Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-15
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The Grand Jury Receives Its
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The new county grand jury was fin
ally completed yesterday morning by
Judge Smith, in department one of the
superior court. The panel was partly
filed Monday morning, l5 men having
been secured from the venire of 30
drawn from the grand jury box. These
gentlemen were on hand yesterday
morning, together with nine additional
jurors, whose names had been drawn
from the box, and with whom it had
been designed to complete the requisite
number of 10. The additional order
was for 10 jurors, but one OF the gentle
men drawn, G. @. Mason, was out of the
county. Judge Smith, after examining
the qualifications of the nine present
and passing favorably on them, excused
James O.. Kays, H. w. Magee and @. j.
Shepherd, leaving six, whose names are
as follows: Omri Bulls, s. @. Dodge,
Oscar Freeman, A. p Hoffman, Horace
Hitler and Gail b. Johnson.
The court then directed the clerk to
put the names of the 15 previously ac-
cepted and the six newly drawn into a
box and draw out 10 who should consti-
tute the grand jury. This was done
and it resulted in the leaving out of
Thomas Meredith and Edwin Munsey,
who were OF the .15 drawn Monday
morning.
The list of the grand jurors, as ac-
cepted and sworn, is as follows: George
l.. Arnold, S. w. Arnold, George II.
Bixby, John Chancellor, Samuel 4. Cas-
well, u. R. Dobbins, Henry De Garmo,
A. E. Pomeroy, s. W. Luitweiler, D. o.
Miltimore, William H. Russell, Fred ].
Teale, ST., W. E. Wilson, Omri Bulls,
s. @. Dodge, Oscar Freeman, A. P. Hoff-
man, Horace Hitler, and Gail B. john
SON.
As soon as the oath was administered
to the gentlemen named, Judge Smith
read the following charge to jury:
GENTLEMEN: The law makes it the
duty of the court to charge you in refer
ence to your duties.
Upon retiring to your rooms, the first
thing is the selection of clerk. He
should be ready, legible penman, with
an aptness for clerical work.
And first, your attention is called to
section 928, of the Penal Code. That
provides that the grand jury shall annu-
ally make careful and complete exam
ination of the books, records, and ac-
counts of all the officers of the county,
and especially those pertaining to the
revenue, and report thereon to the court.
These examinations you are now called
upon to make, and charge you thatyou
make them thorough and exhaustive;
and since your conclusions in this direc-
tion must depend largely upon the fig
ures and conclusions of exhibits, the
court desires to impress upon you
the urgent necessity of employing
only those experts who are thoroughly
competent and in no wise interested in
behalf of any county officer, nor who, on
the other hand, will lend themselves to
color their reports for personal spite on
their part or that of their friends, and
when you do employ an expert, swear
him to the same secrecy in his investiga-
tions that the law enjoins upon you, for
he is but your representative.
Your attention is also directed to Sec
tion 923, penal code. There it is made
your duty to investigate any willful and
officials of every description, within the
county.
This is not confined to finance or
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duties of the office. This provision OF
our penal code is intended to enforce
| the fundamental proposition that pub.
lie Office is public trust, and the duties
| thereof must be discharged with scrup-
ulous care and faithfulness.
That section also makes it your duty
to inquire into the case of every person
| imprisoned in the county Jail on GRIM
inal charge not under indictment or in
| formation. This is not mere matter of
form, but should be done thoroughly.
It's object ia to avoid delays in prosecu-
tions and insure speedy trial.
Section 915, Penal Code, points out
your duty on the subject of indictments.
At least it requires the concurrence Of
IL of your number to find an indict-
ment; and as to what evidence and the
degree or amount of evidence necessary
to finding, refer you to sections 9l9,
920 and 92l, Penal Code; these will
make your duty very plain in those mat
ters.
No other witness or person should be
! present while witness is under exam
ination beside the jury themselves and
the district attorney, and when the sub
| ject matter is under discussion and the
vote being taken, no other person other
than the grand jurors must be present.
The court desires to impress upon you
the language and nature of the oath you
have all just taken. It is found in sec
tion 903, Penal Code; rendering this
you cannot wander far from your duty.
The ban of secrecy that the law places
upon all your proceedings, must be
rigidly and strictly observed by every
member of this body. No one but your
selves, the district attorney and the
court has right to know anything Of
your proceedings until by report or in
dictment fled in open court. You can
consult the district attorney and the
couit at any time. You may now retire
to your apartments.
The new grand jury will have more
comfortable quarters than the grand
juries of the past, who used to meet II
various private rooms in the city. Room
No. 48, in the new court house, has beer
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