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Show TO INVESTIGATE CRIME The Grand Jury Impaneled in the Federal Court, and Will Go After the "Polygs INSTRUCTIONS OP THE COURT. Judge Zane Delivers His Charge to the Grand Jury for This Term. The grand jury of tho April terra of the Third district court which was impaneled im-paneled yesterday afternoon is composed com-posed of tho following named gentlemen: gentle-men: W. II. Casady, A. W. Krigbaum, Thomas Stevens, l). W. Scribner, J. II. Bowman, Lewis Keim, J. C. Mather, Samuel McLindon, William I'ercgo, F. O. Horn, C. B. Durst, T. C. Roekledge, William A. Taylor, Georgo Harrison, II. S. McCalluni. W. H. Casady was sworn as foreman, and in the afternoon the court delivered deliv-ered the followiug charge: Gentlemen of the Jury: The law makes It the duty o( the court to charge you as to your duties. It Is your duty to Inquiro Into the truth or falsity of all accUKiitlons of crimes committed within this Judicial district. Yon have the right to receive Information as to the commission of crime and If you deem the information in-formation sufficiently reliable it is your duty to investigate the charge. The cases of persons who are now conliued in prison should be investigated in-vestigated as speedily as possible. Any Information Infor-mation you may receive touching the commission com-mission of crimes In this district should be communicated to the Jury and witnesses subpoenaed sub-poenaed and an investigation had. In all your Investigations you should consider only legal evidence, which consists of the witnesses examined before you and documentary evidence. evi-dence. Evidence received outside of the grand Jury room can only be used in instituting an inquiry. You should be careful not to be imposed im-posed upon by any --person who may be actuated by ill will. Yon should bo careful to obtain the whole truth and nothing else. If the evidence ' before you is such as to lead to a reasonable belief that the party before yon will bo convicted, It will be your duty to indict, but not otherwise. You have no right to be actuated by any motive except ex-cept a desire to reach the truth. Your oath, in a general way, describes your duties. You will indict no person through, malice, hatred or ill will, nor leave any uulndicted through fear, favor or affection; You may consider the manner and deportment of witnesses before be-fore you, and you will consider their testimony impartially. Many of the crimes that may be committed in this territory are defined by the laws of the territory, while others may be committed against the laws of the United States. One very common crime in this territory is the crime of unlawful cohabitation. cohabi-tation. Others are polygamy, fornication and adultery. The fact that a man may believe It to be right to commit any of these offenses cannot be considered liyyon. If there Is such a belief, so much greater' is the necessity neces-sity for rooting It out, that society so-ciety may be protected. Of course It Is your duty to protect innocent men. It is a very great wrong to Indict any innocent man, as it furnishes a club which his enemies may use against him. Then, too, the fact that a man has been indicted is a serious thing, because be-cause the general pubUc do not investigate It. You will proceed with great caution. You will let no guilty man escape, and you will accuse no Innocent man. Gentlemen of the Jury, you have a very high duty to perform, one of the highest that an American citizen Is called upon to discharge. It is your duty to investigate invest-igate all cases fairly and impartially. You should keep secret whatever occurs In the grand Jury room.whether It be said by a fellow Juror or by a witness. There Is a severe punishment pun-ishment attached to a violation of your oath in that respect. If necessary, the court will charge you further upon any question that may arise. The Jury then retu'ed in the custody of the bailiff. |