| Show FEBRUARY TM a first district tot kow opener GRAND JOEY gambling receives specia quention Auen tion be prohibited the first court opened i a term at provo toddy with judae diug on alie benci J W beauler at the clerca dek united attorney judd and attorney thurmal io attendance as well aa a great lauy lawyers of provo salt lake and ero counties toe december terra was adjourned butil thursday next at 9 to conclude business hear ye hear ye the february term of the first judicial district court of the territory of utah with judge W H king on the beuch is now in session in which will be transact fod under tha bawd 0 the united and toe territory of utah BRUR out the court crier the grand bors abre then culled forward and examined by judge judd were em paneled with thomas manti foreman hugh E monroe fred E creek millard county james A loveless bench bvm K youth Han 0 W deput horace ne well hyram billies Uil lies lake view wm C hanks cheater Kie santa quin john moore eureka N 0 sterling zanos tiffany salem 0 II 11 frans raben farna worth john reid manti M of sterling waa excused on account of sickness A J aicken eureka hel per were excused on account of urgent the grand jurors retired to the clerks office aal took the edmunds tucker after which judice king charged thim th im he gave special as to the duty of araud jurors to look into all charges of violation of the law they ware told what evidence they mi r ceide chev may examine witnessed witness eg and examine ehlt dance is nob both bides ot tho may be inquired into and the jury may discriminate conscientiously tiou sly if the jury believe the evidence sufficient to warrant conviction an indictment must 03 return ad without fear or favor the public prisons in the district may ia inquired into though the expense may deter the jury from visiting county jaila eyink in the distance however m my complaints comp lainta have reached the court by letter and otherwise aa to the aunt condition of pome of the county j ils in which to confine human beings my inquire into the man ancient of all public and the conduct of public officers instructions instruct iona aa to the secrecy of the grand jury room haq also given I 1 would be a pubic scandal if the secrets of the grand jury loom were to become public property secrets should najt even ba communicated to out side of tho jury special stress was laid on abie duty of the jurors an indictment cannot be found with out twelve concur special instructions were given ag to the the jury should inquire into violations of the anti polygamy laws violations of the law prohibiting minors to purchase liduor and enter ea loons 1 I desire especially to call conr at antion ta camine gamine eaid the judae it ia becoming an evil in this terri tilory men are led antray by earning and meana that zo to the support of their lam aeb all eameal of chance are against the law and should not be permitted you are to inquire into the evil ot viola tiona of the law you are to gate the violations of the law permit tine minors in such places the court also called special aten tion to the law prohibiting hoasea of prostitution and asked that violation ol 01 the law be carefully care tully investigated your entire duty said the court in conclusion and yon will deserve the commendation of the court and all good citizens after the jury had retired the united states attorney and the judge held a consultation after which the jury was recalled and aviu special instructions in relation to election frauds gentlemen he gaid there i a statute in relation to election fraude the coart dop not know whether there have have been violations of that law in this district or hot bat you are to carefully investigate ud see if thia berv important law baa been violated tha petit were called and examined by assistant prosecuting attorney thurman their names are as follows james Vic kern T E flaming james 0 W B bobbins joach darton jens peterson oraon ball david wm metcalf philip dick A M voorhees samuel aschy joseph W clotea henry A kearneas Ke arnea jonathan backley J H moore jr john williams john W phillips enoch barton leonard hobina john chapman geo W jacques peter duncan bachman A wreno was excused on ac count of a bodily ailment and james day for being n miller heber ciorca and john J cummines did not appear the retired to the clerks office and took tha edmunds tucker oath after which the court informed the jurors that they were not to talk of any cases likely to come before this court alter thus organizing orga nizine tor the february term other business was taken ap hyram amith haq called for fornica ion but the caad was postponed for a short time because ol 01 the abonce of oh line was allowed fo change his plea to guilty of assault he wag indicted for with intent to kill judge jadd says it was not an aggravated caad the court a fine of 20 or 20 davs in the hevier count jail court sojourne aO journe until 2 |
