| Show GRAND JURY REPORT SALT lare LAKE CITY november 1879 to won hon john A chief justice presiding in th third drudi judicial district couric court ulah ulab N territory the undersigned undersigner under signed members of the grand jury tor for the september term of this court courts in concluding their labors respectfully submit herewith the reports of special committees mit tees teeb duly appointed from among their number to inspect the prisons and lusane insane asylum in said district together with this general report aa as adopted in committee e 0 the whole commencing with the impanel ing of the grand jury on the lat day of last october ye We have dur ing our sessions ending this day of november novembers 1879 had presented sen ted to us ug the tho names of nearly persons charl charged ed with violations of tho iho laws of t the he united states and the laws of the territory ory of utah of this number about 50 have been indicted in this thib connection the undersign ed members of the grand jury juny wish to say that ing InI cases presented to them thern of persons charged with crime under the mw jaw of congress of 1662 1862 against polygamy they have found great difficulty in obtaining con sistena truthful testimony from some witnesses who from their own admissions and from the circumstances cum stances in which they were p placed laced it would seem could if it the they y w would ouid have easily satisfied us as to the guilt or in nocenza of the parties charged with bald said with some exi in the cases allu aliu alluded dett to i the witnesses were either unwilling or unreliable especially was wag true of some of the persons persona appearing before us and ana the under undersigned signed members of the grand J ry desire in view of thet painful exhibition of disregard for the sanctity of judicial oaths in coni action with this clas cias cla cia s of offenses to place upon record the expression pr ossion of their opinion it is the constitutional right of every citizen to have hawe a speedy trial in the courts in all issues involving his life liberty and property As means to this end our laws jaws should provide ample opportunity for the paneling em of juries and for the fair and onest honest ti compensation of both jurors and witnesses we respectfully submit that here in ittai the courts are ale cripple dand the tho people aufner buffer by reason of defective laws in these respects on the opening of the present term terni af bf this court th there ere were on the trial calendar civil cases of which 82 cases fiade have been disposed 3 of together with 18 criminal cases casee of the remaining ill civil cases over are for trial jury but the limited number of juryman jurymen allowed to be drawn is already exhausted to such an extent that the court cannot proceed with trials As a result of this delay interests of great magnitude are jeopardized under our inflexible laws lawla no tal esmen can be summoned to supply tb the deficiency ifju af jury juny ry men only a limited number can be selected from two well defined de filed and in some respects rt hostile clas olas classes ses kes when this insufficient number is exhausted j judicial pro ce edings in jury cases are at an end this grand jury respectfully is U umit thal thai immediate action on the part of congress is needed to project prote ct and secure the rights of in utah co to a trial by jury either by enlarging the number ot or drawn un under der the law as jurymen juryman jury men or by authorizing au the court to summon tal tai eimen esmen to put injuries on juries with regard to the compensation ul t jurors and witnesses tor lor travel and attendance upon the court we are warranted in the assertion that the present system la in its ita practical working is simply a legalized robbery tery Tr the tho territorial statutes brov provide lda ida that a definite sum shall shmil be paid for mileage and per diem them to I 1 jurors arois and witnesses but our legislators have carefully against ga irist trist thib thit unfortunate class clasa ef of public servants providing that said mileage and per dieg diem shall not b be Q audited and paid until an appropriation pria tion lo 10 made expressly for that but the appropriation on etien amade amado made vearly learly nearly two years yeara sago agu ago asto small that sut aub justice was nol not nol aud and jursits and witnesses in consequence tola grandeury gran grand djury jury for fur themselves and in behalf of injured furors jurors and against thia thid injustice and respectfully ask redress or of this grievance at the hands of our legislative assembly it appears that papers records of the third district court at sait gait t lake city are now exposed exposed to loss lose by nire fire theft and mutilation this jury would respectfully recommend that provision be made by the legislative assembly of utah for properly recording bald said and documents and for the papers protection and safe crib cris custody tody fody of said rec record orde in conclusion the men members ibers the grand jury would beg bej to express their thanks to the chief justice presiding for the kind and courteous manner munner which be has provided for comfort and convenience and them in assisting way every di charge of their labors we wish also to convey to the district at and assistant district at torney lorney our hearty appreciation 0 their in tt ful fill information and a assistance s si stance stanco in the prosecution of our labors all ali allot of is respectfully bub aub mitte 09 GEO H SANFORD L B MATTISON SAMUEL J NATHAN NA TirAN A MAJORS L JAS M BARLOW JAB jas TURNER JAS F bridley BRADLEY foreman grand jury clias CHAS M clerk grand jury gr i and jury boom room third judicial district ot of the ter of utah to tag the foreman and the grand zury jury of 0 eaid said district the ignec members or of the grand jury of the third dis brict court of utah territory having been appointed by the grand jury a committee to inquire into and report upon the condition of the insane asylum of this territory beg leave to submit the following report your committee visited the asylum on the lith day of ot octobers october 1879 and found it to contain 24 21 jn in ints of which 11 14 are aie males and 1 10 fal females as follows MALES henry bone thomas stevens Bt evens laforte ija Iia forte meyers hugh lyons dr Rim kim ball bali andrew anderson thomas vincent joa sherman bherman victon victer marose andrew stevens thomas elliott El llott ilott Ambroso ambrose leonard females margaret 31 mantle mantie antIo blary mary hooker rachel southwell Bouth south well weli emily alexander willis mary forbush isaiah barah sarah Meyer sAlice ida bouse rouse diana abbot your eom com found the general management of the asylum to be very poor as Is also the he means for tor caling eating for tho inmates the building being poorly adapted for the use of an asylum and it is badly sadly out of repair in many places making it cold cola and uncomfortable your committee found tho the following named inmates kept in cells or stables that were unfit for a beast an and d the stench and filth must soon end the days of the inmates unless a change la Is made hugh lyons victor marose miller and andrew stevens Bt evens these those men have the poorest thorr tio nand alad iwhite while they may be somewhat violent could be cared for in a more humane manner your committee would recommend that repairs be made upon the building at once BO so BS as to insure the comfort ot of the inmates against cold and inclement weather and particularly in the part in which above named persona a are re confined the and now your committee would invoke the aid of the authorities in securing for these poor miserable people such comfort aa as the laws lawa of humanity and decency require at the hands of a christian people all of which is 19 respectfully submitted GEO H banford J P F LAWSON LAWSOM LA JAS M barnow committee territory of utah county of halt bait lake october 1879 oll on mot motion lon ton the foregoing report was wag adopted by a unanimous vote aud the committee discharged A committee was waa also appointed to examine in into 0 and report upon th tha prisons in the the district the report por W aspea speaks ke in very praiseworthy terms of the management of the penitentiary dut but baya says thero there ia is i not enough sleeping Ble bie accommodation for those now confined there the food given the inmates is bald sald to be good and wholesome and those of the prison i ers era who were spoken to by the committee expressed satisfaction at the treatment the report Por caiso calso also niso states stated that bad been received from the sheriffs I 1 ic the different counties in this district which state that they had n nc prisoners in their jails |
