The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-08-28
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!. KEEP LID ON NEW
JERSEY !! SALOONS

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JERSEY llE:ls|;!; SALOONS
Continued from First PACED S
Last Sunday the saloons and CATS, 4
with but few exceptions, conduc4sdi
business as usual. !, s a
When the grand jury came Into
court today. Justice Trenchard -
dressed It - follows:
Jumped on the Jury.
Il understand that liquor cases.
have been presented to you When
asked BY the clerk If the jury had
any indictments to present. Jospeph
salus, the foreman " the jury, said
that It had not at this time. and that
IT had considered all the cases pre-
scented. 8$s
Justice Trenchard then said that the
court would sit until indictments were
found inssthe excise cases and the
Jury retired. This caused q mild sen
sation. as it indicated that the court.
intended to bring matters to 9 head.
The jurors returned late IN the aft
(ernoon and presented three indict-
ments. two against an alleged gamb-
ling house, and one against q man Who
is charged with selling obscene postaf
cards. Justice Trenchard read the
bill of indictments and finally threw
them on his desk and said:
II notice that you have not pre-
scented an indictment for the illegal
sale Of liquor on Sunday. The assist,
ant attorney general OF the state and
the prosecutor Of the county inform
ed the court that they have placel
before the Jury evidence which justi-
aes Indictments in such cases. AZ
no indictments have been found it
seems to be an indication that; the
grand Jury has failed In the perform
ance Of duty. The court is forced to
say that in connection with the In,
structions OF the court, the state
law and the evidence presented. you
grand jurymen have failed in the per-
torrance ofayour duty, and have vio--
lated your oaths Of ONCE to the state
Of New Jersey. You are dicharged
for the term"
Foreman Salus instantly Q and
took exceptions to the remarks OF
the court. 4,
Foreman objects.
"As grand jurors, We feel no re
sponsibility, we are willing to stand
before God to say that we feelsthat Ne
have performed our duty and have not
violatedsour 4 oaths. We representing
will Of the people OF Atlantic county,
We feel that, We are supreme and
without affront. We feel that no per
son. however clothed with power OF
influence, has a right to rebuke US.
We, as representatives OF Atlantic
county, representing S5,000,000 worth
Of property, do not intend that the de-
iberations Of this Jury shall be made
political capital. we want nothing
concealed. We want q spade called
a spade. We grand jurors tried with
all our might to have presented be-
fore US gambling evidence which ths
prosecutor Of the county caused TO be
published IN the newspapers, but ~
did not get Il. At every turn. "
were throttled as grand jurors. e
Continuing, he said that they had
been told that since they brought In
dtctments An excise - no evi.
dence Of gambling would be present
ed to them.
ION these ground" he said, /" "
reserved the right IN the hnal anaps
sis here to state that We have not
been fairly treated IN thus being pub
hcly branded" II
Governors Proclamation.
In q proclamation issued today
at the summer capitol. Governor Fort
declared that unless the excise law Is
observed in Atlantic City, which he
calls q saturnalia OF vice next Sunday.
and all saloons and cafes closed tight
~. he will call a extraordinary SEES.
sion of the legislature and may send
the New Jersey state troops 10 the IA
nous resort, declaring the city to be
under martial law.
This is the most drastic action ever
taken to enforce q general law IN New
Jersey. 81 S
Governor Fort in his proclamation
ridicules the .fasco OF three days ago
when q grand jury at Mays Landing,
the county seat, refused to find indict-
ments, and says that action Vas q
%burlesque, that three members Of the
grand jury we're owners Of saloons In
! Atlantic City and that the others were
in sympathy with the ~violators Of the
law. The grand jury now in session
is not likely to find indictments, the
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