Weimar Mercury, The (Newspaper) - September 23, 1899, Weimar, Texas THE MERC OKI VOLUME XL COLORADO SEPT NUMBER If IE WISH TO ANNOUNCE that on the W dav of the firm ot McGREGOR CHINN by mutual dissolve its and as we i will at that date settle up all of the old firms we have from now until that time some very close bargains to TO not believe such verdict i behind him as if to draw a so rendered by yon is a just j which he did not have and never but for some reason then known and advanced on the armed to yourselves and you return to defendant to certain i NEIGHBORHOOD j September Willie had the misfortune to have his leg broken yesterday while watching the hobbyhorses near Grand A negro jumped the platform while it was going and ill doing so hit with above There was one other life lost in the Hidden This was a workman who occupied oom 10 up He is supposed to have been cut off from escape and was consumed by the His remains have not yet been recovered and the reporter has not been able to ascertain his also lost in which was in a trunk in his bed It is now believed the fire started in the kitchen and it is not thought to have been work of an The loss will aggregate between SOoOO and instead of as first reports several cases of diphtheria at Glidden and one death from that LaGra September The little 17 child of Stolz of this city tie victim of a serious accident this morning at 7 oclock and the physicians are yet unable to determine whether it will While the mother was preparing to bathe little lot and after having dropped a small quantity of carbolic acid into the for disinfectant the unobserved bv iis seized the bo tie containing the deadly poison and in the endeavor to pat the bottle to its month poured the contents over its The child was immediately plunged water and medical assistance called in and it is hoped that the infant may Captain John Moore of the volunteer infantry who has been recruiting here since last left last night over the Kansas and Texas tor Louis to join his taking with him eleven This very probably be his last visit to the old home before he leaves for the September 13 nut down in the judicial cause the court to believe such testimony is irue or I verdict to be your true verdict and without for the week to try in many ot the often practiced to defeat the ends of justi and especially in criminal and points out the defenses he have been the means of turning loose thousands of criminals in the These instructions have been excepted to by attorneys trying cases before him and many cases have been appealed on those the court of appeals so far has discharged yon go out and denounce that verdict and give reasons which you did not give to or make known to the court when the verdict was rendered by and also then make an affidavit to that to be used on a motion for a now trial in the you will put yourself by such conduct in contempt of and in that event I think it is my duty to warn you in so that you and false and I should promptly disregard clared absolutely innocent anil set with badges of approval pinned upon him by a constitutional court and a lawful although unanimously convicted by popular so thu people to a greater lesson in the structure of the body of justice than can be inflicted by the sudden and certain execution ot that same criminal by a In Boots and Shoes Especially we can save you from 10 to 20 per cent over the prices of any house in the and is in an innovation of Thompsons which will likely b3 followed by many other district judges of the State and contains important instructions to juries who try When the petit juries for each week are im paneled and sworn on each Monday morning of the term and hi fore any cases have been submitted to them instructions are given them substantially as follows Gentlemen of the Jury Yon haye now been the regular petit jury for this week of the Some of per may know and understand the duties and responsibilities which are now cast upon you by the law as jurors and some of yon mav not therefore I think it is proper that should give you such instructions upon your duties and conduct as will you to rightfully discharge the great responsibilities which you are now intrusted Yon are the exclusive judges of all the facts proved belore you you are the exclusive judges ot the credibility of all the witnesses who testify before and yon are the exclusive judges of the weight to be given to aH the Whenever yon pass upon a question of fact your finding thereon becomes from which there can be no and whenever yon say by your verdict in a criminal cause that the defendant is not it makes no difference how outrageous this verdict may or how bloody the defendant may there can be no and he can walk forth from the court room in defiance of society and continue to pursue bis accustomed vocation of shooting down and helpless and innocent yon can at once see how very responsible your position and bow dependent upon vou for protection of their and their property place and say to yon that 1 will line you not less than Yon must not disclose to the public how you stand on the questions before yon it Is not the business of any one to know how you good or how any particular member of the jury or what waa said in the jury room in the discussion of the It ia like ly to cause ill feeling to arise on the part of the person cast in the case against those who were not favorable to bis side and it often resulted in All that any one has a right to know is that the jury has returned a verdict and what that verdict The verdict should be absolutely not the result of the influence of any particular member or but the offspring of twelve concurring and impartial The social standing of a defendant or of his family should not be taken in consideration by you in passing upon his guilt or for the purpose of determining in case uf great doubt whether or not a person of such high standing or character would have likely committed the A mans character and his general reputation in the community in which he lives should carry with it great weight in a case of grave Reputation is the outward and visible sign of those inward and spiritual emotions and sentiments which rather character is what a man really is what others think or say of But if the offense is clearly such a man must be given no more immunity than the must humble in the The higher a defendant stands in social life severer ought to be the punishment upon him if he is because he has had greater advantages to prepare his Type for Sale The Columbus Citizen offers for sale about 100 pounds of Nonpareil a heaping case full at About 250 pounds of Brevier foy per pound plenty of About 400 Long Primer at per It is all secondhand its impression shown by this paper If taken in ten days will furnish cases for the Brevier and Long Columbus Citizen state board of education places the scholastic population 01 Colorado county at 4813 2437 white Our Line of Fall and Winter Hats and Caps is now and invite you to call and examine We are also opening up i New Line of Clothing I and have very close w Our Stock of Hardware and Woodenware Is the best in the and prices have been marked down to meet Houston and San The apportionment of the school is about 84 25 per At the examination of teachers here last Friday and Saturday there were thirtyfive applicants for nil of whom were Only applied for and received first grade certificates this The requirements have been much In Dissolving Our Partnership We do not retire from as the old firm will be owned and conducted by while Chinn succeeds Herder and will open up for himself in the Herder Mansfields reply to our criticism of last week with regard to extravagance in the management of county nonpayment of the countys bonded is good as far as it but it doesnt go far He tells us that was paid on the same in and also this but fails to inform the people that these amounts If you want to save some money 1 Now is your Step in and get the best bargains ever offered in this will only last until OCTOBER paid on the If nothing can be paid on the bonded indebtedness of the county until why did the grand jury call attention to the fact that the murder case of Hughes of Victoria was continued in the district court and an application for a habeas corpus has been but has no been acted September A few davs ago while the yearold son of was spending a fuw days at his fathers plantation below he became engaged in a playful with a boy aboat 10 years Tlie two boys had rusty old Yours the is far morn responsible ald important than mine is ns If the judge makes any mistake in the trial of a such as the admission of illegal i construction of the can be appealed from nnd revised bj appellate As long as yon are members of the jury yon must not accept the There is a defense for murder that is put in in almost every case is until the is hip and recommended tint the same ought to be with all the books and papers of the at their ought to have to under Hie luw of It lias its in cases which lay down the that tin jury due lor several years that the could not be paid until posing the guns lobe maturity and that the commis Conn lands was outside of your own es his own they must put yon not do so from j themselves in his shoes and look anv defendant or their at his adversary just as he lest such should be ex cd to the defendant himself at the tended yon in or time he the fatal and tion by them of its having some if the deceased Had made any influence upon your actions in such as throwing some case which may be tried be his hands behind which rore yon at this When yon reasonably appeared to the have decided a cause I warn j that his life was in they made of the V But the members of grand jury did not see it in this This and censured instead while two young men of praising officials for their good work in diverting rail the sinking fund to chan about two miles above the people of The must Casino to Burgeon and both legs had aged 13 in atto e one below the to board a freight train knee and one The boy is Ibis bad both legs very resting very He was Have You Heard It What remarkable advance in the prices of Within the last few months prices have advanced from 5 to 50 per and many articles now cost more at wholesale than we are selling them for at We have not advanced the prices on any of our Shelf Hardware except Loaded Shells and Pistol and shall not so for the next thirty We still have the same low prices on Guns and We have more than 100 patterns of Pocket which we wil sell very low to make room for new If you are fn need of anything in the Hardware or even if you dont need it we would say that it will pay you to buy ior there is no telling when this advance will You certainly won the a bk to buy these goods In the next six months as cheap as we shall offer them for the next thirty Come in and get our and if they are not as or lower than those of anyone we stall not ask you to We are offering special bargains in Glass and Come to see us before purchasing anything in those whose favor you have found that he would be justified under your The person in the law of whose favor you have decided will may be something in the abstract owe you nothing and will be theory thus laid and there no to you for your ver might possibly arise a case lor you will have bin die wherein a party might be charged a which the law im Bin although the deceased was be rewarded for the discharge of a charged with his own mistake and It has a tendency to make should make no error in regard others that you are corrupt to the meaning of it has a tendency to embitter lions or movements of adve the person against whom you In nearly every case now decided and to make him person tried the defense in f hat lie deally to Yon not ceased threw his Lands behind decide a case alone in favor of the him and this bare statement seems may be represented to be enough to cause juries to by an attorney whom you rnali with jubilant feet to like and or who cue of the may have heretofore represented as you jurors are thn your friends in some elusive judges or the ot nor yon must not cirry your likes the it is for yon to eav lor dislikes with yon on the jthst when a defendant has muri If you to render a dered a man lar in to be released and he offers by himself or from the sooner than the his friends that although the sees proper to relieve ceased bad no weapons himself or if you agree to H verdict simply i although he knew the because the majority of year was armed the was except the One leg IT that slicking An inquest has not been held free passes held by shippers were A meant by the legislature to be port reached this city last night nf Therefore the the assassination of Enoch will gad about just as usual prominent farmer and when meet were within a short distance of light baths scorn to Hred charge of buckshot into 7 r Officers from here in are oll that of being made to apprehend the lint are of the rd iii Unit ih light is ways available that it ran Inro 1 mid the is inu gro Dick died ni in the body inv 1 nt 11 had rm for some but was in a box in lo us bed for two which the disrobed is with his head projecting followed by M outside through a bole in the concourse of
