The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-03-14
MARCH TERM
CIRCUIT COURT
Court Convenes For Three Weeks
Term With Unusually Large
Docket Presented
JUDGE E. F. BAILEY PRESIDES

The Bourbon Circuit Court con
vened yesterday morning at II
O'Clock for the March term of three
weeks, with one Of the largest dock
cts in the history of the court. In
the absence of Judge Robert l.
Stout, who is i'll in Florida, Cover.
nor Edward P. Morrow appointed
Judge j. F. Bailey, of Paintsville. to
preside. Judge Bailey comes her.
aided as a Judge who believes in do.
ing things, and the court officers and
attorneys are looking forward to 2
strenuous term.
commemorative Attorney Victor
X. Bradley was not present, due to
MS being ill at his home in George
town, but is expected to be recovered
suhclently to assume his duties to-
day. In the meantime the present,
ing of cases to the grand jury will be
IN the competent hands of County
Attorney D. D. Cline.
Following administering of the
oath to Sheriff M. Peale Collier and
MS deputies, Robert Gilkey, Douglas
Thomas and James Gibson, the grand
jury was impaneled and the oath adj
ministered by Circuit Clerk VIM. H
Webb. The following gentlemen
compose the grand jury:
N. F. Brent, foreman; S. L,
Weathers, JOS. Penn Redmon, John
Brennan, JOS. H. Ewalt, Henry judy,
A. b. Hancock, May Golf. Walter
Tate, James l.. Dodge, Sam Harding
and w. E. Endicott.
Judge Bailey delivered a lengthy
charge to the jury, in which he call
ed their attention to the different vi
olations of laws most commonly
practiced. He said their presence in
the court as Jurors was not of their
own choosing, but as a matter of
duty. "You came here ordinary Cit
liens, but you are now acting in a
responsible capacity for the whole
people of the county. Everything
depends upon your actions. The
commonwealth and County Attor-
neys, the Sheriffs, the petit Jurors
apd the Judge can do nothing with
out your first taking the initiative. F"
The Judge, dwelt particularly upon
the all too common crime of per-
jury or false swearing. Very often,
he said, the guilty are able to evade
justice through witnesses giving
false testimony. The jury was ad-
vised to watch the faces of the wit
nesses, as they gave their testimony.
and ii they were judges of human
nature they could almost always tell
when a witness was telling the truth
or when he was not.
Seduction under promise of marri-
age, and oftimes then abandonment.
he said, is a crime too otter looked
upon lightly. By many it is not
looked upon as serious matter.
The man who COMMITTEES this serious
breach of the law deserves to be
given prison sentence.
One OF the greatest city, county,
State, National and world problems
OF the present day, is the violations
OF the liquor laws. I do not believe
II is as bad here in Bourbon as in the
counties. Nine-tenths of
all crimes committed have been
traced to liquor, and for this reason,
II no other, l wish you to investigate
thoroughly the violation of the liquor
laws. You who are residents of the
bluegrass do not appreciate the great
advantages under which you live, as
much as do those who live in the
regions. Bourbon
county seems to me to be the garden
spot of the world God must have
when He made it," You are
rich in manhood, womanhood, child
hood and material wealth. You are
growing better and must continue to
90 so. Keep the liquor question as
much as you can. Juries, as a rule,
are too light in their verdicts. / do
not want you to convict an innocent
man, but do ash you to give the
guilty the limit, and attach to it a
work sentence. A man who will make
whiskey illegally, or sell it illegally,
will also commit other crimes such as
perjury, theft, and perhaps murder"
The court adjourned at noon until
this morning at nine o'clock. The
grand jury continued in session
through yesterday afternoon.