Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-08-05
The Truth.

publican candidate for Circuit
Judge, there was issued a hand
bill pretending to show that pag-
es 460 and 461 of Commonwealth
Order Book No. Z, of the Morgan
Circuit Court would show that
Judge Redwine had set aside four
judgements Of Judge Hannah's
court OF $4,000 each for unlaw-
full sale of whiskey. Now, this
is not only false, but worse than
a straight out lie. Now the truth
is as follows; On pages 46O-461,
Order Book z, appear what pur-
ports to be such orders, but when
Judge Redwine came to look ov-
err and sign the orders for that
day, which was the 10Th of
March, 1914, he promptly set
aside said four orders in the fol-
lowing words: "As l have no
jurisdiction over judgments rem
dered at a former term of this
court, therefore, the orders set
ting aside the judgments in the
cases of the Commonwealth VS..
Jeff Lewis is set aside" and then
signed the orders for that day.
This is shown on Order Book Z,
page 468, Commonwealth Or
ders.
The 70 cases referred to in the
O'Neal hand-bill as being filed
away were old cases that had
been on the docket for years,
some of the witnesses were dead,
some had left the State, and the
Commonwealth Attorney feel
ing that he could not secure con-
victions and to save the sheriff
and clerk useless work until
there was some chance of secur-
ing convictions, asked the Court
to file them away, to be re-dock-
eted at any time without notice
to the defendant, on order Of the
County Attorney or Common.
wealth's Attorney" Order
Book No. Z, page 4O5, Common.
wealth's Orders. M. G. C.
AS a matter of fact a number
of these cases have since beer
tried and the defendants con
victed as the records show ant
as Mr.. O'Neal must or at least
could have known. Here We
have a candidate for the high
office of Circuit Judge willing tt
falsify public record by garb
ling it and only publishing a par
of it, Intentionally undertaking
to deceive and mislead the public
In this Mr.. O'Neal is permit
ting himself to be made a tool o.
by three men. One a forme,
resident of Morgan, now living
in Breathitt and who is mad a
Judge Redwine because of hi
decision in the case of Loeb VS.
Conley, wherein Judge Redwine'
decision was affirmed by tn
Court of Appeals. Another i
the County Attorney, who has
bitter and unreasonable hatre,
of Judge Redwine, because o
his decision in his suit agains
Morgan county, wherein Judg
Redwine confined him to his sal
airy of $4,000 a year. The me
of Morgan county heard hi
promises and they know his pres
ent performances. There ha
probably never been a man i
Morgan county richer in prom
ises and poorer in performance!
The third man who is usin
. Mr.. 0'Neal to his own selfs
end is the republican nomine
for Circuit Judge, who believe
that if by fair means or foul Nj
0'Neal could be nominated owe
Judge Redwine, he himself coul
be elected Judge. Here is a ma
seeking to take a prominent han
in a democratic primary who ha
bemeaned, abused and traduce
the democrats of Morgan count
and of Kentucky more bitterl
and often than any man in tn
bounds of the 32nd Judicial di.
trict.
That Judge Redwine's admir-
istration of the law in the tw
years he has been Judge by al
pOintment has been able, fail
forcible and efficient is known I
all men who have attended Coui
and are familiar with condition,
1t is therefore not likely that
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