| Show behind it yesterday the grand jury reported having ignored a number of cases as mentioned in last evenings neica among which were como charged with larceny and kindred offense in view of the fact that petty thefts are becoming of frequent occurrence people are enquiring of what use it is for the police to make efforts to catch the thieves when the grand jury will turn thorn loose again without even being placed on trial it will not do to say that there was not sufficient evidence to indict for in some of the cases it is on record that the parties have pleaded guilty when before the justice for preliminary examination for instance a man named sykes was taken up on two charges of ob money under false pretenses the proof was clear against him and when before the justice he said 1 I did it all but you cant hang mo for it he also remarked that the people whom he got money of were served right and were fools for trusting him in tho housebreaking cases also there was ample evidence before the committing magistrate and some oi the defendants had pleaded guilty such proceedings by a jury create a suspicion that there is something behind it all beius |
