The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-08-20
A GRAND JURY
SOundly Lectured at PuryiS
Miss, and Threatened
With Discharge.

Purvis, Mise, Aug. 1.-THE grand jury
in the Sullivan trial adjourned about noon
yesterday until O'Clock p. ~, at which
hour it reassembled. The session of the
court was resumed at 2:30 o'clock. Judge
Terral, as he assembled the bench, ordered
the sheriff TO summon the grand jurors.
The news of the somewhat unusual pro-
ceeding spread rapidly, and when the
sheriff reappesred with his charges he was
followed by a perfect mob of curious and
excited people. When order had been re-
stored the Judge, with a tinge of excite
uient in his voice, addressed the jury at
considerable length, stating that parts OF
the proceedings, which they were sworn to
keep sacred, had become public. The
matter referred to was the proposal to
transfer the cases to the justice of the peace
and Judge Terral, declining TO discuss the
constitutionally of the law under which
this was to be done, stated his position thus
(omitting repititions and surplus verbiage):
"There is Que thing: These matters can
not be transferred To the justices of the
peace without the concurrence of the court,
The Judge is as much a part of the court
as you. The constitution is part OF the
supreme law of the land-higher than any
legislative act-and 1t says that circui;
court shall haye full jurisdiction in all
matters, civil and criminal, in this state.
This court has original jurisdiction in all
criminal matters under the constitution and
all the legislatures that might meet could
not transfer ii TO any other court.
Suppose that it was in the minds of the
Legislature or of any intelligent member of
il that matters of this kind should be re-
ferred to the Justices of the peace, the
court is here aud cores here simply for
the purpose of trying these cases. AS
Judge of this court / would not permit
such thing. So far as your deliberations
tend in that direction you might as well
give them up. Just say If you want to
transfer them to the justice Of the peace,
and there is power In this court to do
without your services. / want to tell you,
gentlemen, that it is not your business to
know what other persons think
about this outside. The only
lawyer who has any business be-
fore you is the district attorney. ] think
you may be latoring under false impress
sion as to your power in this matter. III
you are laboring under the idea that you
can transfer 1t TO the justice of the peace,
you are laboring under a great missppre-
hension, because il can not be transferred
and will not be. You are selected by the
sheriff, and unless you obey nv instruc-
tons shall discharge you and direct the
sheriff to summon a new grand jury, and
| shall inform him that unless he sum-
mons men who will obey my instructions
/ will impose fine of $1,000 upon him.
In investigating this matter, if you find
there is nothing in it and you say SO you
will have done your duty, This court
costs 500 per day. That is no little mat
ter for these poor people and the sooner
you epd,this matter the better for all par
ties. l hope you will take counsel of your
own wisdom and prudence, and if you do
not want the counsel Of the district attor-
ney you need not take it. Ii you want
any. counsel, take either his or mine.
Either has full authority to instruct you
in all these matters. l hJpe there will be
no misunderstanding or delay about this"
The charge created considerable excite
ment in court. At its conclusion the jury
filed out and returned to their apartments.
There seems to be no further doubt as to
the forthcoming of the indictments some
time to day. 1t is known that last night
the grand jury took vote on the question
of indicting Sullivan and Kilrain, and
agreed to do SO, but reconsidered its action