St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-11
ST. PAUL I,,I]VS.
GRAND JURY REPORT.
EOrty-Seven Indictments Found, to be
Announced in the District
Court.
Committee Reports on the Condition of the
Correctional, Reformatory and Chari-
table Institutions of Ramsey
County.
REPORT OF FOREMAN.

REPORT OF FOREMAN.
To the Honorable, the District Court Oh h''iii-
sey comfy, Minnesota.
The grand jury begs leave to submit It's
report.
The public offices, the city Jail, workhouse,
Doorhouse and almshouse have been visited,
and their condition and management in
Ouired into. with the results indicated by Inc
reports OF the various committees, which are
dereto appended and made part OF this re-
port.
Especial attention is invited to the report
and recommendations of the committee upon
the county jail.
The grand jury visited the jail in body,
and cannot refrain from expressing their
amazement that in this era Of advanced and
advancing public sentiment on the SUBJECT
of prison arrangement and management,
such an institution should be permitted to
exist in this community.
Former grand juries have animadverted
upon the defects of the Jail building, and
its vile condition, and the present jury reit-
crates and emphasizes the criticisms.
In the course Of its labor the grand jury
has noted the fact in many cases brought
before It, the offenders have been under the
influence Of liquor and in one instance the
olfense was committed in 4 saloon, which is
anotorously disreputable place and nuis-
ance to TO the neighbornOod.
1t is the sense of the grand jury that the
licensing powers of the city and county, viz:
the city council and the board Of county
commissioners, can do much towards limit
ing and mitigating the abuses of the liquor
traffic bv the exercise Of especial care and
yigilcnce in inquiry into the character and
lntecedents of applicants for licenses to sell
ntoxicants, and by sternly denying them to
those who fail to present vouchers as to char
actcr from reputable persons
And further in view OF the obvious diff
ficulties in the way OF the successful prosecu-
ton Of vioators OF the laws regulating the
liquor traffic, the grand jury is of the opinion
that the authorities in question should
promptly revoke licenses, when upon infor-
nation they are satisfied that the holders OF
such licenses maintain disorderly and in
famous places.
The grand Jury visited the state reform
school, and was impressed with its useful
ness and the excellence Of its management.
tt contains at present 1lG boys and Is girls.
The vigilance and efficiency of the regular
and detective police force of the city, so far
as their acts and methods have come within
the purvew Of the grand jury are highly
commended.
The grand jury passed the following reso-
luton by unanimous vote, to-wit:
Resoloed, That it is the unanimous
sense Of this jury that vote
of thanks be given to the
county attorney for the ability he has shown
in the examination of witnesses before us,
and his ErOmptness in bringing witnesses to
testify i'm the numerous cases submitted fOl
our consideration. Respectfully submitted,
a. VI. NEWPORT, Foreman Of the Grand Jury.
ST. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 10, 1854.
COUNTY JAIL.
ST.. PAUL, Oct. z, 1884.
To the Foreman Of the Grand Jury:
Your committee appointed to report on the
condition of the county jail would respect
fully submit the following:
The result OF our examination Of the county
Jail was the profound conviction that it il
entirely too small for the present require
meuts; that it is very badly arranged, and is,
i'm fact, disgrace to st. Paul and to oul
civilization.
Most OF the prisoners there confined are
simply aroused of crime, and detained there
awaiting the action of the grand jury. Many
are confined there for months awaiting their
trial, TO be released from confinement by
the failure of the grand jury &c
find bill against them, or later,
BY the failure of the petit jury
TO convict them. It must sometimes happen
That Innocent men are confined there. 1t is
also, under our laws, the place of con1ine
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