Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-07

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missioned to exercise dominion an
suodue; that rule by him over her Ia n
family Is like pangs and prlefs 1.
motherhood. thorus and thistIes 10 ae,ri
culture. painfuiness to toll. laborious
ness TO bread winning. sorrow, slavery
sickness. death, 20 humanity: that hi
relation 70 her, in one Of her ASPECTS
typiies that Of the Risen One, who shsl
raise his bride also TO his own suurern
glory, and enthrone her With him I,
share forever bis reign: and that. in an
| other OF her aspects. she in her creatiol
Is the last bat one Of an as.endin.
series. IN which man stands uext below
her and the Promised s ed is the cuI
mination next above.
Ladies', whether YOU look merely Il,
orr statute book or at the bedrock right
| of the matter, YOU can we'll assnn,a
your court duties With easy centideuoe
You are not called 10 these public re-
sponsibiiIties by a mere fiat Of our Leg.
islature, resting on no solid foundation
OF reason and justice. You are come "a
a station where you have a natural and
Inalienable right to be.
Twelve terms of court. ladies' and
gentlemen, | have now held, in which
women have served as grand and petty
Jurors, and Il is certainly fact beysnd
dispute that no other twelve terms 80
salutary, for restraint of crime, have
eyer besn held ia this Territory. For
nfteen years, nearly, | have cen irving,
as we'll as / knew how, to do what a
Judge ought, but have never, till the
last sax months, felt underneath aud
around me IN that degree that every
.In1n.s haa a mo 60 e.. "a Al
ing and advancing might of the people,
IN the line of full and resolate enforce
ment OF the law. Ii is refreshiny--it is
exceedingly refreshing.
But It IL proper 10 leave these gen
eral reflections, calculated to pat US at
ease with one another in our public
work, and pass to the particular bust
ness of the hour.
In order to perform your duties sue
csssfally, you will need first of all au
organization. As basis for this, ap-
point Mr. l.. B. Andrews to be your
foreman. As will be your presid-
ing ofhoer in all your meetings he
Will administer all oaths and afiirma
tious to witnesses who are to testify
before you; he will sign in your behalf
all written communications from you
10 the court and when you are in the
presence of the court he will be the
one to speak for you. As soon as yon
are first met together in your room you
VIII choose one of your number To be
your clerk. His province will be to
take minutes of all your proceedings,
and OF all testimony, keeping the testi-
mony or different cases on separate
sheets OF paper. The appointment of
these two officers will complete your
organic ttion, but in addition you will
be attended by baillff of the court to
serve process for you and do your er-
rands. You will also be attended by the
prosecuting officers of the United States
and the Territory, who will assist by
their advice in all questions CT law and
IN examination of witnesses. For legal
advice you oan at all timss have access
also to the court.
Of your general range of duty aud
the formalities necessary for you to Oh.
serve you will get sufficient information
by perusing Chapters IlNXXaHd LXXXt
of our Coie. | refer you to those
chapters, and instruct you to have them
read over aloud in the prcsenc of you
all immediately on retirement 10 your
room and before yen undertake. Tie in
fC -tASdtiuA vi fbN NIftEldi tuttlcI.
particularly ctarge you TO inquire OF
this Territory falling under the follow
ing heads: 81:
First-Violence against the person. r.
Second-GaRbliug.
Third-Houses of ill-fams.
Fourth-Spoliation of the files or re
cords of this court.
Efffh-nHapaaa aonfr.ry a. tha ,.x.,
visions of Chapter CLIII of the Code.
You will inquire of crimes against the
United States laws ia all cases which
the UEited States Attorney shall bring
before you.
All your doings will be conducted
quietly and with the strictest secrecy.
You are confidential agents of the gov
ernmsnt for the suppression of crime,
in whom a most important and honor
able trust is reposed. Caution every
witness who is brought before you to
disclose nothing he may see or hear.
Discuss nothing in his presence, or in
the presence of any third party, or even
among yourselves except when together
in organic session. IL you feel the
need of counsel seek il AZ the hands of
the legal advisors given you by the law,
and not elsewhere. Have no commu-
nication with any outsider about the
matters intrusted to you. Allow no
volunteer witness or other officious in
dividual to press himself, uncalled for,
upon your notice, or to take up your
time.
Transact your business with diligence
and dispatch. Grand Juries are expen-
sive to the people, and in some States
that has been made serious obje .tion
to them, aud has at last moved the peo-
pie 90 abolish them. You ought to bear
IN mind that you are working by the
day, for the people, as their servants,
though in very honorable and respon-
sible capacity, and you ought to insist
on yourselves being as faithful to the
peoples interests. in economy of your
time and their money, as you would
like to have servants of yours be for
your interest. Let erything be done
with speed, but az the same time with
thoroughness. Consume no time in
looss, irregular discussion, uut act with
the order and decoram of q deliberative
assembly.
You will be careful that every indict-
ment You find il supported by good legal
evidence, actually produced before you,
and capable of being reproduced before
q trial jury. Ordinarily you will exam
inc no evidence but that for the prose-
cution but IL, in any case, from the evil
denee you have, il appears that there Is
other evidence within your reach which
might explain away the charge, you
should order is 10 be prodnoed. When
ever there is evidence before you. sufii-
cient, in the absence of other evidence,
thoroughly 10 satisfy twelve of you of
the guilt of the accused, you should find
and return 10 the Court bill of indict-
men,. When there is not that amount
aud cogency of evidence you should not
find a bill. As soon as you have passed
upon ease you should promptly re-
port your action to the Court.
In conclusion let me urge upsn you q
consideration which is both an incentive
20 the greatest faithfuiness on your part
and an evidence of the exceeding honor
and esteem properly belonging TO your
Office. Public morality, so far as it il
| affected or secured by the enforcement
of criminal law, under our system OF
jurisprudence, Is absolutely dependent
upon the intelligence. the reotitnde. the
| humanity aud the firmness of our Grand
and Petit Jurors Dili2ent, ursparing
sustained pursuit OF the criminal classes,
by righteous prosecution and conviction
| will onarata sreadily 10 diminish iudi