The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-05-29

Report OF SEanQ OuFys
To his Hon. I'm. s. lcLeDsoye presiding,
Mag term, 1873, Criminal Court Of
GILES County.
We. the Grand Jurors elected, en-
pannelled and charged to enquire for
tile body of the County Of Giles, beg
leave to make the following brief re-
port:
That we have been diligent In the
discharge OF the duties assigned us Tor
at least we have tried TO do our duty)
as Grand Jurors, and have had Witness
es before us from all parts of the conn
ty. While we have found and present.
ed some crime, we have found but few
cases that were high offenses against
the laws of the State, it Is true that we
have made nequent presentments for
misdemeanors, yet we think a great
many Of them were committed by per-
sons that hardly knew they were yiO-
lating the laws of the State. We are
glad to report that we think the people
Of our county are growing daily more
law-abiding and that crime is less fire.
quent by far than in years past. We
are compelled, however, to say that we
find too great a disposition among the
best men of our county to shun the re-
sponsibility of exposing crime; they
Will convey to some Grand Juror an
anonymous note, giving the names of
parties, saying that ''if the Grand Jury
Will send for the parties named in the
note they will learn something" &C.,
without giving the Grand Jury any
hint as to what offense has been COM
mitted. Now, if the good men of the
county would come up boldly and eX-
pose such otienses it would do more to
put down crime than all the secret
work Of the Grand Jury, and we would
soon organize such a state of society as
we would all be proud to live in.
4 committee OF our Jury has visited
the Paper Asylum, and report that the
inmates seem TO be well cared for and
that the property shows that it is in
tolerable good state of repairs and in
fair condition, with supplies on hand to
last some time, perhaps until they raise
a crop.
We have also examined the Registers
office, who is entry clerk also, and find
his books and records all in proper con-
dition, both neat and well written,
properly noted and indeXed. We have
also visited the County Court Clerks
office, examined all the important bonds
of the county and find them, as we
think, both ample and good. We visit
ed the Clerk and Masters office and
found his bonds all to be very good.
We have also examined the county JAN
and found it, we consider, as clean and
neat as it could be kept with the large
number ofprisoners on hand. While we
regret to find SO many in Jail, we think
the officers in charge are doing all i'll
their power to make them comfortable.
In conclusion, we wish to tender our
many thanks to your Honor and the
Attorney General for the kind and alta
BILE manner in which we have been
treated by both of you during the term
now closing.
We cannot, in justice to our officer,
james NJ. Marks, close without tender
ing our thanks for the prompt, correct
and pleasant manner in which he has
discharged his duties.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted. WYATT II. ABERNATHY,
Foreman,
ROBERT D. REED,
JAMES G. SAUNDERS,
HENRY G. MARLBOROUGH,
WM. HARDDAN,
SAINT G.. HARwELL,
JOHN II. LLOYD,
ROBERT W. DICKEY,
EUGENE V. SKILLERN,
JOHN PHILLIPS,
OWEN 5. SMITH,
WIN. b. SUTTLE,
MILTON A. CARTER.