The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-11
Judge Fox in His Instruc-
tions to Jury Today Tells
That Body to Hunt for Any
Law Violations.
ARMY OF WITNESSES
TO GIVE TESTIMONY
None of the Business Before
the jury Is Exceptionally
Important Only a Few
Criminal Cases.

With about thirty witnesses In the
court room and In the corridors OF the;
court house. ready to appear before
the April term grand jury OF the
Wayne circuit court, that body assem-
bled this morning to begin its annual
grind OF investigating violations OF the
criminal statutes. The number OF cas-
es which will be looked into, and the
seriousness OF the alleged violations.
does not comrart with business before
sessions Of the grand jury In the past
several years.
Prosecuting attorney Charles Ladd
declared before the jurors assembled
that this county was q model one, %
far as he was able to ASCERTAIN, and
that violations Of the statutes were
confined mostly to misdemeanors. He
has heard Of liquor and gambling vio-
lations in some Of the smaller towns,
and the investigation Of these alleged
offenses will take up most of tho time
OF the jury. Cambridge City Center
vile, Hagerstown, East Germantown,
Greensboro. Dublin and Milton resi-
dents who have complained in person
or by letter to Judge Fox of the cir
cult court, and to the prosecutor. have
been summoned to tell the grand jury
what they know about gambling and
the illegal sale of liquors. All Of these
towns are dry"
List OF the Jurors.
In his instruction to the Jury Judge
Fox demanded of the body that 1t give
particular attention to the investigar
tion Of these alleged yiQlat taons.
The grand jurUs6 inefodt i.
Rr3dburys clm6ridge Cify, forsman:
John Fender. Abtngton; John Jack
son, Center township; Ed Hunt. Abing-
ton township; William C. Reiser. 1lv-
ing near East Germantown. and Louis
Starr, Boston township. Court repor.
ter Holiday 10 employed by the Jury
to take down the proceedings. ut Is .
day. r. X. Shiveley was named depu-
ty prosecutor, in order that he might
attend the meetings Of the jury. Mich
,ael Griffin was named bailiff. Two o.
the original grand jurors were excused
Charles Beck and Frank Reid. plead-
ing business engagements which
would work great hardship on them
| If compelled to serve as grand jurors.
Earl Dubois. who is In the county
Jail awaiting trial for burglary wAes
called from the jail and given oppor.
tunity to make any objection within
reason to any Of the jurors SERVING.
None was made. His case win be dis
posed OF by the jury at once. The MUIR
derous attack by Italians on Albert
Miller and his son. Bert, two weeks
ago, was also scheduled for hear.
ing either late this afternoon or Tues.
day.
JUDGES instructions.
Judge Foxs instructions to the jury
in regard their Investigations Of alieg-
ed violations OF the liquor law, we're
as follows:
THE court has information, that
since ths adjournment Of the Inst
grand jury. intoxicating liquors hAve
been bartered and sold In localities
in this county where such barter1ng
and selling was and Is forbidden. It
/ will be your duty TO investigate this
matter II you can obtain reliable evi-
dence that these charges are true you
should promptly indict the guilty paf.
ties, no difference who or WHIST they.
are. The cloak Of rs1pectAbiHt5
should not protect . crimfual
I'm this country the untx41nmetyed
sale Of intoxicating liquor Il subject
| to such abuses and II Of such esu con-
sequences, that the traffic 4 regard
ed as inherently wrong and daAosg-
ous. and for this reason. the cosrts
have universally held that legislat1ve
bodies. In the exercise Of the police
power with which they are inherently
clothed may regulate. restrain. or en-
tirely prohibit the liquor traffic With
| in their respective Jurisdictions.
What Law PrDvtdes-
I'm this state the law II such, the1
no person can barter or sell intoxicAt-
ing liquors in less quantities than five
/ gallons at . time, to be drunk - =
beverage. without first obtaining : n
cense 20 to do. II person obtains =
license in manner and form - h the
statute provided. pays the Requisite
fee and executes proper bond, he
may lawfully engage in bartering and
selling intoxicating liquors % b
drunk as q beverage, providing. he
keeps within the limits Of his license
IIf he fails to do this his license will
mot protect him. But Il he acts under
ihis license, and within TT limits int01-
Iicatfng liquor ID his hands for the pur-
pose of barter and sale + lawful meE-