El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-05
L. S. COURT.
Juries Impaneled-Judge Make!
CT arge to the Grand Jury.
Maxey's

Judge Maxey opened the April term
of the United States court this morn
ing in the federal building. The fol-
lowing juries were impaneled:
Grand jury. G. Lakeland of Ell
Colsen of Fort Davis, w. L. Moore of
Maria, Kelly Hogg of Odessa, E. j..
Fowler of Ell Paso, w. w. Shelton, f
NJ Cropk of Fort Davis, E. Krause of
| Ell Paso, E G.. Carpenter of Fort Davis.
w. ID. Casey of Pecos. Charles Rokahr
of FL Paso, b Bias, Phil Smith, F. H.
Logan, f. E Kramer of Ell Paso, h. j.
Tovah.
Petit jury-R. L. Nevill of Alpine,
J. E. McCombs of Valentine, n. J.
Brown of Maria, E. B. Howley of Ell
Paso, A. D. Smith of Fort Davis, b.
Oats of Pecos, Tom Merrill of Fort
Davis, John Ross of Maria, w. E. Hill
of Pecos, S. L. Pearce of FL Pasn, J. r
Paso. Charles Jones of Fort Davis,
James II bbard of FL Paso, j. H. Her-
bert of Pecos, T. y Childers of Maria.
Judge MaXey then delivered his
charge to the grand jury as follows:
Gentlemen: The court dos t deem
it necessary to give you extended in
structioos: briefly stated, the urt Civ S
v
criminal laws of the United States.
Generally speaking, otfenses which are
usually committed within the body of
the district such as arson. robbery,
theft and kindred OtfeDseS, come W tn
in the jurisdiction of the state courts
and with those we have very little to
do. There are, however, exceptions
to this general rule as, where
the offense is committed at
mi hi hn
5 ,iris n-'il" of the the eN Tuited
States such as government posts or
reservations, postoffice buildings and
other places of thai character, of which
the United States has excluded juris-
dictlon Then again there are offenses
of which the court also has jurisdic-
ton, which may be committed within
the body of the district, as assaults up
on government officials; if such an
officer should be assaulted in the dis
charge of his duty by a man, an Offense
of that character won come under
the jurisdiction of the Tn ted States.
You will inquire into them. and also all
offenses connected with the postal esta-
blishment robbery of the mails, theft
| or money from letters and great num-
Der of otfenses of that kind which it is
useless for the court to enumerate.
Cases affecting the circula-
ting medium of the country, cOun err
feiting the coin, having in possess ion
counterfeit money with intent to de-
fraud and passing counterfeit money
with such intent. You will bear in
| mind. gentlemen, in reference to this
otfense that the mere passing of coun-
terfeit money is not an otfense; if it
were, perhaps we would be guilty of an
Otfense against the laws of the United
States because we frequently innocent
ly pass counterfeit money from hand to
hand. The gist of the offense consists
| in the fraudulent intent. If party
have in his possession counterfeit mon
ely with intent to defraud then he is
guilty of an Otfense. Or, if he should
pass counterfeit money with intent
to defraud his neighbor, he would be
guilty in that case. Hence, in the in
vestigation of cases of that character
you will bear in mind, the gist of the
Offense consists in the fraudulent in
tent. If there be no fraudulent intent
apparent then the party would not be
GU lty.
Then, there are otfenses against the
revenue laws of the United States. |
do not deem it necessary to go into that
question extensively. | have so often
in this court here, expressed my own
opinion in reference to these cases that
1t Is useless for me to re-iterate. The
assistant district attorney VIII be with
you and render you all nece ssary assist
ance and advice with reference to cases
arising under the revenue laws, and all
other cases.
The court will take up the civil doc
ket tomorrow morning, this the first
day of the term being devoted to nee
essary preliminaries.
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