Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1897-06-17
GRAND JURY CALLED
Certain Taxpayers Believe a
Jury Necessary at the
July Term.
Believed the Jury is Called to
Corral the Sightless
PorcIne.
Old Headquarters Hotel at
Fargo Destroyed by
Fire.

a StooO jury 0oD O000 called IOI t00
July term Of district court. Some 36
rssidents and tax payers OF the county
presented the following petition 70 judge
Glaspsll Saturday who ct once ordered,
- required by Law in such easss, tha
jury to b summorsd.
We, the undersigned, resident free.
holders and taxpayers OF Stutsmsn
county, North Dakota, do hereby 10.
spsctfuily request that grand jury bs
called to Aid st tho July, 1897, torn ol
said district court, in and for said county
Of Stutsman, State OF North Dakota.
Dated June u, 1897.
(Signsd)-
Jsmestown-JYE Y Eseterbrook, Thomaa
White, Henry Vessey, O A Krusell, VIM
F Lenton, LevilE ELLIS, Chas Kinney, r O
Heath, NJ w Wright, James Pendray,
Absslom Bennett, Paul G Psulson, L D
Townsend, Otto johnson, Geo A Mo
Lain, E L Calkins, Robert Cowley, G W
Ineraham. A q Brsstrup, Matthew Ben
nett, ] A Wright, Geo Fletcher, Alfred
@ Fletcher, Rev J Fandrey, Harlow
Everett.
Eldridge Alfred Lawrence, j Il Oakss.
SpiritWood-0so w Orange, (aso
Browuson, w b Sherman, Fred A Davis,
W II Sisson, ] E Dawson.
Plsno-Thos N Davis.
Besver-Orrin Carter.
Many consider the calling Of the jury
needless, and the placing Of an unneces-
ssry expense upon the taxpayers of the
county. It 10 asserted that there 10 not
crime on the statute books for which
violstors oanaot equally we'll be prose-
cuted and convicted On tho Same inform
alton aud complaints which must Be
placed before tho grand jury whom it
oonvsnes il laid before the proper oficsr
in the form Of Q SIMPLE complaint.
The grand jury ought to lind
find "a indictment, tho code states, when
oil the evidence before them, taken to-
gsthsr, 10 such - in their judgment
would warrant . conviction by the trial
jury In the investigation Of . chsrge0for
the purpose Of either presentment. in
dictment or sccusatlon the grand jury
can receive no other evidence than such ID
given by witnesses produced and sworn
before them, or furnished by legal docu-
mentsry evidence. The same evidence
which the Law requires shall be pre-.
sented to the grand jury must be fur
nished the prosecuting trial attorney.
A simple information or complaint was
enough to send Murderer Kent to the
state penitentiary for life; no Indictment
was brought against him. Ordinary
complaints, supported by the proper
legal testimony, entail the minimum ex-
pepse upon residents and made out
before the proper peace officers of the
county, it is believed, would have been
equally effective. When the more simple,
direct and less expensive method was
possible the choice of the most expensive
procedure ls not considered favorably by
Taxpayers. II the petitioners for the
grand jury had no other object IN view
than the prosecution Of violators Of the
prohibitory law, as is believed, then an
equally sure bpt inexpensive procedure
WAS at their disposal.
The following is the list Of g grand
jurors drawn to serve at the July term:
Fremont Burnett, Harry Cornwall,
Lars N Holm. John A johnson, John
Gibson, Arthur O'Hern. Jr., Charles
johnson, Aug Klose, Thomas Jennings,
VIM Farley. N LaBrash. D @ Griffin,
VIM Stone. John g Benach, Chas Brady,
Andy Haas, Y Essterbrook. Aug
Keuhn, Levi Daley, Fred Kunderling.
Chas Fisher, Fred Brown, John H Berg.
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