Licking Valley courier., 1921-07-21
The TRUTH ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Frank Kennard, having announced at the 18th hour
as candidate, renders it impossible for to make
personal canvass of the entire district and take this
method of presenting to the voters of Morgan county
why should be reelected to the important
office of Circuit Judge.
When campaigns are on it is the usual custom of
professional tricksters and petit politicians to cir
cuate sanderous propaganda for the purpose of reflect
ing upon the honor and integrity of the candidate whom
they plan to defeat.
Now, believe that my opponent is good citizen
and convinced that he would not resort to any such
tacatics yet in his circular letter he does attempt in
and little way to charge with not having done
my duty in the enforcement of the penal laws and in his
statement shows very limited knowledge of what the
law is in regard to the penalties for the violation of the
law in regard othe sale of liquors. This statute to which
refer is the statement that the second conviction for the
sale of whisky is felony and punishable by confinement
in the pententary for from one to three years AS Mr.
Kennard helped to make this law beng in the Legislature
at that me he ought to have ben able to understand it,
even if he had had no training lawyer or judge.
Under this statute it is felony if person is convicted
and then after he is convicted he he sells liquor and again
convicted and indictment has been made in Nor
gan county under this statute since the passage of that
law.
In behalf of myself want to say that no Judge in
any district in the State has made harder fight for the
suppression of crime against all violations OF the
law than have. 1t is true that in the last twelve months
and since the passage of the Vostead Act the liquor af
fc has grown worse and there places in my district
where moonshining and bootlegging is rampant. But
submit to my opponent it is equally true in every
district in the State and would be glad to have
mittee of the best citizens could get to investigate the
conditions in adjoining districts and if they did not re-
port that this district in the best condition of any in
the mountains would quit the
For the benefit of those who may not know want
to say that have had summoned the best could
get to act grand and petit jurors and have appointed
as foreman of the grand jury men of sterling character
ask the voters to consult any all of them to whether
have used all the power OF the court to give them
free hand to apprehend any and all who have violated
the law and on their verdict willing to rest my
Mr.. Kennard ought to know that the matter does
no rest entirely with the Circuit Judge but with the jurors
as WELL and when he attempts to say that proper effort
has not been made by me- he not only reflects upon me
but ON the integrity of purpose of the jurors who have
co-opSfated with me.
give below the names of all the grand jurors who
have served with me and will ask Mr. Kennard or any
voter go them and ask whether or not have donem
duty Ica especial attention to the character of the mer
whom have appointed foreman at each court The fol
lowing is the list:
March Term, 1916, Grand jury: L. Sherman j. D
Fannn, James B. Hutchinson, H. H. Lacy Lonn9 P II
frey John L. Fugett Jr, c. G. Salyer, H. c. McKenzi
Joe G. Gevedon, John Roe and Robert Spence
= June Term, 1916, grand jury M E. Murphy, fre
man. W. G. Nickell Rolie Hale, Sebron Lacy, AL Whit
eaker Frank Caskey, Robert Mcclure j. H. Ccl2, jas
T. Easterling, G. w. Mckenzie, jeff Frisby
September Term 1916, grand jury: M. E. Murphy