The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-05
DEFECTIVE INDICTMENTS.
Eorty-two Indictments Filed and
twenty three Held on Bills OF In
formation.

In the District Court this morn
ng. Judge John R. Land, forty-tWo
nol pros We're filed ip cases
seccntly indicted by The Grand Jury
for violation of the grogshop and
1o0tlcgging ordinances. OF the for
ty-two there are held twenty-three
IN bills Of information as follows:
J. n. Williamson. Lindsay Hayd0n,
:. J.. Danburin, Roy WaddeIl, Will
lam ROyster. George and Pete COu-
is, J. w. Scissor, Robert Payne, n.
Naroun, George PotOW. Phil Ma
rOun, Pete Lacrouts, Ferris Mon
sour, Charles Monsour, Joe Bran
nall, viii Oneal. Tom Adgcr.
It will be noted that the Marouns
and the MOnsours are conspicuous
II this array of individuals charged
sith the violation Of the law.
CT the number against whom na
elton is 10 be taken, as there is a
rOng doubt in securing their con-
icti0n if tried are as reported from
he record, b. p. O. E.. Sylvia Stualh
Mary Hill, John Johnson, Geofge
Follin, Tom Golden, VIM. StarmeS
J. Iagonc, NJ L. piscr, Git Dos:it'
:. w. Barber, Sam Abutlmot and
!Ohn Oden.
IT would seem that the bills of in
iicirent in these eases are defec-
i've in thai the words in addition to
Parish of CaddO land the municipal
authorities Of the City OF Shreve-
)0rt'' were omitted.
The bills of Indictment should
ave read did retail spurious ant
intoxicating liquors, without frs
Obtaining a license of the Pol!cf
Jury Of Caddo Parish. La, and The
municipal authorities Of the City o
Shreveport
District Attorney Mabry's eonten
ion is thai the words 'the munncl-
oal authorities of the City 0
Shreveport are super1uous.
The limitations, the devious IN
ricaeies of law and technicalltle
.re beyond the reach or the com
,rehension Of the layman. HOY
ould a would-be law breaker OBJ
ain license from the Police Jur,
If Caddo Parish and Of the munich
| }aF authorities of the City 0
| Shreveport issue a license for tn
| ale Of intOxicanis when such sale
| ire declared to- be and are a viola
ion of law2
The only inquiry as to ilcens
| houId have been directed to tn
United States revenue department
rom which are issued a license TO
he sale of intoxicants. The holde
+ such a license III prohibition ter
fitory is prima facie violator c
he law of prohibition, but he woul
not dare sell "Hiawatha' over 2 pc
ent or the regular Bud or the reg
liar Schlitz in black and white bot
les without having authority by
license obtained from the UnIte
| States revenue commissioner
| AS a fact there is, seemingl.
more nonsense than law in tt
cases held for bootleggin&-and wht
| is generally termed the violation
the prohibition law.
! Has it ever occurred to the goc
citizens of Shreveport that IL
greatest legal contests in the cour
# -tfle city and the parish are wage
by the State and the defendants
The trials of individuals charge
with bootlegging, the violation
The blind tiger ordinance or Il
prohibition law.
As a rule the violators .ha'
money to burn which comes
them easy, and to escape the sot
3 roads will pay handsomely. AT al
. nate the sentiment against The bee
. logger, the blind tiger and this cla
Of criminals is growing.
1t is only a question OF a she
: time when these will be sduelcht
! in the proportion of the crime
. larceny.
. The apologists for these violate
!, Of the law may retOrt that lnto1
Wants will be sold regardless OF la
2 which is not disputed, and strlc
Il is irrepressible. regardless OF l.
but if there was no law agar
larceny who would be free?
+ There is no law which can be
= has ever been so thoroughly q
: radically enforced as to eiimin
"A lhe crime or the tendency OF
- criminal to crime Law is the
~ terrent which affords some deg
II Of safety to society.
In the future greater care m
Il be exercised in the fling Of a J
~ Wits in the City Court and in the
6o iictmenis. by the Grand jury. /