The oasis., 1900-01-20
Saturday. Jan. 20, 1000.
How IL Looks Outside.

jury, charged with crminally libeling Thomas Brodrick, sheriff of that county. Editor Bird Is singularly Tor tunate, this being his second arraign- ment for libel, having gone through the first ordeal without losinga pune, since which time his paper has been constantly on the increase, both man cially and aggressiyely, and should an other arraignment occur soon people will begin to suspect that MT. Bird 's resorting to statutory ways and means proyided to advertise THE OASIS and increase its circulation. The same grand jury found four indictments against w. R. Hearst of the San Fran cisco Examiner No report was made op the defamatory publication Of Aguina do. Globe Belt.
 Allen T. Bird of THE OASIS has again been indicted for criminal libel. But then Bird has had lots of experi- epce in this line and his long news paper career and little thing like an indictment don't worry "old Bird Arizona Graphic.
 The grand jury of Santa Cruz county has indicted District Attorney Harrow and Editor Bird of THE OASIS on charges of libel. w. R. Hearst Of the Examiner was also indicted for crlmin- al libel. To designate the men compos- iug that grand jury rightly the Lord should have made their ears promin- ent feature. Bird has made gallant fight against official corruption aud will win out. .-Mohave Miner.
 Editor Bird of TIE OASIS Of Nogales, has been indicted by the grand jury for alleged libel because he had the patriotism to denounce nasty mess of job-contracting in Santa Cruz co"n- ty. This is another example of the beneficent work of the grand jury sys- tenn. or all the hang-jawed, over grown, bow-legged humbugs connected with our udicial system, the grand jury is the greatest. The men com posing it may be the very best men in the country, vet the result of the sys- tem Is self-in6icted fraud on the peo- pie. Any little malicious combina- tion can trump up charge, go before A grand jury, do the one-sided act, and secure an indictment, simply because the jury have only one side of the case before them Then comes the cost of a trial not to mention the deep injustice to the defendant, and the trial jury must rectify the mistakes of the grand jury. In the instance above mentioned an indictment is the thanks MT. Bird receives for exposing batch of public robbery, and the trial jury ought to acquit him and buy him new power press with which to defend the peo- ple's interests in the future, Globe Times.
 c. NJ. Frazier, who was in Nogales  on legal business the first of the year, tells an interesting story showing the extent of the factional fights now on in Santa Cruz county. ITO show you how bitter the contest is," said Mir. Frazier, "I need only call attention to the work of the grand jury, which re- gently adjourned. It was what is known in Nogales as Chenoweth jury. There were nine prisoners in the county jail, held on various charges to await the action of the grand jury, some of them having been locked up since July last. Instead of immed- ately taking up the jail cases and dis posing of them, as grand juty is al- ways supposed to do so as to allow the work of the court to proceed and re-