The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-08
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THE DISTRICT CoURT.
The November term Of the district
court opened yesterday with Judge j.
B. Sener on the bench.
The rule on Z. r. Organ. 70 show
cause why he should not be fined for
contempt in not appearing as q grand
juror at the May term Of court, re-
turned Mr.. Organ offered excuse.
which not being satisfactory to the
court, Mr.. Organ was fined SIS.
The recognizance of Thos. C. Filley
was declared forfeited.
Three recognizances In three cases of
the United States against Geo. r.
Thomas, were declared forfeited. The
sureties are NJ. E. Post, Z. Maggie and
A. II. Swan, respectively.
Geo. W. Whitehead's re~cognizanee
was declared to be forfeited.
On the call Of the civil docket, sever
al cases were dismissed for want of
prosecution, Others were continued and
set for trial. etc.
The sheriff returned into court the
venire of the grand jury.
The following grand jurors were ex-
cused: John Snodgrass. L. r. Bresna-
hen, G. ID. Kirkland and A j. Ingra-
ham.
John H. Gordon, Jos. Rose and 7.
Farrell were naturalized as citizens Of
the United States; all of them are on
the grand jury.
The petit jury was discharged until
10 O'Clock, Thursday morning.
IL. ID. Lasher was appointed bailiff of
the court, and Aaron Sims, janitor.
Henry g. Hay was appointed as fore
man OF the grand jury. Judge Sener
then delivered the charge to the grand
jury as follows:
Gentlemen Of the grand jury: The
law makes it my duty to charge you as
to your duty. Primarily you have juris-
disction of offenses against this terri
tory committed in many ways: Murder,
manslaughter, and a variety Of offences
which it is not necessary for me TO spe-
cially enumerate, but which are set
forth with great ~clearness in the stat
utes. You will be aided in your delib-
erations, as required by law. by the
prosecuting attorney of the county, who
represents the territory. As one Ut the
incidents OF the court you have all the
jurisdiction that attaches to the dis
trict and circuit ourts of the United
States in the states; they embrace Of
lenses against the ~postofice, the reve-
nues, destruction and theft of public
property, and various other offenses
which are set forth and defined in the
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aud the supplement thereto. / don't
think 1t my duty or don't think IL ne
cessary To give you any extended out
line of these ~offenses, because the dis
trict attorney for the government will
be with you IN your deliberations and
will assist you or bring to your atten-
ton such Offenses as he may desire to
prosecute. You are however, gentle
men, not restricted to the offenses
which tile Justices of the peace may
send you and which the district attor-
neys may bring to your attention. You
are the grand inquest of the county.
You are supposed TO be summoned from
all parts OF the county; you are brought
together because you are citizens Of
character and capacity, and the duty
devolves upon you by law diligently to
inquire and true presentment to make
OF all offenses that may come to your
knowledge touching your present SER
vice. Whilst 1t is not your duty or
mine either to DO o detective or to play
the role of a detective, If pou have
knowledge that offenses have been COM
mitted or are being committed it is
your bounden duty under your oath
which you registered before man and
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into these offenses and to bring the per-
petrators of them to the Bar of Justice
that they may be punished.
On the civil side of this court, during
the vacation that has ensued between
the last and the present term Of this
court. it has been brought to my
knowledge sitting in a judicial capacity
that n of the statutes of this Terri
tory, to-wit: section LA on page go of
the crimes act has been violated openly
in this town; that section declares, that
IL any person shall maintain or keep a
lewd house or a place for the practice
Of f~ornication, every such person, on
conviction, shall be fined not exceeding
one hundred dollars or Imprisonment
in the county Jail not exceeding six
months.
In a suit of Horrie against Jenkins q
condition of things is developed that is
| not only reachable and remediable on
| the civil side Of the court, by injunc-
| ton, but is as well reachable and rem
ediable or the criminal side, by indict-
ment and conviction, and for that rea-
son l send before you these papers, not
that they may prejudice anybody, but
that you may have the foundation be-
fore you, the sworn afidavits upon
which you may send for witnesses and
examine thoroughly into this matter, as
is your duty under your oaths. These
papers, eT parte, cannot be made the
basis of any indictment, but they will
furnish to you the form Of the accuse
ton. Then you may send for and bring
before you such witnesses as have tes-
titled here. Search their consciences,
and see If these offences that they spoke
of on the civil side of the court have
been committed, andl if SO, it is your
duty to investigate the matter and to
bring indictments; il you believe that
there has been probable cause to think
these people guilty.
1 also find gentlemen. that there is
a good deal of complaint in the terri
tory that the game laws are not obeyed
and respected. They are found on
pages 1862 and 1853 Of the code. 1t is
claimed that the game Of the territory,
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