Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-05-29

watts SCnOOlnOuSe.
Mason Richardson, was given
| a fine of $50 and so days in Jail
on charge of shooting on the pub
lie highway. He did not plead
when the case was called, and a
motion and grounds for new
trial have been filed,
Earl Tevis was fined $50 on a
charge of disturbing religious
worship at Watts Schoolhouse.
Grand Jury Report
The report filed was in full as
follows
Richmond, KY. May n.
Hon. W.R. Shackelford,
i Judge Madison Circuit Corut.
Dear Sir AS members of the
grand jury for the May term of
said Court, 1919, we make the fol-
lowing report:
We have had a great number of
witnesses summoned before US
from every section of the county,
and have made an investigation
of the, violation of the law, and
have returned indictments in all
cases where we have thought ne
cessary, and when we could lind
proof to sustain conviction in
our opinion.
We have not found single in
dictment for violation of the local
option law, outside of the city of
Richmond, and from our investi-
cation we think that this unlaw-
full traffic is on the decrease all
over the county, and that the To-
cal authorities through their Wig
liant efforts and enforcement of
the law can, in short while al
most entirely do away with this
unlawful traffic. From investiga-
tion we have found new drink
that is being sold by some of the
drug stores, and probably some
groceries and soft drink keepers,
fcalled ginger, and other extracts
and decoctions that produce in
toxication, some Of it contains as
much as 90 per cent alcohol, and
/ it appears from the number of
bottles that we have found
around the courthouse, that there
lis a considerable amount of it
used.
We think it is violation of the
law to sell this ginger or decoc-
ton in view of the fact that it
lproduces an intoxication almost
las quickly as whisky or other
fstrong drink. We therefore be
llieve the local authorities of
county and city, ought to investi-
gate and find out every person
that is selling same, and prose-
Icute the parties who sell it, and
we ask that this Court instruct
the next grand jury in regard to
same, and if the sale continues
have indictments retur ned
against all parties who sell it.
We have returned several in
dictments against men who are
Operating poolooms, for letting
minors play pool without the
written consent of parents or
|,guardians, and it appears that this
!. violation of the law has been
committed so frequently that it is
necessary that this statute be in
/ forced. We have been informed
that the pool rooms keep open un-
til late hour at night and the
] young boys from different Sec
tions of the county will stay out
late at night to play pool and
learn other bad habits and by be-
ing permitted to enter the pool
rooms and play pool they become
associated with all kinds ofpeo-
jple, and the effect, as we believe
lon the boy is bad. The law is
:. plain and we cannot see why ths
keeper of the pool room cannot
prohibit minors from playing
pool. This grand jury could have
returned many more indictment.
against pool room keepers, bfl'
where the boy appeared to be n
: and where he had told the poo
: room keeper he was n years o
: iIage, we have declined to make in
dictment. We, therefore, ask th'
court to instruct the next CRANE
! ss|jury in regard to minors playin,
: pool.
We have found several indict
:. lments against persons for obtain
!. ing property under false preten
: lses, some for the breach of th'
|peace, some for being drunk an
Idisorderiy around school house
|and churches, SOME for runnin'
: ihorses on the public highway an