Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-22
THE GRAND JURY REPORT.
II Gives Reasons for Ignoring a
Charge.

Charge.
The following is the document
submitted by the grand jury in the
Third District Court yesterday AZ
ternOon:
The grand jury for the February
term respectfully submit the follow
ing report:
We have betn in session twenty
eight days We have examined
nineteen United States cases and
forty-five Territorial cases. We have
found indictments in fourteen Unit
ed States cases and thirty Territorial
cases. We have ignored the follow
ing cases:
United States VS.. Eliza Bethers;
adultery.
United States We. Loui. Ozerick;
adultery.
United States W. Joseph Dur
bridge; unlawful cohabitation.
United States W. Jonn Graves;
unlawful cohabitation.
United States vs.John r. Howard;
Unlawful CDDlulLlLlOn.
The People vs.. o. l.. 5. Brown;
maltreatment Of prisoner.
The People vs.. James Curtin; IL
legal voting.
The People VS.. Janaes Love; lie
gal voting.
The People VS.. II. L. Mitchell;
Illegal voting.
The People VS.. Sterling PEBBLES;
Illegal voting.
The People VS.. Robert S. Weaver;
Illegal voting.
The People W. Oscar Everett;
HOUSEKEEPING.
The People We. VIM. Calvert;
house-breaking.
The People vs. J. J. Haley; mid
ing an escape.
The People Us. VIM. Marshall,
aiding an escape.
The People VS.. c. w. Hartley;
false pretences.
The People VS.. W. w. Lynch;
false pretences.
The People VS.. II. b. Mech; ad-
ministering poison.
The People VS.. VIM. stevenson;
larceny.
We call the attention OF the court
TO case We have ignored against
o. l.. ;. Brown, an ex-wardeu Of
the penitentiary, charged with in
humanity to n prisoner in his Gus
tody named Peter Miller. The NAL
treatment charged against Brown
was for incarceEitiBg Miller in what
was known as the sweat box" on
the 18th or 18th Of January, ISSs,
and keeping him there until one Of
his feet was frozen. Nliller's offense
consisted Of making an unprovoked
assault upon a fellow prisoner with
deadly weapon and severely
wOunding him. For that he was
sent 10 the''sweat box, ''the usual and
only means then existing for the pun
ishment OF refractory prisoners, and
those guilty Of violating prison
rules. In our investigation Of the
case we examined two guards from
the penitentiaTy, the one who nut
Miller in the box by order Of the !
marshal and the other who re-
leased him by the order Of /
the same officer. We also /
the peniteniiary physician
who attended Aliller,and the prison
er himself. We found that while |
Ailler's foot was frost bitten by req
son Of his confinement in the box,
neither the warden nor his assist !
ants were in any way TO blame for 4
II. lt was an accident, and one
which the prisoner might have
avoided il he had called the atten-
ton Of the guards to the fact that
be was suffering fIom extreme cold;
that US soon as the prisoner COM
planned OF the cold he was released
IND transferred TO warmer quarters;
hat the evidence shows that the in
ury 70 the foot was one which might
ave been cured by the attending
MUSICIAN in a very short time, i'm
our weeks at the most. were IL not
or the fact that the prisoner by some
means best known TO himself kept
he wound open for many months,
for the purpose Of creating
for himself with n view 10 |
btaining executive clemency. This
'rlsouer is serving two sentences.
IN aggregate OF niue years. for .
rand larceny. He was committed
y the district court at Ogden, De-
ember Sth, 1855, and is regarded
y the witnesses we have examined
: dangerous man and frequently
n difficulty for violation Of the 2
risOn rules. !
As this ease has been under con- {
Iteration by former grand jury :
nj has been the subject Of public .
nmment, we deem il our duty to
ny that in our Judgment Mr.. Brown
rs been fully indicated in the
remiSes and Is entitled To be exon
rated from the charge brought Z
gainst him.
Respectfully submitted,
STUART STEPHENSON,
Foreman. y
J. II. WOODMAS, Clerk. I
The jury also presented five in Z
Ictments under United States and n
erritorial laws and were dis :
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