Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-23
TERRITORIAL. COURT.
Reports of the Grand Jury.-Seyen
indictments Returned,

Reports of the Grand Jury.-Seyen
indictments Returned.
The territorial grand jury made a
report yesterday afternoon in open
court. Presenting at that time seven
indictments duly signed by the foreman.
As is the custom tine jury visited the
county Jail and below is g copy of the
report made to the court concerning
that visit.
To His Honor Judge @. S. Palmer.
Sir: We the members of the territorial
grand jury have the honor to submit the
following report:
The duties devolving on us in the
| grand jury room having terminated, we
inspected the jail and Its surroundings.
We found it s~crupuousiy neat and clean
| and in perfect order from the most I'M
portant to the most minute particular.
| The beds and bedding will compare In
| cleanliness with the majority of that to
be found in private residences and are IN
fact superior to many.
The food on which the prisoners SUBJ
sist is good, sound and wholesome
and in quantity and quality is sufi-
Client to satisfy the most fastldious.
The air is pure, ventilation perfect
and temperature all that can be de-
sired. We thoroughly recommend that
the floor be Immediately repaired, as
negligence in this direction will necessi-
tate a greater expense in the near future
while if attended to promptly o
nominal expense will only be incurred.
/ We also recommend that a fence be
erected outside the shade trees and
about four feet from them, The umbra-
geous and useful ornaments have been
matured at great trouble and expense,
and it now seems a hardship to have
them destroyed or nsed as hitching
posts, for which they were never intend
ed. A few strong hitching posts are q
great necessity on the west and south
sides of the court house. We recommend
that q good door be placed IN the
, doorway leading from the woodshed
to the main hall of the jail. In itt
present condition it is q matter OF dill,
: Guilty to keep the place clean as dust ane
dirt are blown in and around the prem
ises, and aside from that o thorough
ldrstt is one OF the rough experiences tt
be encountered occasionally from thu
3 oversight.
AS cistern water is used almost exclu
siveiy not only by the prisoners, but b,
almost all of the county officers, we re
commend that q chain pump be furnish
ed at the Jail c%lstern, not only for great
er convenience, but to keep the waite
clear which is an utter Imposslbility IN
der existing circumstances.
g The absence of instructive and amus
ing books and pamphlets for the us
of the prisoners has suggested to US tbs
an appeal to our charitably incline
= sriends might meet with q generous IT
10 ~fponse. We therefore ask them throue
l. your honor to donate what they can col
yeniently dispense with of books, mag
zines, etc, for the use of those who Will
'1 they may be less fortunate than other
% are certainly not less human.
or Our thanks are due the sheriff and D
assistant and the district attorney I
i, the courteous manner IN which tn
ly Very Respectfully,
ly J. r. SANBoRN, Forema
Yankton, Oak, April %, 1885.
This forenoon the time was Tiled
n with the trial of the Mcdonald case i
in damages.
A motion aski ng the court to dire
the Jury to find a verdict for the defen
ant in the McDonalds's Milwaukee re
-. road case, was argued this afternoon.
be District Attorney French appeared
court with six indictments which
read to the persons against whom tt
were returned. Amy Leslie and Ma
Briggs for keeping houses OF
fame, plead guilty and will be sentene
:. on Monday morning.
Al. Doc Snap was given until to-mofr
- morning in which to plead.
M. Dimende was arraigned n '
I'm plead on Monday.
!, Chas. Bennett plead not guilty to
q, charge of petit larceny.
q. j. Faucher alss plead not guilty
the charge of seduction under prom
of marriage.
i. The several cases in which the y
waukee railway company is the def
ant will occupy some time vat, and
eral insurance companies will be re
segt by their attorneys during the II
There is IN all probability two week
court business to come yet.
ire Smoke Baxter's Lucky Star DC. Y
!, he
pest leave orders at Caya & Alder's s
the Third street, for Ice Dream. Asple
lave article. Delivered to any part OF the
The Boscobel is the finest loc. !
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