The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-14
GRAND JURY,S WORK
70 BE coNF,ISvEp AeAIl1N ro-DA9.
the JuIy Inpansllsa ana charEsdsy Iaaes
JaeOb4A Large Number Of witnesses
Examlned In Various casss-The Law
inRefsrsnes to Gaming Laid Down.

Both parts Of the Circuit Court met yes
terday, Judge Boyd presiding in Part /
and Judge jacob in Part II. It was
agreed and ordered that the grand jury be
impanclled and all criminal matters
heard in part IL, The docket on this side
was called yesterday afternoon, and that
on Judge Boyd's side will becalleda 9 A.
Nj. to-day. Thirty jurors were ordered to
be drawn and summoned for Part II to
report next Monday, and thirty for Part /
10 serve on aud after the eth inst.
A few OF the grand jurors summoned
were excused for reasons acceptable to the
Court. and the Sheriff ordered 70 summon
others to take their places. He did SO,
and the jury as sworn was composed OF
the following named freeholders:
T. II. Logan, foreman, ohm W. Brown,
A. J. Wilson, Charles Klein, L. s. Della
plain, r. F. CriswelI, Robert Campbell,
Conrad Bachman, 3. +. Caldwell, Alex 7.
Young, Charles, .Rosenkrantz, William
North, A. II. Kimmins, ii. NJ. Harper, NJ.
Gutman, NJ. L. OFT.
/
i.;, THE LAW LAID DowS.
Judge Jacob in his charge to the grand
Jury called their attention to the law for.
bidding the sale Of liquor by druggists
without prescription, to the law pre-
scribing penalties for neglect of duties by
the assessors, and to the statute prohibit.
| ing the publication or circulation OF OBJ
scene literature. He also called attention
10 the law concerning disorderly houses
houses Of Ill fame and gambling resorts
On the latter head the judge laid down al
the law, both statutory and common.
| : Eleven offenses were specified, and the
character OF the penalty in each mention
ed. The keeping or exhibition OF any
table for the purpose OF gaming, common
Ily called A. B. O. or e. o. table, or tart
or Keno table, is an otfense punishable by
both fine and imprisonment. Any per
son who permits such tableto be kept
or exhibited upon premises under his
control is liable to the same penalty, ant
so is any person who acts as q watch o.
guard or dcorkeeper where gaming is car
.ried on. The same penalty may be in
tlicted upon any person who resists, hin
ders or delays an officer in attempting tt
make an arrest for an offense against the
laws governing gaming or keeping resort
for gaming. tits a Unable ottense to play
or TO bet upon any game, in any hetel, tay
lernmpublicplace, or elsewhere and toplay
| in q similar public place whether fol
money or not. Likewise to play at any
place, public or private, when $50 or more
Is won and lost within twenty-iour hours
A hotel or tavern keeper who permits
4 gambling in his house Is not only Unable
,Ibut his license may be revoked and lie re-
quircd to give bond for his, good behavior
for one year. An inn.keeper may also be
fined for renting any room or place, OF
booth, on or about his premises, for gam
ing purposes. III.
There is also q common law provision
i against keeping gaming houses or rooms
4 which leaves the penalty at the discretion
1 OF the Court.
! In addition to these Judge Jacob recited
\ the provisions OF the liquor law, and called
attention 10 the necessity of their strict
enforcement.
a GUESS Attic RESULT.
There was an unusually large number
Of witnesses summoned. Only portion
VI Lueul NeIe u6Alh 9eetS4haS. AhV steAN
jury adjourned until 9A. NJ. to-day, having
finished little more than half the work de
manding attention. -
Among the cases examined were the
Heiser case, the assault upon the Salvation
Army Captain, and several petty robberies
No grave felony cases excepting Heiser's
are pending. A number OF witnesses
were summoned who are known TO be
wanted in gambling cases. To say that
the boys were uneasy Is putting 1t mildly.
a few who had received summonses and q
great many who had not, but expected to,
left town precipitately: Three Of those
Summoned were called for and did not re-
spond. Deputy sheriis were hunting
others in vain last night. ii
So. far there are slight indications Of 9
general move against the fast women, but
the jury has not adjourned yet.
a report--perhaps not final one, how
eyer-wiii doubtless be made this after
noon. There is some talk Of the body
continuing in session throughout The
week, but whether this Is the intention
cannot OF course be stated.