The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1910-09-16

Questions as to the violation of tn
liquor laws. They are in league wit
the keepers of these resorts not to tel
and l sometimes think that the evi
which GENES from such a school O
perjury is greater than any good tha
is reached in fiuding indictments.
desire however, to suggest a course
of procedure to yOu You will first
locate these places, summons two OF
three of the best men from each
neighbOrhOOd in your county aud ask
them if they know or have heard vi
any blind tigers or other violations OF
the law in their sections. Ii they
have, Investigate thoroughly.
Ascertain who freQuents them.
Have these people summoned, AID b; :
fore you begin to question them, warn
them of The terrible results uf pe,-
jured soul by t-llipg them that you
bave Information that they know Of
| these viIlatiODs of the law, and that
you are fist " ing to give them a
chance to tell the truth about the
matter, but if thev swear falsely. you
will endeavor to indict them for per-
jury and have them sent to the pen
itentiary.
After you locate these blend tigers,
if thew are in the city, notify the chief
of police ard ask him to furnish evil
dence on which they can be cOnvicte d:
if i'm the county, outside of the city,
make the same request of the sheriff.
If you locate them, they can be bro
ken up in a legal way, and when once
spotted the guns of the law shall not
cease to fire until they shall be bat
tered TO the ground. After you have
found out the whereabouts of these
violations of the liquor laws, notify
your commonwealth attorney, and he
will suggest to you or to the officers
the method in Which they can be de-
tected. l would do SO publicly, but it
would only put the keepers on their
guard to avoid the remedy 1 have in
mind and which l will fully explain to
the commonwealth attorney.
trust you will make vigorous in
vestigatiOn along this line. and give
these people to understand that you
mean business, and as soon as you con-
| vince them that you do, they will
move out and cease their nefariOus
Operai ions.
There is another matter along this
line to which desire to direct your
attention. There has sprung up what
are known as ''SOft drink stands"
where malt liquors containing a small
per cent of alcohol are sold. The court
of appeals has decided that where
these liquors are Notwithstanding and
contain less than 2 per cent Of alcohol
their sale cannot be prevented under
the local option laws. However. in
struct you to inves: igate these places
carefully, and when you find that any
one has become drunk by the use of
adv drink sold at these stands, you
will indict the proprietor for selling
into Xicating liquors. You will also
see that they have been running or
derby houses, and if they have per-
mitted idle and immoral persons to
habituallY loaf around their places
for an unreasonable length of time, or
have permitted loud noises or other
breaches of the peace therein to the
annoyance or disturbance of good cit
liens, you will report the facts to the
CONFERENCE.-The attorney, and if he
thinks he can secure conviction, you
will indict the owner of the premises
and those in charge for maintaining a
nuisance.
In conclusion oeg to impress upon
you the Importance and responsibility
of your position as grand jurors. Up
on your proper conduct depends the
enjoyment in large measure of the
great blessings that have come to US
through the ages of the past. Our
great liberties and free institutions
were not handed to US as mamma from
Heaven, but have been won and main
tanned by the blood Of our fathers and
the hardships and struggles of our
mothers. Inch by inch and step by
step they have been gained, and real
izing this great cost and the many
sacrifices made for them, we should
deeply appreciate our environments
by doing all that in our power lies to
perform we'll our parts, in whatever
station in life we may be called. Ev-
cry man should be guaranteed his per-
sonal liberty, his personal security,
his rights of property, his privilege to
worship God according to the dictates
of his own conscience and to pursue
his own happiness in his own way, 50
long as he does not tranSgresS the law
of the land. These results can be
best obtained by just and reasonable
enforcement of the law by our courts
of justice. 1 would not have you I'm
just or unreasonable in your delibera-
tiOnS or actions, for such conduct
would bring the law into contempt
and destroy its usefulness. As grand
jurors you should know neither friend
nor foe, but you should fearlessly and
cOnscientiOusly do your whole duty.
You should neither wrongfully pro-
tect or reward a friend nor unjustly
punish or wrong foe. But SO act.
that all shall know that the rich and
powerful shall observe vOnr riOhtfnl