The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-06-23
Grand Jury ReDOrI.

The grand jury, which has besn in session
here the past few weeks, adjourned Tuesday
/ evening. The following is their report:
To the Hon. Geo. n Aid idge, Presiding
Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Dis riot:
TINS grand Jury for the May term of the
district court, beg leave 10 submit the follow.
ing report:
LIST. We have endeavored diligently to ia
qure into, and true presentment make OF
sucn matters as were given us IN charge, OF
officially brought to our notice. acc riding to
the best of our understaf ding; and IN dis
charge of tho duties assigned 10 Us, have re
turned to the court elghty,tbree bills OF in
dictment; and we are gratfied to be able to
state that much the larger proportion of the
bills found by us are OF the class of petty
crimes denomlDated misdemeanors.
I'd. We have examined the condition Of
public bulldogs, consisting of the court
house and jail, and, also as TO the condition
and management of the poor farm. We
found the court house in good condition
the court rooms containing most of The
necessary furniture required for the conven
fence and accommodation of the court, Off.
GERS, attend snts and others interested. We
regret 10 say that, in our opiniou,
the Jail building does not reflect credit
upon an intelligent. prosperous, enterprlslrg
and public-spirited community rs compose
the citizenship of the city and county OF
Dallas The present Jail building is insecure,
insufficiently ventilated, Inadequate in size,
diapidsted, and in the opinion of expe-
rienced and competent contractors, cannot
be repaired so as to answer the purpose for
which it is used and intended. We therefore
suggest and recommei that the board of
county commissioners, so soon as practicable,
whenever sufficient funds can be obtained
without increasing the countrys indebted
ness. proceed to erect building of adequate
dimensions and construct itable for jail
purposes. We found the al yard properly
pohced the inside of the Jail building ap-
pesred clean, and the prisoners, about forty
in number, are as well cared
for and attended to as car
be done by the official in charge
under he circumstances but we submit
that an enlightened. humane public semi
ment requires and demands that the health
of the inmates of prison should be rs jsal-
ously guarded as their persons, whether the
prisoner be confined as punishment for
crimes committed or awaiting trial for al.
legged violation of law, which IL is now i'm
possible for the jailor to do in the present
building.
We VISITED the county poor farm, and i
affords us pleasure to report that everything
connected with the farm is in excellent con-
dition-the houses neat aud clean inmates
properly cared for, aud the crop, consulting
of sixty aeres cotton eighty acres corn, twen
ty acres osts-well worked, clear Of weeds
and grass, and very promising In the opin-
ion of the grand jury, the manage
mont canno. be improved. and we recom>
mend that the compensation OF the
superintendent be increase S25 per month
The grand jury re urn their thanks 10 ilie
presid ng Judge and officers Of court for
courtesies extended to US, aud TO the county
attorney and his assistant, whose zeal, etiN
cheney ana earnest fielity 10 their official
trusts merit our commendstion
JOHN j. EAKINs,
Foremen Grand Jury.