The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-04-19

| uedHOr uHulSpOSeu Oh IN the superior
court. will be transferred to the city
court upon the recommendation of the
clerk and solicitor. While the judges
have a discretion in the matter, they
never exercise it, for they generally
know nothing of the criminal cases
pending on the docket.
Now, the above is about all said.
and if it can be construed into my
trying to get the people to punish"
Mr.. du Bignon or any one else, then
| do not understand the English Ian
guage.
In the third paragraph of his card,
| | am taken to task for promising NOT
to do something, they say, the law per-
mits me to do. | said do not believe
it is right, or within the spirit of the
law, to take a note in settlement of a
| fine. | here and now say it again: If
am elected | do not intend to take
them, whether it be blind tiger cases
or any of the other VARIOUS MIS-
DEMEANORS in which notes HAVE
been taken, the cases of Balm VS..
y s.
AS matter of fact this case does not
decide the question. 1t seems to be,
as far as I can find, the only case in
these whole United States, that even
intimates that such can be done, and
pity it is that this case comes from
the good old county of Glynn. l can
see how a note might be taken. or
the fine even remitted, from some
poor unfortunate who happens to be
convicted, but the mere idea of taking
note from notorious violator of the
| law and permitting him to return to
his nefarious business for the purpose
of making the money with which to
pay the note. is abhorrent to me.
Now, just one more thing, my
friends, and that is in regard to what
said about the jury. l did not seek
to arraign the good gentlemen who
have served as judges of our superior
Icourt, for tampering with the jury.
do not know that any one has tam
pered with it. If thought the judges
had, / would as soon arraign them as
any one else. But they are all esti-
mable gentlemen. and, like the good
old wife of Caesar, are above re-
proach. | know that there is some
thing at least peculiar" with our To-
cal jury system, both petit and grand
You know it, and l know it, and every
body knows it, But just what it is,
and who is to blame, cannot say. 1t
lis fact, though, that in this great
county of Glynn, with an enlightened
population of 10000, most of whom are
white. and with a white registration
list of approximately 1000, there are
fOnly 1853 names in the grand jury
tbox. Can it be said that we have only
1853 men Of sufficient experience, in
Itelligence and uprightness," in the
lcounty to serve as grand jurors?
tdon't believe it! Furthermore, that
tout of these 1853 names, it is hard for
me to comprehend that any rule of
chance" average" percentage" or
i"luck y would make it possible for 16
for Is of the same men to be drawn
/ with such persistent frequency and
| regularity. If you have noticed the
grand jury list for the past number of
years, you will have observed that
quite a percentage of the names ap-
pear upon every other grand pury.
Doesn't this look like miracle" to
tyou, especially when it is seldom that
TALES jurors are summoned in place
| of those drawn. In my card | said,
| and / take pleasure in repeating it
again: ''If this miracle in the admin
istration of the law is the result of
lirregularity. promise you, if l am
elected, it shall at once be corrected" !"
| They said, in the fourth paragraph of
their reply, that in making this state
ment, j intend to assume the powers
of the judge and of the jury commits
sioners." Well, if it is necessary to
assume these powers to abate this
nuisance, it may be that / will have
to assume them, for the nuisance is
going to be abated if | am elected.
| Now, my friends, / am through. |
respectfully submit to you all of these
questiors for your serious considera-
tion before you cast your ballot on
tomorrow. Respectfully,
EUSTACE C. BUTTS.
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