Show grand juries the grand juries have been abolished in many of ahe eastern states except for special occasions regular grand juries hava beon found too ex for the state government to keep up the prosecuting attorneys in the state of colorado for instance tako the sworn affidavits against violators of the law and bring the cases immediately before the district courts an officer from colorado was in provo a abort lima ago and stated that he had assisted in the arrest of a gang ot horse thieves aho vho were immediately brought before tho district court tried convicted and the state penitentiary allio theoa days here it often happens that grand juries return indictments against parsons who are perhaps not found until the petit jurors are excused and then the unfortunate accused lie in confinement contin ement for months perhaps to be found not guilty when finally tried there was 0 case of that kind in this district not long ago where a man was acquitted after having spent five months in the penitentiary oa an indictment it often trial men go before a grand jury and get some one indicted through milice anly one side is usually heard in ohp grand jury room and ahn the other side is inard it ay iy found thore is nothing in khi cue but argument against the grand jury is its expense all tha wi required in the trial of a case and even more are brought before the grand jarv if an indictment is found the same witnesses are again brought before the court at the trial of the case and this double mileage won runs ap if the regular grand juried were abolished under state government there would ba a saving of at least one half in court expenses and we believe there would also be a more speedy trial of caes it might not be wise to entirely abolish the grand jury system there might be where the services of a grand jury would be necea aary regular grand juries we believe ara not the rule in illinois and yet there waa a special grand jury summoned in cook county last fall to inquire into alleged election frauds the same haq done in new york case of that kind and cases of riot might need the alien HOU of a grand jury where jails are improperly maintained or other public institution a where the officers 0 a city or comaty engage in fraud and other like public offenses a grand jury might be called by the court for investigation bat in common infractions of the law we believe grand jurica are too expensive a system for the new state of utah to maintain it becomes a dear case when a man in san juan conaty steals a calf and a half a dozen wit teases have to bo paid mileage twice to provo and their fees for csuri attendance just ta try the man who stole a calf it js expensive jantice jad tice aid needs to be curtailed under statehood |