The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-05-13
Judge stilwell's Charge to the Grand
 Jury.

A charge to Grand Jury, gen tlemen, is one of the most important and frequently delicate duties that court has to perform.
 You have been selected from the various parts of your county, and fairly, I trust, represent, as intended, the entire interest of the county.
 The oath which you have taken is as binding and complete and re- quires of you as strict and careful observance of your duties as that of any oath administered to the occu- pants of the most honorable and dis. tinguished positions in the land.
 While you are drawn as citlzens of the county, the formality with which you have just now been em. pannelled prevents you from con. sidering yourselves longer as mere citizens.
 It is the privilege of a citizen to indulge in feelings of friendship or affection towards other individuals, or on the other hand to entertain feelings of envy or ill will, and to limited degree exercise those feelings to the advantage of his friends or those in whom he has interest and to the disadvantage of his enemies, but the duty and the relation of grand jurors strip you of all these privileges.
 There is no position to which a man can be called that exacts from him more conscientious, careful, in- dependent and fearless action than that of grand juror.
 The period of the organization of this county is comparatively brief. Its history as an organization is much more limited than the account of its mineral wealth and the interest which this wealth has created in every hamlet in the land. It IS very natu- ral for people with capital or those who desire to establish a new home to criticise and take sx. options to the condition of affairs of place where they may wish to invest capi- tai or settle. Therefore it is import ant that grand jurors, called from the body of the county, interested in its future and Tn the protection of
 life and propelty, to closely follow the law laid down to govern their proceedings. They should carefully prevent their proceedings being in-
 auenced against any man or by req
 son of any personal feelings. The
 administration of all the laws depend
 upon this close observance by all
 public officials. When a case in
 which you are interested comes be.
 fore others for consideration you can
 easily imagine with what jealousy
 you observe their acts.
 A miner cares not where he finds the precious metals, whether It be or the frontier, in the mountains, 1T
 places difficult of access, if 1t is ther,
 and can be procured. These quail , ties enable officers to properly dis charge their duty is equally appre ciated in every part of the land. The rules governing your proceed
 ings are like the track on the rail road that carries the car; if yo, closely follow them and keep you 7 minds from any feelings of prejudic or bias your work is comparativel, . easy, but if you leave the track thu result of your proceedings must de pend upon an uncertain rescue, o l amount to nothing.
 It is not incumbent upon me t , call your attention to any particula . offence that may have been commit ! ted in the county, or to the criticism that has been passed upon you. 3 is not necessary. You are all famllia l with the offences that have bee
 committed in this town and Tn thi
 county; and while it is not the onl county, and perhaps does not excee ,. in extent the number of offence f committed in other new counties i country like this, yet that is no eS cuse, and instead of endeavoring t palliste or excuse 1t by this argu ment or comparison, it is the duty ( . all good citizens to stand togethe n firmly to strictly enforce the laws. l And that there have been offense Q committed in this county, and ths
 the offences have gone unpunishec there can be no denial. In crimins e proceedings in this court We mus |. depend upon indictments from tn :. grand jury. It is your duty to care . fully enquire into these offenses an to take such steps as you my be abl
 to secure the punishment of the ot
 fender. This course will be far nor ,, advantageous to the county than { II excuse or palliate criticisms, thoug # they should be in some respects UT n true and unwarrantable. We coul d not permit ourselves to take the pc
 sition that it is remarked in commo y between man and wife when the l. quarrel, viz, that if third perso n attempts to take off the husband tn l wife clutches her hands in the hair ( . her protector, who soon discover 0 that there is no trouble in the famil IS with which he should interfere. Tn 'f people of this county should pr 3. themselves Tn no such attitud ,. Their conduct should be such ths
 the world at large can be satisfe
 that there are no bonds betwee