| Show Ogden Department fi Bureau I I J I St. St I WELL HOWELL WILL ILL NOTi NOT i CALL GRAND JURY i r. r r Denies Den Request of or District At- At l 4 J torney Halverson P V I of Ogden SEES V i SEES NO NECESSITY FOR IT ITa a tv That Tha t o iii are alt Their HilI Duly 13 H and iiii 1 luit I Court CourtIs J I Jt Is II 6 1 Judge tJ A. A I of ar the Second f r district Court dourt yesterday handed lawn down hIt his opinion denying the request of ot Attorney Ge George for a n grand jury jur to Investigate the made against against him 1101 n as S district trl t tat at J at attorney by hy a n newspaper of or Ogden t I The Judge holds that the are o doing n all In their power to 10 toA A r crime and amI that the calling of or a 3 I 5 2 j jui Jury l r would be bo an expend expend- i tuft tuto of or public funds Till The opinion in part follows In determining whether r there I Is an any general necessity for calling a n grand grund jury I have e UL e primarily l concerned myself with Inquiring an as to w whither ther or not the public officers ers charged with the c enforcement ment of laws are art doing lolOg their full tun duty A Accord Accord- c Td- Td Immediately utter after th the request for tor fora I Ia a grand Jury was made J 1 I called d to together together tor gether the principal officers peace Jenee of the thc I county count nn and city the bc sheriff and hr chief dep uty the chief of or I police 11 et th the city de- de and other subordinate officers ote 9 anO to them all aU I put these questions Questions to 0 OIl lg t-l t e you d doing everything In your power to C. C turret ferret rr I out crime and ant bring the tutors thereof tJ to 10 Justice Secondly Sec See When you ou call upon uron the public prosecuting officers to aid your our In your work do clo th y give you ou all an the ns assistance In thir power Third In your our opinion are arc you able to cope coOpt with all the In tho t. who break breal our laws or do you ou nON need any further by wi Y wl y of a grand jut Jury or ia t otherwise TV V the first iu question tion all I these he sl 0 officers officers' f a answered that they Were ere erl making oven even cn Iwi strenuous efforts than ever tr Lero before not only to hrIn bring those who violate our 1 I law laws to trial but alo which also which IK Is far fal mote more to important to prevent the b lon commission lon q o ol To 10 the second th they y r replied that 1 In II uon a and Oil out t of Qt 5 season OliOn I the he t- t had hod always a ne ness to 10 do lb their share In Iii prosecuting offenders offenders of- of f fenders the lilt cice and dignity of the Hit flute To 10 Ih the tue third they said with or that they 3 n edi-d edi It no oUI outside ht aI f to nal i-nal II m h LQ J rr yn ilij- ilij 1 J U I r UI 1 I ho J K Ita ia consider it nn lm I I u of their official conduct Ct I oc acquaintance with these officers officer Is such auch that 1 I 1 would hay have accepted ac nc- l e slat statements as sufficient on to 10 in m my notion hut hu In order to I ii rr i tain as an tin o official I that th y want meant what saul ahl I 1 have hav now for over 11 a month watched them thern jn in the of their duties with the Ow closest scrutiny and 1 I am nm now perfectly satisfied that they mo may he be retied relied upon to todo todo todo do all an that a grand ju jury could do lo do and even ven more to to discover crime and punish criminals for they bring to their work not oid only enthusiasm but large irge experience e a and d technical training Ordinary no ry Process Sufficient I Den Doing Deng therefore of opinion that there therein in is no general necessity for a n grand j july there hel on only I remains to consider whether these thes particular newspaper criticisms I which an art brought to my attention are I sufficient to Justify the court in summonIng summoning sum sum- moning maning one 1 I agree with th the district attorney attorney at nt- torney toey that th the public as well en as himself him him- self It 1 Is ts entitled I. I to have hav a most searching Investigation as 08 to tD their thell truth But Bul It seems n lec-n to me that one ont such Buth investigation will vIII suffice and It would serve Men no useful use use- I tel ful purpose to duplicate it Inasmuch I therefore the as the ordinary machinery of the law low provides provide a sufficient nt means menns of ot probing this matter maUer it Is unnecessary t tt ro bring Into being th tin the extraordinary ma- ma 1 of ot 1 a tt grand Jury to accomplish pU h the thC some same om result The district attOrneY attorney at at- torney c can n Ind Indeed r h has exercised l his prerogative tI f as Aft a citizen which hr IH does doCH nol vioL love lose simply imply because he hol holds a of orriN fit e. e Jo swear to lo a aI I I complaint II Kal t those who as h lie he I claims dalma hav d J him and anti If ii there r If is sufficient Uit c y they will wIil be I brought to trial no so that u IlL grand Jury jur Is ry for that purpose c II It 11 therefore lu seems m to 10 tl the court that th th of or a n Krand Jury to io investigate Invest Invest- U- U UJ J gate KUe these thea charges would be a i iwen I wen so IN X because e 90 so far faras faras as all the they point to criminal offenses orrene en the I ordinary machinery of oC the law I anti and go so nil far nit tt they point to other mis- mis I neither th the grand Kraml Jury nor this I court ourt has halt to Inquire into Inlo it but hut the 1 legislature alone If JC the dellb rat r- r at on of ot the lie grand jUr Jury resulted tI In a n vindication for Cor th the district attorn attorney of or c no further urther action would be L. feces- feces sary if tr it resulted In condemnation n neither they nor this court could COUil do any any- thing aboul It h. It 1 clear flear l ot that this f Jf had hll at all should be before that tribunal which imp the right both to condemn mn un HuLl vindicate or else It would ho lit mt mR HR It 1 to the court then that there Is no foX cx t T cither ty-cither either K gen gen- nural n- n ural 01 or special special for tor for calling a 11 grand jur Jury and ad th iii the r t t for It It Itma ma therefore h be Ia denied NI enel i |
