The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-26
ELEVEN MORE DAYS
GIVEN SALOON MEN
BY JUDGE A. B. NEIL
GRANTS THE NASHVILLE LIQUOR
MEN UNTIL OCTOBER FIRST.
TO FIX
THEN THEY MUST CLOSE
Court Says Leniency Must Not Be
Construed as Change Of Policy.
Three Hundred other Defendants
to BE Tried September 90.
Saturdays Daily.)

NASHVILLE, Sept. Without
altering the law enforcement policy
which he recently inaugurated, Judge
A. B. Neil Of the criminal cuurt on
! Friday morning modified his ultima.
tum to the forty defendants under
suspended sentences by extending
the time allowed them for the sur.
render of their liquor Licences and
the disposition Of their stocks OF
goods until October /. The original
order of the court in the cases pro-
vided that the workhouse sentences
OF ninety days imposed on the defend
ants and suspended, should become
effective In the event they had not
surrendered their licenses by Friday
morning. In allowing the defendants
additional time In which 10 comply
] with his order, Judge Neil said:
The defendants who pleaded guilty
last Monday have asked the court to
indulge them. until October ! so they
can dispose of their property. This
seems to be fair and reasonable re-
quest, and as all Of them have siani-
ned their intention of abiding the
Judgment Of the court. the court
grants the request. In doing 50, how
ever, the court is moved by the reas-
onableness and business OF the re-
quest, and. this order must not be COD
strued to indicate that the policy OF
the. court will be changed in the
slightest degree.
u. Ia addition to this declaration from
the bench, Judge Nell would not
make any statement for publication,
definitely indicating what his course
in the cases Of the 800 other saloon.
lists and slot machine operators,
which are set for trial on Sept. 70.
! Whether It was his desire that his
action On yesterday in the cases IN
which penalties have been imposed
and workhouse sentences suspended
should be construed as a warning to
others to make arrangements TO- out
business on October 1, he did not ex'
pressly indicate. But It was clearly
implied by the Judge that his action
in the other cases would be In line
with his action in those in which
nenalties have already been imposed,
but what time will be allowed the de-
PENDANTS in the other cases is a mat
ter Of speculation.
Said Judge Neil: Il have to nass
upon cases as they are presented to
me; that is when defendants plead
to indictments. All those persons
who pleaded guilty on last Monday
stand ready to abide the Judgment OF
the court. They only ask this addi-
tional indulgence that they may be
allowed until the frst day Of October
in which to dispose OF their property.
\ II have granted this request be-
cause 1t is fair and Just in every
sense, I want It distinctly under.
stood, however, that the policy Of the
court will not be deviated from in any
degree"
In view of the course recently pur-
sued by Judge Neil, and his public de-
claration, It is practically assured
that every saloon in the city will be
closed within the next few weeks.
while 1t is not improbable that they
will all be closed on October ]. The
saloon men who, until few days ago
were disposed to regard without ap-1
parent concern the indictments
against them, are now taking dis
NAL view OF the situation.