The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1919-10-09

Ihe Following instructions were Civ
en- to the grand jury by Judge Lieb
Monday when IL went into session. Up
to Thursday noon no report had been
made by the jury. These instructions
are worthy of publication and will
show how Judge Lieb would have the
law enforced:
Gentlemen of the Grand jury
! am Of the opinion that there will
be but very little to come before you
at this session of Court. However.
you will have duties to perform and
! trust they will be light. The law
contemplates that the Court can as
sist you by giving you instructions as
to the statutes that should govern
your deliberations. Should you need
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any additional instructions, you should
call upon the District Attorney, who
is one Of your legal advisers, or call
upon the Court. II is by law made the
duty OF the Court to especially instruct
each grand jury as to certain laws
that they should consider. However,
these laws are not any more important
than any other penal laws, which
am not required by statute to instruct
you about. All penal laws of the
state should be enforced, and in con-
sidering violations of these laws you
should be governed by nothing but
the sacred obligation Of your oaths
as grand jurors. You should forget
all about your politics and religion
and everything else Of that character
and should consider these laws only in
the light of citizens of the State of
New Mexico.
One of these laws that it is my
duty to instruct you about is that con-
tanned in Section 50S9 of the Codifi-
cation of the laws of this state. where
it is made the duty of the grand jury
to investigate whether or not there
has been any violations of the pro-
visions Of Section 1855 to 1888, which
relate to the breaking, injuring or
trespassing upon occupied or unoccu-
pied houses, and the Court calls atten-
tion to this law that you may perform
the duty imposed upon you by it.
Another law that it is my duty to
instruct you about is the law that
prohibits officers from speculating in
evidences of County, State or muni-
cipal Indebtedness; another is the law
known as the truancy law, which pun
ishes parents for not sending their
children to school; another is the law
which prohibits the carrying of con-
cealed weapons, which unlawful prac-
tice has always been a prolific cause
Of crime in this state. 1t is scarcely
necessary for me to say that this
law should be rigidly enforced, as
there is nc reason why anyone ex-
cept an officer of the law, in the per-
formance of his duty, should go armed
with deadly weapon. Another is the
law relative TO the adjustment Of fines
collected for the violation of the penal
laws. The officers who collect these
fines are required to turn them into
the county treasurer quarterly each
year, and it is your duty to see that
they have complied with the pro-
visions of this Law. Still another law
that the Court is required to call to
your attention is the anti-gambling
law. Another law is the license law,
which requires numerous lines Of
business to be licensed. No one can
carry on any business which the
law requires to be licensed without
first taking out such license, and in
most lines of business such license
DO not permit any business to be done
on Sunday. You should investigate
and see that all business carried on
in this county, for which license
is required, is duly licensed Another
law, about which it is my special duty
to instruct you, is the act set out in
Sections 5l5s to $3.50 of the Codifi-
cation. which makes it unlawful for
any trustee or other officer vested
with authority to purchase supplies
for any state institution, or to contract
any indebtedness in behalf of such
institution in excess of the appropri-
alton made for the maintenance and
the state has requested me to call
your attention to Section 1886, which
relates to combination in restraint
of trade, and Section 1888 which re-
lates to the monopoly of food products
II you should find that there has been
any combination to increase the price
Of living, or that any one is seeking
to monopolize food products to in
crease the cost of living, l instruct
you that isn't your duty to return
an indictment against such person.
The last law is the Prohibitory law.
As you all know the Legislature of
the State of New Mexico banished
the sale of liquor last October. The
saloons are gone, but slimsy crea-
ture called the bootlegger has come
instead. l can state, from my own
personal observation, that all the va
rious jails in this district have fewer
inhabitants now than at any time
since l have been on the bench, and |
feel confident that 1t is due to the
Prohibitory law, and for that reason.
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