The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-22
Sidewalk Pencilings
PecuIiarltx of Law.

a well known attorney yestersay, when if q man Is found guilty of robbery ne is sent to jail and If he is robbed ana IS unaoie to give bond for his .ppear- ance as witness in the case, ne IS sent to jail just the same. @
 There are several prisoners now con fined in the county jail.' continued the attorney, 'who are there not because they have committed any crime. but are being held to appear as witnesses against whom they nave made com plaint.
 Tn some of these cases the person who committed the orrense makes bond when arrested and is therefore at liber- ty. while the complainant Is in 1aii.
 The case may be called for trial, the defendant found not guilty and the only sufferer is the one wno caused the ar rest In some cases not only does ne lose his goods, but his liberty. while waiting for trial.
 The code gives the sheriff the power to hold the plaintiff where there is req son for doubt whether he will appear when the case is called. but the law governing such proceedings does. in many instances. cause needless smear ceratlon."
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 oh, yes, have been blown up by dy- namite," was the easily given answer or The Person Whose Past Experiences t~-0 Limited OHly Dy oppoItuHity Ioi Present Prattle, and the sensation was very peculiar. These trifiing incidents on the car lines are inconsiderable, but I can tell you that to be really blown up by dynamite is an experience that man doesn't want but once.
 "It happened to me when 1 was spending a couple of weeks on a fish ing camp down in South Mississippi. Another fellow and 1 had gone out early in tho morning and hadn't caught 8 thing, so he proposed that we should dynamite. I was dead against 1t and ought to have stayed that way for came very nearly being against 1t dead. took couple of sticks of the explo- sive into the boat with us and padded out into the river. First thing we had a quarrel about who should light it off. I insisted that he was the man to do He lit it off. We'll. Sir, it fascinated him. He just sat there looking at that smoking. sputtering fuse, with me hol- lering to him to toss 1t overheard. He reach over with the paddle and knock 1t out of his hand. It fell in the boat, and just as went out 1t exploded. Say. have you ever been shot 1t of can non? It felt that way exactly. You know when I was with Barnum's Cir GUS that was my stunt-being shot out of a cannon--"
 He is magnificent" cried the chorus. and departed precipitately.
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 Hardship on Courts
 The juvenile court law, passed by the Legislature, is going to work a hardship on the courts, and many negro thieves are criminals, who ought to be in the penitentiary are going to go Scott" free, If my interpretation of the law is correct" said citizen.
 Under the enactment, the officers arc not allowed to imprison any one under fourteen years old. Through my long ex perfence with negroes, I know that there are numbers of them who would swear almost anything in reference to their ages to get out of jail I be- lieve the law will operate so that al- most all negroes under twenty years will claim they are but fourteen, and the result will be that our State will be overrun with this class of ne' gro law w-breakers.
 "A question with me. also. is what would be done with these negro boys. Where Is there reformatory to which they could be sent? The juvenile court law would necessarily mean that. with boys. even though they would be guilty of heinous crimes. would be turned loose on the public.
 Just mark my prediction and watch the effect"
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 Musieians Make Complaint.
 ''The car strike has certainly hurt our business" said musician of this city yesterday, and 1t seems to have hurt others as we'll
 Many entertainments which would have been given had times been in their normal condition. were postponed and some of them given up entirely until things urn to their usual state of quietitude. Of course eve"y entertain ment which is given means money In our pockets and this is the reason why say that the strike has hurt us. Since the strike. the Country Club has not given a single dance as was their cus- tom, formerly, and many other dances, have been given up
 'T am In sympathy with the strikers in some respects but of course personal interests come before everything else. and am not above the average man in this rspect."
 Mir. H. H. Clarke of Mobile, is in the city.
 MT. IT. F. Coleman of Anniston, was in Montgomery last night.
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 Mir c. W. Hartwell of Birmingham. is visiting the city.
 Mr. J. H. Gore of Birmingham, spent last night in the city.
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 Mir. George IT. Clayton of Brundidge Is In Montgomery.
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 MT. W, W. Benton of Opp. fig visit ing the city
 Mir. R. E. Barlow Of Mobile, is in Montgomery
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