| Show 1TIIltSI COUIIT ruosiiuiou AMI JURY No less unique than unfertunalo Is the condition at present prevailing In this city wherein the chief of yllla and two ol hkl tuber llnatet are under arrctt nnd In oouflniment for contempt con-tempt lu lefutlnie lo answer certain iiiettloni propounded llo them by Ihe grand Jury The unutual Ilea of 11112 caie Is furnltheU In the fact that sworn rfllcen of the law should tbu set Ibe law I nl dsflince The unlorlu nol astute twololill I 1 ant that tuch ftn example cannot but be I productive evil through being accepted as a precedent pre-cedent by future WIII HS wboto knowledge of legal nod criminal procedure li I Inferior lo lint of the preterit recalcitrant and leooud thai Ibe city should al thli or any olb rUm r-Um under such cltouiiMtanoM be deprived de-prived of lie itrvlct of lie chief pollro idlcer Ibe held of Us oonttabultr force The Incident It I bound lo have a demoralising tendency study and argue II at we nay Nor li t Ihli lo be reductd In any degree by the moral and cousolenllouB ground IlIIOU which Chief Pratt relies for bit Jutllfloitlon nor by Iho fact that tofar at Ibo original publication of Ibe icindal It 1 concerned he li I acquitted of blame The community will generally I gen-erally cjucMle that the printing of the I 1 story out of which tho whole controversy con-troversy lias grown wai not by any dttlre or couulvauco ol Ins that on llm contrary It watdlrecllylu violation of his withes DUB credit will klto be glvvtr bile motive for pivtsut illince thai hit Tltdged bile honor lo keep I the secret and thai lo glv Ibo lImo of the parlies lniHeated could do no good to society and would only stlgraailia and bring dltgrace upon a iwrtou or rious heretofore re tpectable and probably for the future lufllclently warned against ilnillir peril All Ihli we repel may be granted And yet the fact remalni Ibat the law makei uo such eicipltoui I In favor of Ihe scruplea of tecutant wIlLCHei AI dodo alio the further fact that a serious precedent I would be set II any wllntM even a chief 01 police were glveu Ilia prvrogallvo of refut UK lo teillfy because forsooth In his Judgment uo evidence to warrant a ojQTlctlou could bured A dealt Ion of luat kind Is I not le 110 the wit OH i under any clrcumtlancet 1 If I It were Irgil luvettlKklloui sod trial would In thoutiudi of cues La nothing hula lance There atom la hi nothing to do therefore but uphold the ruling ol Judge Ilsrlcli oommllllmr this wltucit for contempt II li I tool the oiurli builueM any more than It It I that ut the wltneu to declda whether the jury < Imiulry muy prove prolll able Ai a mailer of trot and law Ibo Judge upon Iho benoli li I powerleei loatlcotlbu grand jurort proooJIII when once they have begun Ihelr labor In the outotl he may In hli eking male general tuggwlloua end from lime lo Unit ns needed he may give them additions Intliuiiloni Hut U would boo great etreleii of authority on ult part lo order them allot they boys commenced an Inquiry arbitrarily arbitrar-ily illicontliiue II or 10 uNUms lu IU thou that they cannot find an In Ulctnitut cu Ibo tiTlJoicn koiight or that whin InformeJ that they cannot luJlc they blU1 Ihoreloro loot Inquire Tbegrand Jury li 1 In Its iiihtre lull iODdeut I at Ihe court It lu I auollii cohere The latter hot Ibo duly of securing and charging Ihe former ll Uninliothu power of proteollUK the former and vufoiulng domaudi and II hat tau Dual power of dltohargliiK IIi wllon II II-i chore ar IInlb or wllvlI through uuy rtaiounble cans Hi fur ill r iiitluuuiiou would Iw Improper u rudutliveuf evil 1 i in ihelorguliig II II 1 wen that fi if nl coillii it I not prliaaill u iirn tlieiiDWilllug wile cud thee the-e loll eu noiild II alii Uuuderetood ui 1 the prwmmtliig attoruvy le 1 not ouu ci tlio anWKonittlo foroea Vuelerdayi dev In uieuu brniiitht out a full u tiuun > of rmpiiuillillliy lur the ll nry by the graiMi Jury Real and az cMted Juiliiv Jmld from Ibe tuipl c > dllliieutly tiliuulaiej m oertaln q artert and ucciMlullytoo proUbly try re > nn 01 hie proiulneuoa and lilt rtrgumeult In Ih roaeedlngt j lu open roll that It wo li who wantuj Uu 000 I vUKoO or Mi cucumiiy thIn had to Uo wallAid lJ L unu n mtcaeaU Ibo way tlinugu Imvo i Iran uf a charm ir lu rrm f any late ImpreMlou ou Ihit polo Hot bit 011 In puthlng the CM rtffalntt rte wIlneitM and above all hli moil peculiar speech In opening tbo Ir Ucpli d wherein he advanced at an impirttnt iMion for probing thli > > ndal that rermttbie people were under lutplclon or 1m i or bad heard exptemd euipleloni M to membere of heir famlllee being < < the woman In the out or tether lu the bun tub gave MMMlnx oobr to Ibe I lilevlbBl tie WM the chief iQlllgator I and Inqtiltlter throughuuU A duty tv IberuMdvei to blm and bell oareleei or hasty uewieeper reader wai therefore performed by the granu j iry eelerday when they emphatically deoltred blot llwrelniof Inquiry were In tttelr own I hand nod weened their rwiooel blllty lor what bad been and WM being dew 010A A future article mT dIsco the IJ Maltoui of urand jurln la geiitral sod of the grand jury lu the preeenl BMW In particular The Nmva hat Ireaiiywld tomethlng on the latter tubjeel and may have mush wore b ey Per the prtMBt liewever II le Miftltlent to let lortb the foregolug byway by-way of plaining and oluriug upend foeuwlug ublla allentloii upon tbe aallent atprclt of the ram new pending pend-ing a OOM lu wbleb by roman of the vrrat pave given U 1 In Ibe newt tpert I Shoe aaiual reader may ooooelfe ruluocdtod errnne ut Idem I |
