The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-12
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After the reading Of the journal tia
court informed the grand jury the tn
al of criminal cases had been postponed
in order TO permit them to fully inves'
tigate the matters under their consid.
GRAFTON, and that they would be held
until 10 O'Clock at night, with reasona.
BILE hours of intermission, in order to
allow them to conclude their labors
and be discharged. The grand jury
then retired.
The petit jury and talesmen were
called, and excused until this morning
at o O'Clock.
The court announced to the mem.
bers of the bar that grave charges had
been preferred against one of the attor.
neys of this court. and it thought
that the matter ought to be ~investiga.
ted. It therefore appointed Judge
Fisher and Messrs. Mann and Richard.
son asa committee of the bar to ex-
anime into the matter and report what
action the court should take therein.
Process was issued for certain witness
es. and the committee will meet at
noon to-day to take testimony.
Elijah Beckstead VS.. Hattie Beck
default noted and ase referred
to Master j. a. Riner.
Territory Of Wyoming VS.. James
Charles II. Landreth and
Frank Barnes. Defendants arraigned
and pleaded mot guilty"
Crawford and Landreth, by their
counsel. moved for separate trials,
which motion was granted, as of
The a S against Landreth was liked
for the 10th inst. at o O'Clock.
Jos. M. Carey, Thomas Sturgis and
A. Gilchrist, summoned for o O'Clock
on Wednesday next, to serve as triers
for the jury.
Davis vs.. Newcomb & Co. Defen-
dant entered appearance by agreement
of attorney.
United States vs.. worthington, nolle
pros.
The grand jury came into court
shortly after Q O'Clock and returned in
dictments against the following named
persons. for keeping and letting houses
for purposes of prostitution: Jennie
Doe, known as Mrs. HUT, Bessie Law
renee, Lizzie Richmond. Ida Hamilton,
M. Raglan, Belle Brooks, Laura Cope
land, James Ferris. Hattie Turner and
Hattie Anderson, Charles Boulter,
Edward Schram, Maud Brooks, Lille
Gray, Helen Jenkins, Lizzie Porter,
Addie Devere, Matte Kellogg.
The grand jury also presented their
report and were finally discharged.
The following is the report of the
grand jury:
Grand Jury Room, Cheyenne, Wyo.,
November 18th, 1881:
Hon. J. Is. Sener, chief Justice Of
Wyoming Territory and presiding judge
Of the First district court.
Dear Sir: The grand jury for the No
trict court of the First Judicial dis
trict, of Wyoming Territory sitting II
and for Laramie county, having CON-
pleted their deliberations, beg leave tt
submit the following report:
All matters brought to their attention
by the prosecuting attorney have been
carefully considered and disposed Of
and returned to the court. The matter
of the violation of the laws by the keep
ing Of houses Of prostitution, which
was brought to their attention by the
court, have been fully considered and q
number of indictments have been
found and returned to the court. The
matter of the violation Of the game
laws of the territory have also been
considered. But while the jury feel
confident that the game of the territory
is being destroyed in q shameful wan
tonly manner they have not been able
to obtain evidence of any violations OF
the game laws In the limit of Laramie
county.
The Jail and public buildings have
been examined. The court house roof Ia
found to. be in its usual state Of bad
repair, and the grand jury recommend
that a new roof be put on unless the
present one can be more successfully
repaired than it has been heretofore.
Great damage is being done to the
walls and plastering by breaks in the
roof. The Jail Is found to be in q clean
and orderly condition, and the prison
ers seem to be well satisfied with their
treatment. The food prepared for their
meals was examined and 70 ind to be
palatable and wholesome aud abundant.
On examination of the sheriff's q iar-
ters it Is recommended that a kitchen
and cellar be added to the same With
out delay. The present kitchen is much
too small for the work required in cook
ing for SO many men. The jury advise
that locks be put on the outside Of
both outside jail doors as those inside
are in danger Of being picked. A bet
ter class of locks throughout the jail is
also advised. Some hooks and hat.
racks are needed in the juryrooms. mem
bers Of the jury being now compelled to
put their o~vercoats, hats, ETC., on the
floor. The furniture in the grand jury
room is in bad repair and scanty, aud
the ventilation OF the grand jury room
is very bad and could be readily i'm
proved at small expense.
The above report is respectfully sub
mitted,
HENRY G. HAY,
Foreman.
On closing their meeting the grand
jury unanimously extend to Mr.. Q. N.
Potter, the prosecuting attorney for
Laramie county, a vote Of thanks for
the continued and efficient manner In
which he has conducted his examine
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