, 1875-05-05
THE GRAND JURY.
How the Lnw I'rOylftex 1t Shall
~. St.lnEteh.
Composition of the Ono Picked Ont by
Sheriff Agnew.
The Reasons Why.

At Tho meeting of tho County Board Monday,
Comtniaaionor Crawford Introduced \ raaolusfon
calling upon that body to proceed ~ directed by
Law tn solect rwenty-three Grand Jurors for tho
Nay term Of tho Criminal Court. This feHolu.
tion WAS t,ancd upon tho following section Ut tho
Law concerning Juror,
ii tn. Grand Jury shaI IL required fJY Ivy, or Ly
Tho erItr nf Judge Of sny term VI COURT il tlall 10
ths duty Of tl,s Ununty hoard IN each If Le counties
ds IL sn II .ys M s - Il
court to reject tVcnsJthrce ptraons po*tts*nE the
1uAthcst'os provided iu s'e. Of thi" ~, and 4
tos or pnst "y %s IL ls,p rea;%ss er nv,
~ utanl Jurnrs 1t auch lime and 10 ca,i.s their
Of e pss.on. 10 esircsc ~ arsd juror to the Ciesf
Of TIC Court fur which they arc selected, etc.
After the resolution had been offered, and the
l3oatd Lat! adjourned without taking action Oh
it. acyoral CoiumissfonesA met in County AtsoE-
noy ltountsee'n room aud Askcd hin opinion cH!l-
cerntnE it. lIo, for aona unknown REASON, nd
.iAcd thetn 10 let tho mattor slQne. saying that
1t wan Of no particular consequence, although.
~ will be Ecen II fs u1ado thclr imperative duty
by the law of tho state.
For Bouo sin1o back tbs selection Of Hsand Ju.
rora hns been loft to tho bplli5a of tie Grsnina!
Court, who hAyo Rone out and picked up any FER
aona whom they might chance to meet. Tia
ono which wAs impanoled tho other ts4y. how.
ever, WIN nut nelocted In any auch hapllazaFd
fashion: it Was
THE CAREFUL. CHOICE OF RnEHIFp A0SEW,
| who hl1nAelf picked out tho Various individuals
| whom Us desired 10 serve. They are u fol-
| lows: John Alston, vllose daughter married
Mayor Calyip's son Thomas II. Corcorau not
| in tho directory, N. z. Sheldon, coel-leales.
whom several persons swore, In ihe laH case,
| they would not bolLove under oath; George ".
notalng, ex-GanEor and ward politician Thomah
| Molyp. 10. 81 White ntrcct; William spalding,
notary for Iarwoli; n. Kinhuen; hobart Good
nailir i IN IL tho 10 cirsut @ court a. o1ua%re % not IL
| the d.rectory,-a crosly Of the ShofiG and his
confidential coEk 4. D. Godfrey, not in tho I'll.
.ocsosy n. G. Myers, not in tie dirocsory,-..a
sssn Side s@fSsf ns.s 'Fs Fsa 6sss
saloon keeper No. 20i yan Buren stroet Z. 4.
Chambers, not in tho diroctory,-s man with tlla
gama name keops gambling -houAa George a.
Ross, No. Glo South Canal atiees,-a friend Of
1ankin, No. 108 lIonore strcet 1homa.
Droierck, tailor, No. 122 Wright H,raet; Thom4s
| II. Farrell, bartender (no residence given
Ia the directory 1t Tom Foley's !;
Archibald Macalistar, No. EGG Michigan
avenue; D. +. Gleason, bricklAver, No. Ago
South Union atreet,-a crony of AgneH and
Capsnin of the Clan-na- Gael Guards: Harvey
! Merrill, f.ycmau, ex-Bailin Of ths Cti1ainal
| II 4as bccn suggested that thorn were
| TWO REAsoxs
rhy Mr. Agncm personally selected the Grand
Jury for this torn. Ono Of them III tint Doyle,
| ntt Jhtltf, 1nQ Jlm Mclthlc, Ai6 now 1EleQut arc
to bn brought before that body for examination
on tho charge OF Atasling 4 talsot-box. Aa may
bo renou1be,ed, Mr.. 11c11as presented m order
from Sheriff Aguev 10 the 1atler to give Inn
ballos-box. luas,nucl an this Investigation BY
the Grand Jury must necessarily INCLUDE Bhorld
Aguaw's order, it 10 very natural that he should
wlsh to have 3 jury Of good and nel!-knonn cltl-
zens who would fearlessly and tlofouehIy inves-
tigate hls connection With The alleged baliot-box
theft.
TIE TWENTIETH WARD JUDGES.
Again.: ::Messss. Heslng, Lisb, aud othoss. will
present to the Grand Jury tho caao Of
tho two Judges Of election In the Tweu-