Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-04-17

condition. The question Il, will
they do ii? ! believe they Will
when once properly aroused.
But | now call upon you as grand
jurors to set the example. You have
a sworn duty to perform and are
bound to do 90 BY a solemn obliga-
ton.
This duty must be done calmly.
dispassionately aid impartiallv.
Determine the Facts.
1t i no concern Of yours a. to
what political creed, religious CON
viction or official or business stand
ing of one who i charged with a VIC
lation of the law. The only ques-
ton for you to determine is, do the
facts and circumstances justify YOU
in presenting such a party, and will
the evidence reasonably establish
the guilt Of such a party before a
petit jury? If it does. your duty j.
plain under your oath, and you can
not finch from il.
i, therefore. instruct you to look
well and carefully into all the homi-
cides and assault cases that have
taken place since the adjournment Of
the last grand jury, and if the evil
dence warrants it, present all such
parties as may have been concerned
in them; if the evidence does not
warrant such action on your part.
then your sworn duty i to ignore
the case, and say so like men.
Unsavory Notoriety.
Brownsville has achieved a great
amount Of %notoriety throughout the
state on account Of its recent cleo
ton and subsequent events, but the
notoriety has been of an ~unsavory
nature. 1t j. up to you as grand
jurors to give back to it IT'S fair
name, and say To the state, and the
world at large, that 50 far as your
branch Of the judiciary machinery
is concerned that the law i supreme
and must be enforced, and that youi
duty as grand jurors has been faith
fully observed. A small paragraph
Of such an advertisement would be
worth more than a whole page Of
of the other kind.
The occasion presents itself now
for the grand jury Of Cameron coun-
ty not only to immortalize itself.
but to make a name for the county
from which it j. drawn Of which any
community in this broad land will be
proud. The question i will you do
it?
II does not require any particular
amount Of moral stamina or back
bone for a juror to do his duty under
ordinary circumstances, where the
offense is one Of ordinary every day
life, or where the party being in
vestigated is one with whom we are
but slightly acquainted, but, gem
tlemen, it does require all Of the
stamina and moral courage that one
can sum up to act impartially and
enforce the law against those high
up, either politically Or socially, or
those with whom we have dealings
in every walk Of life. But the graver
the situation, the harder the task,
80 much the more necessary to meet
it like men who have absolutely
sworn to do their full duty, and
without any mental reservations Of
any character. 1t is "up To you,
gentlemen.
The Sunday Law.
We have a law upon our statutes
know as the Sunday Law. This law
means something. 1t Is not written
there for ornament. The lawmak-
ers meant something when they
enacted 1t. 1t was intended to be
enforced. 1t Is immaterial whether
you or ! or anyone else individually
think that if we had the making Of
w would 0 have enacted the
Sunday law. but you can not brush
it aside as 50 much chaff and say you