassin Who Car. rieS Pistol Around in His Pocket to Shoot His Fellow Man.

1 If the present grand jury follows 1 the advice of Circuit Judge A. B. Grace, the Sunday violators in this city and county will be kept on the jump for the next few months at least.
 Judge Grace instructed the jurors to strictly enforce the Sunday laws. He did not specify the kind of busi- ness he had reference to when he de- clared that all places should be clos ' ed on the Sabbath day. He recited the fact that no nation or race had , enjoyed progress without enjoying one day rest each week. Aside from , the religious requirement, he held that the Sabbath day was set aside for a discontinuance of business. No man can work seven days, he said, neither can horse or mule Judge Grace said that there were many en- ployes of various establishments in this city who were desirous of keep , ing the Sabbath day and observing it | as it should be observed but they were prevented from doing so by their employer. He intimated that the en- ployers should be dealt with by the grand jury.
 1 It would not surprise those who heard Judge Grace's instructions to hear of the confectioners, cigarists
 and others who insist on keeping their places open on Sunday, being , indicted before the present term of the Jefferson circuit court is ended. Judge Grace has for years been recognized as one of the most learned |, of Arkansas jurists. His charge this morning, from legal standpoint, was gem. His sensible, we'll pictured views on various occurrences in every day life, was as Rlain as it could have been stated to the jurors and it was apparent that the jury was we'll ad- vised and we'll informed when it re- , tired to the jury room to begin it's work, which will require many weeks. , Marion A. Hudson was appointed foreman of the new grand jury by the court.
 "A pistol toter is an assassin who walks around with a pistol in his pocket and is ready to kill his fellow man."
 1 Such was one of the sensational statements made in lengthy charge delivered to the Jefferson county grand jury this morning in the lief ferson circuit Court room by Circuit Judge A. B. Grace. Judge Grace also paid his respects to the gamblers and the Sunday violators, while perjurers and others who make a practice of
 violating the law were also touched
 up'' with view that the grand jury
 thoroughly investigate the many cases that will come before it at it's present
 session. The session of the jurors
 promises to be one of the busiest and
 most costly in this county for years
 Judge Grace declared that there
 were too many pistol toters" in this county. He instructed the grand jury at length on this subject and declar- ed that the grand jury should lndlc1
 every person who is caught with
 weapon on him, unless he is a dul!
 authorized officer. He stated that II
 one year recently there were twenty live homicides and nearly one hun Idred assault and batteries in thl: lcounty alone, startling figure.
 'Tt has come to the point that citizen no longer depends on th' courts of this county for protection said Judge Grace, but he feels tha The is justified in "toting a pistol t' protect himself. Violations of tn flaw are too frequent. The peopi |seem to have no regard for law an order. Something must be done ]! check them and the grand jury l the body that can check it. strlc
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