Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-06-16
DISTRICT COURT.

DISTRICT COURT.
Report of the Grand Jury on the Various Cases
Under Consideration-Court Notes.
Til" grand jury completed it's labors and
adjourned last Saturday, and presented
the following report:
To the Honorable Dudley DuBose. Judge of
the Tenth Judicial Dist rict Court Of the
State of Montana.
We, the grand jurors of the grand Jury, i'm
and for the county Of Fergus, impanelIed
for the June term, A. ID. 1892, of the dis
trict court, respectfully report that we nave
been in session six days and have examined
all charges for public offenses brought be-
fore us, ar to which our attention has been
specially called by the court.
la the consideration Of sixteen cases
brought before us, we have examined and
questioned seventy persons with complaints
or as witnesses. We have found six true
bills aud one no true hill"
Our committee upon visiting the county
poor farm found no county charges; all
quarters, buildings and county property in
good repair aud well kept.
Their" were six inmates in the county
Jail, win" said they were well provided with
food and cnmlnrta hle quarters.
The sewerage system seems defective in
there not being sufficient fall To- rle:, nac the
sewer at all times, but it was in good con
dition at the time of our visit. We recon-
IN nj that an expenditure Of perhaps TWEEN
ty dollars L." made ia strengthening the
partition all Of the old iaiI; and as il has
been supscSt+rI to the grand Jury Ia srIl the
old jail ellis. W. herewith record an en-
phatic protest against any such action by
the board al county commissioners.
The I""nd" al r"unty treasurer we consider
A l. NJ Also tI,.. bond If county clerk and
recorder, while the hooks are we'll kent and
the business conducted in AN expeditions
and satisfactory manner.
The public ad,uinist rator showed a very
satisfactory bond also, and reports Ia
date uf all estates in his chnrre. We call
attention "f that officer Ia using PROMPT
aud Thorough measnres in taking charge al
such estates IN fall within his iurisdiction.
In view Of the fact that u grand iury can.
not, within the short time usuaIIy taken,
look over the books of all TIA. county off.
cers, to he able to ascertain az To- whether
they are correct. we m that tho
county commissioner employ an expert nj
least once a year to make an examination,
and report the result to the commissioners
In the matter Of In. killing or one lack
-
denr. AT our d;snos,I Will, NJ ar.a wifi
th. honorable court in the seriousness al
In. taking nf human life. we cannot lint nc
uuiesc. with the corouer's verdict i'm exon
Grating Mrs. Nellie Dake Of all malice %,
nrudpe ar intent, to commit murder.
This grand Jury has had in MANY respect.
"A painful duty to uerform. insonurh that
we have considered two cases which con
Germ men in high social and moral st.,ndin,
in the community, and into which IL wa,
the natural inclination of human svmpa
thy Ia let personal feelings enter, and which
we had to resist. and consider the cases IL
# rict romnIionce with orr sworn duty ant
in fine interest or law and order.
w. rayre, tn saw that in some cases. an,
| Notably i'm one cnsp. evidence and aImIs
sion est, blisbed TN, fact that n rirI of thir
teen wears of aye was sednced: that sh,
became en- cIente and had n miscarriage
hut by the most persistent and exhaustiv,
endenyors we have been unable. even h,
the victim herself, to blish n case sufii
Gent To warrant the grand Jury in brinpiu,
in an Indictment, and the perpetrator q
this iiendish outrage is still at large.
We have considered fully the courts abb,
instructions in regard To the purchase %
four additional Jail cells by the countN
commissioners ut IA cost Of nearly eigh'
Thousand dollars. We are free To admit
that VI do not believe that the commits
sioners were bought i'm this case, or thn'
they received any pecuniary reward what
ever lint we 4. az a, n,sitive ~opinion tina,
the commissioner we're bndl sold. tb,