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Show QUESTION OF BIDS MAYBEHWESTIGATED Grand Jury Is Suggested as Proper Tribunal to Probe Matter Cond t ons surround ng the giving of bonds m enn inal cases have reached si ch a state that Judge M L E tch o of the d str ct court declared from the bench 3 esterday that it m ght be neces sary to call a grand jury nestga t on into the suffic ency of bonds and the qual f cat on of boudsn en More or less trouble has a sen n tl a co ect on d r ng the past few onths The court s remarks were made n connect on w th the case of Joe Mc Gowan and Fav Weston charced w th olat ng the state d g law When the r ca.es were called for tr al recent ly they fa led to ajjear and the bonds gi en n the r cases were orde ed for fe ted Later t de eloped that the dent ty and whereabouts of the bonda n en could not be determ ned and Jus t ce F M B shop before whom the bondsmen qual f ed was summoned to appea in court with h s records in the ca e From these records t was shown that the bondsme were A H Farley George Spellnian and AV W Grace Who or where those persons are and whether they quahf ed as bondsmen is an open quest 0 Just co B shop sa d that n h s opin on the bonlsn en had q ahf ed for the bonds but the d strict attornev sa d that nasro ch as they could not be found he d d not bel eve they had qual f ed Tho just ce was nstructed by the court that n future cases where the q alif cations of the bondsmen were in do bt he refer the matter to the dis tr ct atto ney Judge Bit h e remarked after the hear, ng that if there s a matter wh ch should be m est gated by a grand jury th 3 question s one |