El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-10
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the man is not guilty he is liable for
damages. The courts of this state seem
tc be on the side of the man suing the
officer for damages The law says that
the sheriff should know that the man
arrested is the right man and guilty of
the crime before he is arrested, a thing
that iuries are unable to determine after
weeks of deliberation. If he arrests
man without a warrant he is liable to
be stuck for damages. The laws Of this
state are all against the sheriffs in this
false Imprisonment matter 1 would
suggest that the sheriffs have a law
passed holding that when the sheriff ar
rests man on good faith honestly
believing that he is the man named,
where the facts show the absence Of
malice and that not sufficient time was
allowed to get a warrant that damages
ought not to be allowed, or If allowed
they should be limited to the loss of
time and nothing more"
Attorney Howth closed with a tribute
10 the sheriffs of the state who he said
were earless men, who were discharging
their duties to the state and to the
people-of the state to the best of their
ability.
Colquitt Wires.
A message was read from o B. Col
quilt thanking the convention for its
expression of sympathy on the death OF
his son which was sent to him by tele-
graph Tuesday evening. message was
also sent from Sam Sparks at Galveston.
sending his greetings to the sheriffs.
At the close Of the morning session a
photograph was taken Of the delegates
to the convention IN front of the cham-
Der Of commerce building
Late Arrivals.
Eleventh hour arrivals at the con-
vention, who registered Wednesday
morning were: H L. Hess, of Pitts
burg; NJ. B. Stanley. of Gilmer: t
Carrabine, Ontario; H s. Hammer.
Dallas, and Sampson Conneu, George
town. Capt. W. H. McGhee, of Ell Paso.
who was sheriff of Mason county in
1889, was one of the visitors at the con-
vention Wednesday,
Tuesday Afternoon.
The sheriffs got down to brass lacks
Tuesday afternoon and transacted
much of the preliminary business of
the convention Miss Lydia Kirk
daughter Of secretary John P. Kirk.
read the membership roll, to which the
response was meager as there is less
than one-fourth of the total member
ship present at the convention. Follow
ing this, Miss Kirk read the minutes
of the last ANNUAL meeting, which was
held at Galveston last year These
minutes were received with applause
and filed. Capt. W. ID Wright. Of Will
son county, was escorted to a place at
the Officers table soon after the after
noon session begun. Jake Giles and
J. W. Wilson were appointed by presf-
dent Townsend to act as escort to the
distinguished captain. This honor was
bestowed upon Capt. Wright because
he was the chaplain of the association
so sheriff Wilson explained although
there was a grin chasing Itself over
J. RS countenance when he said it.
Nearsheriff Wants In.
A letter was read from NJ. H Denman,
of BrownwOod, who was formerly a
member of the association. and who is
a candidate for the same office in his |
county without opposition. He asked
to be made member again and to be
placed on the legislative committee, as
he had some important legislation to |
submit to the next January session of |
the legislature His letter was filed |
with the secretary after it was read. A |
recess was then taken TO allow the |
to pay their dues and they'll
swooped down upon the secretary's ia |