| Show THE GRAND drand JURY it t Is imlau eted and gets to work ciBa ip the daft ri rt court the work nf a gerarid J ry for the cho april term terin was waa t m Ie tr F K e L LB B baumgarten Bau marten f arten W T barbee eli L wm sk ewes and E H parsons brought in on open venire were called all answered the preliminary questions satisfactorily and were passed f V E asked to be excused on the ground round that his bis business required mis BIS the court remarked that he would not be detained a great while on the grand jury and declined to excuse him E H parsons was sworn as the foreman of the grand jury the administering of the oath made by the court under the edmunds Is law w was then their proceeded with each of the grand jurors coming forward in turn to subscribe thereto the ury stands as follows F 11 II parsons foreman W H smith louis lonis A snyder oliver nowell john duke E W berry hiram smith daivs murdock murdoch S 11 baumgarten Baum george J barry W T barbee henry prossen Pros sei sex eli L price F E win will skews the court then charged the jury that it was their duty to investigate the accusations brought against persons held by the magistrates or against others charged with having committed crime by violating the laws jaws of the united states or of the territory it Is not necessary to investigate trivial or apparently unfounded charges there mast be some round for the accusation cusa tion only legal evidence should be considered by theland the mand they should be careful to ascertain the truth they should not be actuated by prejudice or be influenced by fear favor or oc affection fec tion each case should be investigated fairly and impartially the various crimes are defined by the laws of the united state and territory there are two crimes which a large class of ef the people believe are sanctioned by divine revelation and they believe it right to commit those thos offenses under the sanction of a maher law the grand rand jury cannot pay attention to this feell feeling Bg but must act under the law of the land it there is sufficient evidence for a trial jury to convict the I 1 grand jury should dad an indictment it if there is testimony that would explain away a charge it is the duty of the grand jury as impartial men to hear that testimony that no one may be unjustly indicted all the proceedings of the grand jury should be kept secret unless required by law to be divulged in court there is a law punishing violation of this secrecy the prosecuting attorney will give such h adyce advice as is necessary or further in instructions ions may be obtained from the court the jury retired in charge e of a bailiff |
