Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-18

uiAn AoE the charge maue, but !
1t is your sworn duty a.
weigh all the evidence submitted |
20 yuu carefully. aud when YOU
have reason to believe that there is |
liner evidence within your reach
that may explain away the change
made or show the charge Is mis-
taken one-a grOundless one. or false =,
auu ViclJusly male-yOu should, in |
that case, order such evidence to b,.
produced before You, and for that |
purpose you may request the prose-
cutting officer Of the district, the
Un'tei states district Attorney or
ms assistants. TO issue subpHnas for |
this purpose, you at all tunes bear
ing in mind that it is the guilty Of |
tender that you should iurict, anu |
Iot the innocent. You should first |
ascertain from the evidence submit |
Ted whether or not an Olense has |
1een committed, and next as
certain whether there is probable |
ause 10 suspect that any particular |
person or persons committed such |
an oiiense; and you should al
Says find an Indictment
when all this evidence before you,
taken together and unexplained,
would, in your judgment, warrant a
conviction by trial jury. You are
further instructed that if a member
Il the grand jury knows or has
ceas0n to believe that a public Of
ense, trilble within this district,
mas been committed, such juror
should declare the same 10 his fel-
'ow jurors, anu they should there
Ip0n investigate the charge made.
You must inquire into the case of
all prisoners imprisoned in the jails,
prisons, reform school, and other
places for confinement Of persons
'harged with crimes or oaenses
tgRinst the laws in this Territory;
anu into the condition and manage
n-nt Of the Territorial Reform
School and other public prisons
within this district, and into the
si!full and corrupt misconduct in |
Iflice Of public oflicrrs; into all cases |
u bribery and fllsifying evidence Of |
every description within this district: |
and If yOu find such misconduct in |
any officer a warrants a public trial, |
you should so find no mater whOsuch |
person may be. lnthe investigation
/ Utieusss yUu should know no one /
.Jerson ? set OF persons, AyOrably |
Ir uufavorlhiy. Wealth, uistinc-
ton and iuilusnce on the one part,
IT poverty or want Of social stand
ing on the other part, Of the persons
-harged, should not deter you from
full and careful investigation into
very criminal act lndictahie 10y
law. You should under no circum-
,tances show any partiaiity or favor
itism TO any man or woman; all
violations OF the law must stand or
fall by the same rule; in this way
o -ly can the law be faithfully and
impartially enforced upon all offend
erS. You are entitled 10 free access,
at all reasonable times, 10 all public
prisons in the district. and have the
right TO examination, without
charge, Of all public records within
tuis district. You may also, at all
reasonable times, come into court
,nd ask its advice on questions of
law. You are also entitled to the
tdvice, counsel and aid OF the dis
met attorney Of this district, or his
deputy or deputies and assistants,
and they or either Of them may at
al, times spp-ar before you for the
purpose OF giving information OF al
vice. Telat. We t. any matter cOgnlz-
sble by You, and they or either OF
fherr may app'-ar before you and
interrogate witnesses whenever they
or you deem il necessary; but with
tine above exceptions you VIII
allow no other person, or per-
sons, TO be present during
your session Of the grand jury, ex-
cept the members thereof, interpre-
tiers and the witnesses actually uR-
der ex animation; and no person, not
even those aoove excepted must be
permitted 10 be present during the
expression Of your opinion or when
giving your votes upOn any matter
before you.
You are further instructed that il
is the duty Of every member Of the
grand jury TO keep secret whatever
he himself or any other grand juror
may have said, or in what manner
you or any other member OF the
grand jury may have voted on any
matter before you. You will also
keep secret al proceedings before
;Ou, including evidence taken be-
fore You. except as the court may
order for the furtherance Of justice,
aud the punishment of crimes or
ofTenses committed before you or in
your presence. You will not dis
close the testimony given before
you by any person or witness to the
person against whom such testi-
msny is given, or to any other per
son unless it is to be in a proceed
ing in court or n trial, and as ordered
by the court. And you can not be
questioned for anything you may
say. or any vote you may give, in
the grand jury, relative 10 any
matter legally pending before the
jury, except for perjury Of which
any one Of you may have been
guilty in making an accusation or
giving testimony 10 your fellow
jurors.
Your attention is also directed TO
all classes OF offenses under the laws |
OF the United States. and especially
to that class of Offenses under the /
etaIult ktpNu u lilt 1-Iuluuus auh
the Edmunds-Tucker act, denomin-
ated as bigamy. pOlygamy, unlawful
cohahitation, adultery, incest and
fornicaiion. And in this connec-
ton it is proper TO say 10 you that
all persOns concerned in the CON
mission Of any crime, whether it be
a felony or misdemeanor, and
whether they directly commit the
act themselves, constituting the
offense, or aid, abet, counsel, COM
mand and advise others to do SO.
and those also who not being pres
ent at the commission Of such
crime or misdemeauor, yet who ad-
wise. counsel. encourage, aid, CON-
rnand and abet such others to COM
n1it such ofeDse, are guilty as Prln,,
cInals of the ofiense so aided ana
c9unseled by them II committed,
and such persons may all be indict-
ed by YOU, no matter whether sucn
offense be murder, robbery, larceny,
bigsmy. unlawful CONSULTATION,
on any other crime or mis- !