The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-11

and Burglary. If we had laws like
those of our forefathers just after the
revolutionary war there would be but
little horse stealing and man murder
ing. The people would be better, SO
they would. Murder is the taking OF
life with malice and forethought.
When a man kills another With a
deadly weapon a gun, pistol or q big
club, the law preSumes and p~rOnounceS
it murder. Then in litigation it is for
the accused TO prove to the contrary.
Manalaughter is when one man kills
another IN self defense-without NAL
ice or reconciliation Of the act-this
is attributed to the eakne of man
kind when in the beat of passion. Ar
son IS the burnln, of a house in the
night time. Burglary is to enter a
mans house in the night time and
carry off his property or do other
amaSes To burn a barn, stable or
any other house is q capital OtfenSe a
very nigh offense. The next thing
which this court will call your atten-
ton to and over which it has jurisdic-
ton is perjury and forgery. The leg
~islatures have led thousands and thou
sands to commit this sin against the
law. l do not speak of political
parties, for A will swear for B and B
will swear for A, and away it goes. /
want you to watch out for these
who are always putting
false names to papers, notes and such.
Stop right thar now. Let me tell O
what these dirty fellows in Caldwell
have done. 1hey have changed the
name Of T~urkey-cock and
now call it H-i-o-e-i-b-r-i-t-e-n. The
last one of them should be indicted.
Now watch out, watch out, l say, or
some Of them love struck puppies will
be running up here to Watauga and
will change the name Of the Grand
father mountain. Then, don't you see.
here'H be the Grandmother mountain
standing alone without q companiC-l,
just like the ~turkey-hen in
Caldwell. This is all wrong. It's got
to be stopped. Jndict them. Bring
them into court. Let me tell you, q
man came from Virginia to my town
some time ago, he carried a cane, had
a big IN ustache and Whistled very
nicely. That fellow was not there
long till he courted one of our pref
test girls and ran ava and married
her. Now this was wrong for the very
next day q letter came from his State
saying that he had a wife and three
children there. The villain runS of
and so the law does not reacn him.
Now if this had been a negro who had
stolen q bushel of corn there would
have been fifty men after him at once.
This is q high offense and the grand
jury is responsible, and so they are.
The raw permits no two men TO
conspirc together to cheat another
out OF his property by Whlskey drink
ing or playing cards. If you know
any such inaict them. Larceny is the
%felonions taking personal property
1he law makes it larceny to take your
potatoes, cabbage or buck wheat, and
If You know any such it is your duty
to make a ~presentment. You have q
very good law in this respect, and il
is as much in favor of you
folks as any other people. We have
a statute against any injury or bad use
of stock, sheep or hogs While in an
inclosure-alSO the law goes so far as
to prevent INJURY to stock while run
ming at large. You have a law against
the burning OF the woods. for don't
You see, the fire might come licking
down the hillsideS and destroy all your
fences. If an officer or jailer let's q
prisoner escape by not doing his duty
he is responsible. Hundreds of the
very worst convicts in the State have
already escaped from the jails and
p~enitentiary. The law intends for no
guilty man to escape. II YOU know OF
anybody who has let a prisoner loose
SO far back as two years, you lnd1cI
him. Grand juries make a great mis-
take sometimes because they do not
know precisely hat the law js--nOW
let me tell yOu-it A follows i over
the streets and uses any language
which seems to invite him to fight
why A is guilty too, even if b knocks
him down with a An act OF
the Legislature which prohibits giving
away ardent spirits on the day OF
election is a good thing and if you
We're to oppose that you would be
Kissed out. It is generally hot enough
on lection days without the liquor
Now to catch these fellows that sell
the liquor on the sly or give it away,
you can just-noW let me tell you
how they done down in LenOir last
week. Well, down there they have
the liquor law for two miles around
the town, but one evening about a
dozen fellows who had been drinking
stopped on the street and sung and
patted and danced JubeT. 1 Went out
4 Fn% tIxn inc olInI &c