The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-11-02
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ceeded with the ork OF calling the
doeket and enter & orders until ten
O'Clock when thl additional men,
for TIL grand jury service,
mt In appearand The judge then
the fold hing men TO serve
as the grand j, for the present
term of court: y Truitt, y. -
Reeves. j. W. NJ es, X. b. Getting
ham. Henry Nc 1hirfer, G X. SEES
sions, s, M. Matt ews. Hugh Porter.
W NJ McKinney Dave Neal. n. c.
SlaJe. q. W. Ma hard. These we're
regularly empam FLIED
Judge Hawkir appointed G H.
sessions as forer hn. after which he
said ii was not is purpose TO give
10 them a formal tharge, neither WAS
il his purpose toI Undertake to define
crime in its vari} lis forms. He said
he took IL that NE members of the
grand jury. jus selected, were all
law abiding citi ens who had come
here to make karefui investigation
of crime. that II ~ knew right from
wrong. and thai usually the wrong
was in yiolatioU OF the laws. He
called attention 10 the manner %
organizing for FORK and said that
the practice Cd evading suhpoenas
was a thing OF Hhe past because og
the contempt pr ceedings that could
follow
Getting down 10 specific eharge
he urged the gAnd jury TO make a
close investigator OF the numerous
killings. He s. d he was informed
through the pa& ers that there haa
been numbe8 OF killings in this
county since ID / term of court.
There must ID change, he said,
in Ellis count and the state OF
Texas" A sng& estion OF one OF the
best ways 10 Ming about such a
change was bykprompt punishment.
He cited the caN OF inc city CT Lon
don showing vi ere there were only
twenty murders3n one year and how
eighteen were hing. another sent 90
prison for life I nd the last one sent
to the asylum I fie also suggested
that in investi 4tion of killings the
grand jury tak4 notice Of the pistol
toter He saief don stop with an
indictment for Murder when pistol
lis the weapon, feturn an Indictment
for carrying a pistol Sometimes a
man is acquitt4 for murder. and {
THAT is the casezthen he can be tried
for carrying stol
The Judge a u called attention 10
1.-THE fact that - ne counties were ex-
lperiencing epid Emics OF small crime
land he urged Investigation OF this,
He explained 1at condition exist
ed iii the fall n the year, occasion
ed by the infllA OF irresponsible per-
sons, which $de it necessary 10 in-
vestigate yioiaf ons o. the law in va
rions parts % the county and said
that he had Known such inyestiga-
tons to be retented by good people.
He said i'll had come to him
that disorders houses We're il OPP
GRAFTON in I'll Is county cities and he
urged the grtnd jury 70 make in
yestigation He explained that
| where such ahouses were conducted
| ii was the duty Of peace officers to
make report and that failure Il
make report when same cama with.
in their kHbwledge the peace OH.
GERS laid themselves liable To in
dictment The Judge suggested that
the grand fury not stop at ,ndict.
ment of tbe person responsible FOR
such disofierly houses but aupgest.
ed that officers who had knowledge
OF same and failed to make report
be indicted also.