Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-13
GRAND JURY REPORT.
10 the Hon. the Court Of Sessions in and f
The Conlltu Of Yllba

To the Hon. the Court Of Sessions in and for
the County Of Yuba:
The Grand Jury for the January Term, A. d.
1859, having completed their labors, herewith re-
spectfullo submit this their final report.
There have been Twenty-seven criminal charg-
es brought under our investigation, Five Of which
were dismissed and Six in which bills were lg-
. ored as follows
Peter Barge, Larceny John Doe, Obtaining
money by false prctenses; Manuel Ortes. attempt
To commit Burglary; j. Stevenson, Gaming j.
Ramos, Mayhem NJ Marks, Robbery.
And Sixteen in which true Bills of Indictment
were found, for the following offences, VIZ:
Eight for Grand Larceny, two attempt to com
NIT Larceny, one for Robbery two for Assault
with intent to kill, one for fraudnlently destroy
ing a promSs0ry note, one for EmbezZlement and
one for keeping a Gaming House.
The large number of charges brought before us
demanding our immediate action, and the length
of time necessarily consumed in our inyestga-
tions therein, have rendered it impossible To de
vote further time and attention in the examna.
tiOn of such oilenses in view of their success
full prosecnton) required evidence of a different
character than that before ms, or Immediately at
tainabe.
A committee of our body visited the County
Jail, and report "a prisoners now under continc-
ment; the Jail is clean and comfortable and the
prisoners give much credit to the Sheriff and his
ment.
There are "a patients now in the County Hos
pital the rooms are clean and well ventilated
The beds and bedding in good order and every
thing has the appearance of being properly con-
Quoted
The Committee appointed to examine the Books
of the County Officers having but limited time
for investigation, their examination had reference
more to the plan adopted for keeping the Books Of
the several Offices than to their correctness aud
| i'm this connection state that the Statute provides
for n return to be made to the County Recorder of
the number of Foreign Miners Licenses issued,
and to whom, also the amount of money received
As vet no register Of such licenses has been kept
| bv the Collector and consequently this require
ulent of the law cannot be complied with. The
licenses are provided with stubs which if filled
to correspond with the license and filed in the
office of the Collector would serve the purpose of
"a reg ster This course the Collector assured our
Committee he would in future adopt.
Our Committee also recommend that an Index
be provided for the Record of the proceedings of
the Board of Supervisors, also General Indexes
for the several Courts no farther recommenda-
tons are made.
We learn from the report of Mix Smith, who
was employed in May last by the Board of Super
visors, to make an examination of the Hooks of
the County Officers, that L. G. Benham, w. b.
Thornburgh, w. w. Dobbns, and f. l.. Aud had
received from the County certain sums ofmonev
thev were not legally entitled to.
The Board of Supervisors have indefinitely
postponed that part of the report regarding w. w.
Dubbins and +. H. Aud.
In the matter of ID. c. Benham, the District At
torney was instructed to demand payment, and if
refused, to commence action for the recovery.
We have been advised by the District Attorney
that in his opinion it is very doubtful if an action
could be sustained in the case, and as the County
is now involved in several suits, he has not com
menced this.
No action has been had by the Supervisors in
the matter of w. b. Thornburg.
\ suit has been commenced by A. C. Cogill, of
San Francisco against the County Treasurer to
enjoin him from paying money on Warrants
dered by the Supervisors. He alleges that the
Supervisors have audited larger amount than is
allowed by the Statute, and that the Interest
Fund has not been set aside, thereby depreciating
the value of County Bonds. counter suit
commenced ON the 10th inst, which will be heard
during this week. and the probability is the in
junction will be dissolved.
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