OCR Text |
Show GRID MI'S" IMPORT The Short-Weigrht Coal Dealers Are Eoasted. 1 THE PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE IS RECOMMENDED. The City Jail Unfit for Human Habitation. THE POOR FARM, PENITENTIARY AND COUNTY JAIL. Xumfcer of Cases Examined and Ignored Ig-nored and Indictments Found The Inquisitors iive a Very ISrief Account of Their Prolonged Hes-nion-Sorae Excellent Secaouaen. dations. The grand jurors cam into court at 2:45 ' this afternoon, made their final report and were discharged- The report is as follows: The grand jury empanelled for the Sep. tember term rcbpectfully submit the follow-in follow-in r as their report: "We met on September 12, and have been in session twenty-eight days and passed upon eighty-nine cases, of which sixty-five are territorial and twenty-four under the laws of the United States. Of the territorial cases considered, we have found fifty indictments indict-ments and ignored fifteen cases. Of the United States cases we have returned twenty indictments and ignored four cases. We have examined 190 witnesses in territorial terri-torial cases and 100 witnesses in United 8tates cases, a total of 290 witnesses. On September 26, committees of five, selected se-lected by the foreman, visited the ci;y and county jails, and on September 27, the grand jury in a body visited the penitentiary. The reports on the four above named institutions institu-tions are attached hereto. Having concluded our labors, we respectfully ask to be discharged. dis-charged. Respectfluly submitted. 1 T T . . C. R. Bahratt, Foreman Grand Jury. The reports as to county jail and penitentiary peniten-tiary are of the usual order. Those having charge of the institutions are commended for their excellent management, and some suggestions sug-gestions are made as to sewerage and ventilation. ven-tilation. - -- The city jail is condemned as being unfit for human habitation, and the court is invoked to use its influence against the further fur-ther use of the building as a jail. The jury reports, also, that certain coal dealers are systematically uuderweighing coal, but the testimony would probably not be sufficient to secure the conviction of the guilty parties. The remedy lies in the passage pas-sage of an ordinance requiring dealers to weigh their coal on the city scales. The inquisitors found the poor farm in excellent ex-cellent condition. Fred Corker, the efficient secretary of the inquisitorial body, was the recipient of a handsome diamond pin, ' in the form of & Masonic emblem, from his admiring and well-pleased colleagues. |