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CRIMINAL COURT.
The Grand Jury's Report ON Pal
lie Officers and Buildings.

In the criminal court last Monday.
the following parties plead guilty to
keeping billiard tables without license,
and were fined $50: Jos. Kohnenberg,
Organ & Taggart, Claus Sailing, Bar
mes e Jones.
The case of John Williams, charged
with attempt to rape Henrietta Stocke-
baum, a 12-year-old German girl, near
Higginsville, on the 18th of February,
1885, was taken up, and the jury |
brought in verdict of guilty. assess
ing his punishment at three years in the
penitentiary. The evidence in the case
is unfit for publication. The defen-
dant is simple looking fellow, whose
ideas might be about on par with
those of an intelligent horse. When
the jury rendered their verdict, Will.
lams sat nearly unconcerned, as he had
all day. The value of hog would
have excited most men more than he
seemed to be. =,
The case Of John Durbin, charged
with stealing two head of neat cattle
from Samuel Bell last year, was taken
up Monday afternoon. The defendant
| filed motion to quash the indictment,
| which was ably argued by Judge VIM.
Young, but the motion was overruled,
and the case was ordered to proceed.
Among other proceedings had in the
criminal court last Saturday, was tho
following report of the grand jury
STATE OF MISSOURI, L..
CoUsTY OF LAFAYLrrE. Sct'
In the criminal court OF said county
7, March term, 9th day, March z, 1883
MARCH TERM CRIMINAL CoURT-6 DAY
!. 1885.
We the grand jury, report we have
visited the several county officers o
our county and found them gentleman
= lv and courteous, and on examination
found their books and accounts, SO fa
: as we were able to judge, kept in leg
. ible and correct style.
We investigated the Jail building ant
i find the prisoners well kept and wei
Q fed. AS to the sanitary condition
+. the Jail, we can hardly give in Ian
!, guage our disgust at the condition
the drainage, and would urgently sug
gest that immediate action be taken t
make such improvement as will rende
it a safe and healthy place ii
which to confine prisoners. This re
port is accompanied by letter from
l' Drs. Fulkerson and Chambers. which
will more fully explain our wishes
70 This 7th March, 1885.
ROBERT TAYLOR,
S. P. BAscoM, Foreman.
Il Clerk.
l. Which said letter accompany ing an
L. filed with said report is as follows, viz
s. LEXINGTON, Mo-, March, 9th, 1885.
9. TO the Hon. j. E. Ryland, judge OF tn
Te criminal court and the hon grand jul
ID of Lafayette county, state Of Mo-,
CO session. Greeting:-
DO We, the undersigned physicians, al
at pointed to inspect the county Jail all
Of premises, would respectfully stat
cd that we find an old sink in the cente
. of the Jail building for the reception
-. the excreta of the prisoners, and Il
- gaseous emenations from which nece
sarily prevades all parts of the BULL
- ing. This we consider highly delet
',o riOus to the health, not only OF I
'at prisoners, but to all inmates OF t
I'D house and the people living in t
LED neighborhood.
EN- We would therefore suggest th
this be at once FL ed up and some a
]. rangement adopted, whereby the e
sns crement shall be conducted out of t
Mr.. building by suitable pipes to the b
zen low north of the city, or to sink
Of the corner of the courthouse yard, /
no, preferable to either of these would
the to convey it to the river, if the expel
non would not be too great.
., We would aso recommend that t
49,. ~ cis'ern used for drinking purpo
'A should be cleaned out and the ys
thoroughly cleansed, as purity
water and thorough cleanliness
the best safeguards against disease.
Very respectfully,
p. S. FULKERsON, M. ID
yoiy p. H. CHAMBERS. NJ. ID
OF Ordered by the court that said rep
.'nF be spread upon the records Of t
act. court, and that said report and the
Oh ter therein referred to and accompal
>, ing the same be certified 10 the con
su,. court with the recommendation t
said court take immediate action the
hn, on, and that copies Of the same be t
ct.d nished the county papers for publ
bu,- ton.
b. !. A true copy, attest, with seal:
Ilou. 1SEAL,7 FRANK TTIGG,
sd- Clerl
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