Show grand jury report district attorney J A melville of fillmore utah has furnished the porter with a statement regarding the recent grand jury report it will be remembered that mr melville along with the members of the grand jury was made a defendant in the libel suit which george A udall of this uty has filed mr mellville says A statement has reached me that an effort is being made by some of the citizens of juab county to attach the responsibility of the recent grand jury report to me and I 1 to state by the wiy of exoneration that the state ment does not come from and la not traceable to any member of the grand jury it is asserted so I 1 am informed that the report is illegal to determine whether a report of a grand jury on matters of public interest is legal or il legal it is only necessary to determine whether it is true or untrue a tru report is necessarily a legal report the laws of this state prohibit th district attorney or any other person from being present while a grand jury is delab rating or voting upon an question before them consequents I 1 had no legal right to and did not concur in approve disapprove or vote for or against the adoption of the or any part of the same J A MELVILLE district Vt torney |