The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-13
! GRAND Jury
IN SESSION
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Judge Brown Delivers
Lengthy Charge.
i R TABER IS FOREMAN
Especial Attention Called to Recent
Mob Violence.
PrsAibitlea Qusstien In Montgomery
oss.r.A I.vestisat.a-oneial. OF
Law ana Order League Pres-
sat In Court Rosn-

Calling especial attention to the mob.
violation which took place on wash
tngton avenue between the court
house and the county jail several
weeks ago. and drawing the attention
Of the members OF the grand jury for
tha July term OF the criminal division
Of the city court Of Montgomer. to
hagrant violations OF the prohibition
law. Judge Armistend Brown delivered
his hrst charge to grand Jury yes
terday. morning.
Judge Brown dweit carefully upon
the enforcemeut of all laws upon the
statute books. calling attention to the
fact that In all republics the secret
Of the government was the rule of the
majority, and that no mat
tsr.,enes own opinion relative to. the
wfsdop1 OF q certain law. ths statute
must be upheld when placed upon this
statute books
The jury. consisting of seventeen
men with =. X. Taber foreman. listen
ed attentiyeiy to the charge through
( out. while the court room was filed
with spectators. prominent among
which were ofiicials Of the Law and
Order League: who wished to learn the
nature OF the charge delivered reia-
tive 10 the enforcement of the profit
bition laws, ana to finding indictments
against those engaged In the mobbing
Of the two detectives OF the Law and
Order League as they were leaving the
sgorrt house during the early part OF
Those on the grand jury are. y. r..
Taber, foreman; C. e. Menifee, w. r.
Lawrence. w. r. Nibiett, ]. r. Darden,
~ 7. Davis. T. s. Skipper @. b.
stuckey, J. H. Thigpen, H. C. Bow
den. A. A.. Janvey, Jr., III. p. cand-
Ter, J. w. Holt, j. M. Hobbie, Il. r..
Burton and Hartwell Douglass
Judge Browns charge to the grand
jury follows In full:
rGentlemen OF the Grand Jury:
The significant and comprehensive
oa.n which you have just taken con-
stitutes you an important part of the
governmentsuntil your duties have been
one form or another, is one OF the es-
sentiais-we might say the essential
necessary Of human society. Society
ssan mo man o wt sast wstsSut
euch thing as liberty without law, un-
less like. some Defoe man live on an
ssiana IN solitary. yet melancholy
Friday appears government must be-
gin: for where any number of people
occupy the same territory. In state
their liberty and lack Of restraint to
take the property or lives OF others
in other words-to destroy the. liberty
20 e S ose5s ysEy man TSgld have
and sxssutor. ssSh would i've IN terror
or artack ana every man would be
p pssser e sSs ,sa oa Z life . ans
for business or pleasure.
If liberty meant the right to do
as one pleased. 1t might please some
su Rss YAK JSsr s e s snd If
right were acknowledged, might would
make right, and all liberty and property
turIa A.. ~ar.x - - a.
reign Of anarchy. and such It win ever
be 50 long as any part of the people.
even though 1t be but small portion,
disregard the rights of others, and re-
them in check and thus to protect the
personal liberty and property rights of
the rest of the community, making
possible s shs ,a the P5osgefty nd hsppness
the people, who. in all civilized coun-
tries, and certainly in our own beloved
country, are Of their own volition law
rights OF others. and asking nothing
Of government except adequate protec-
tion Of life, liberty and property.
ing whate Ve we 0 peass G Sut IN Doing
what we have a right 10 10. In other
We please SO long as we DO not harm
nient should repress is not liberty. but
passion, license. Over himself, over his
own mind and body. the individual Is.
and ought Ito be sovereign.
only purpose for which power can be
rightfully exercised over the individual
citizen against his will is to prevent
harm to others The law cannot make
o man good; that Is not the province Of
our human laws. Read oiness Is Of
the heart, voluntary; It cannot be
forced upon. any, man. 1t is not the
purpose; OF the American system of laws
to make men good, but to make them
respect the rigts and welfare of others
A mans own good Is sufficient reason
for demonstrating or reasoning with
Every man should have liberty to
Judge for himself what is for his own
good and happiness. This Is essential
to liberty and Individuality: and this
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