Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-09-20
Second Judicial District Courl
In Session.
COURT OFFICERS WERE APPOINTED.
Able Charge Of Judge Baker 10 tho
Territorial Grand Jury.
JUSTICE WILL START TO GRIND.

Ond judicial district convened AT inc
court house this morning with Judge
Ii. 8. Baker presiding.
The grand jury was sworn and
charged Louis Ifeld being made fore
man.
The Judge then appointed the follow
ing court oiiiceds for the United States
side Juan Aanaya and Cornelius
Murphy. crier and bailer; j. Felipe
Hubbell interpreter to the grand jury.
Territorial Side.
The territorial grand jury was
sworn, and j. vi Sandoval was chosen
foreman.
r. O. Mason, baiif, and Seferino
Crollett. interpreter
Tie following are the instructions
of the judge to the grand jury:
Gentlemen You have been legally
selected. empaneled and sworn as
grand jurors for the September. 1902.
term of the district court of the Second
judicial district. within and for the
county of Bcrnalillo. For more than n
thousand years. throughout the civil
lied world has lived in some form and
the grand jury of today, having always
had for IS object the presentmer for
trial OF yiolators of the law, doing their
work Ia secret so that the influence OF
wealth and position could not be pres
ent to prevent the presentmeHt of the
guilty. nor to force the presentment of
the innocent II is incumbent upon the
court to instruct you generally what
the law is, and your duties under the
law; and where the instructions are
not particular and exhaustive you can
apply to the district attorney or to the
court at any time for fur<hcr instruc-
lions. or as To what the law is upon
any particular matter.
In the main. II Is the duty OF you, as
body to inquire into all violations of
the law that have been committed
within this county, or that may he
prosecuted within this county. ire
spectivc OF persons Your foreman is
empowered with authority to admins.
ter oaths to the several witnesses that
will appear before you. II Is expected
of the grand fury. that you will be
controlled by evidence only that Is
produced before your body. The gen
eral rules of evidence will govern you
in determining whether or not an in
dictment shou- be presented You
will consider none but legal evidence,
and the best evidence in degree. when
you are celebrating upon whether or
not presentment shall he made. You
may consider hearsay. or secondary
evidence for the purpose only of as
sisting you In acertaining CT running
down proper persons where legal evil
dence may be thus ascertained or
found; but In all your deliberations
you will allow no secondary or hear
say evidence to weigh with you one
particle. You are not bound to hear
evidence for the defendant, but 1t is
your duty to weigh all the evidence
submitted To you, and when you have
reason to believe that other evidence
within your reach will explain away
the charge, you should order such evi.
dence to be produced, and for that pur-
pose may require the district attorney
to issue process for such necessary
witnesses.
II Is the duty of the grand jury &c
present indictments against any and
all persons when all the evidence
taken together Is such. as In the judg.
ment of the several members OF the
grand jury, would warrant a convic-
ton before trial jury beyond a rea-
sonable doubt. II any Of your number
know of any violations of law, or have
IA reason to believe there has been any
offense of the law, II is your duty to
bring the matter to the attention of the
grand jury. In other words, IL is the
duty of the grand jury to Investigate
and carefully consider any charges OF
violation of the law from whatever
source they may come.
You must be very careful not to al
low your desires or inclinations Il
swerve you from returning an indict
ment wnere the evidence warrants
You should be equally as cautious no,
TO allow your personal hatred or preiu
dices to present any person net fully
warranted by the evidence.
You will allow no one To remain In
your room during your considerations
and deliberations upon any subject
calling for I'm official act OF your body
nor will you advise with any one as tC
what you should do except amongst
yourselves. After thorough and full
consideration OF all legal evidence be
fore you as TO whether or not true
4 bill should be found against any per
son or persons, II Is your duty tnen to
tvote upon the question. and II twelve
Tor more of your number are of the con
. kscientious opinion that bill OF indict
ment should he presented. you will
then request the district attorney to
prepare an indictment In accordance
with your desires, upon the back ol
Il which indictment will be the words "A
true bill." which must be signed by
II your foreman. and by you presented Ia