Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-09
Report OF Grand Jury
Unanimous on
Ths, The Sunday Law Be
Strictly Observed In San Mi
guel County

District Court Fourth Judicial Dis
trlct. Territory u New Mexico
ounty q san Miguel. Soyembel
Term. 1904.
To the Honorable William J Mills
chief justice OF the supreme court d
the Territory Of New Mexico. and
Judge o. the fourth judicial district
court thereof:
slr.-we, the grand jury, hereto
fore empane,ed AZ the present term 81
the district cour beg leave to submit
the following report
During o session We have exam.
ined into foriy-eight cases. and ii2
witnesses. We have returned thirty.
! eight true bills. and dismissed eigh,
cen cases
We have examined the public Of
fees and inquired into the methods oI
management OF the same We have
examined The books " the probate
clerk, treasurer. sheriff, ana assessor,
aud find them KEEP II a careful. neat
and bnsiDeEs-llke manner.
We have examined the cour house
and find thar II Is Kept IN fairly good
condition, and that the building % n
good repair. with the exception u
~plastering III some o. the rooms,
ahiCh shoall Dc repaired as soon AZ
possible.
The basement 81 the court house Is
not IN as good condition al the bal
ance N the building
We examined he iaiI and find it In
good condition. with the exception
N some p'astcnng, which should be
repaired al once. a uep stove IS also
needed In the jan. Tho cells are kept
III very good order, and we found
them very clean, The kitchen IS also
IN very good condition. the food sup
piled the prisoners Is good aud Of suf
ncicni quantity We found incarcer-
ated IN tho jail thirty male prisoners
and five female prisoners There is
also one female lunatle In the jail,
ami We recommend that she be re-
moved u the asylum a. quickly as
possible.
Owing TO lack Of time. We were una
bic 10 bring up the Sunday liquor
selling for indictment during our SEES
sion.
We find, however, that the Sunday
liquor Law ~ being violated continu
onsiy throughout the county. We
gave careful examination 10 the time
and cause Of crime in the county
coming before as, and find thar most
OF II occnrs during Sunday hours. and
II Ia the unanimous opinion OF this
jury that crime In more frequently |
caused by selling liquor on Sunday.
and by saloons being open ON that day |
than from any other cause.
We unanimously recommend that
law officers be required to make
against every saloon-keeper
who opens his place OF business On
before the justice OF the
peace OF the proper precinct. every
Monday. until the saloons are all
and remain closed on Sunday.
BY closing. w mean that both front
and rear doors OF the saloons shall be
and kept closed during the
entire aay. ~
II wal intimated TO this grand Jury
some OF the saloons were carry.
Ing on games and gambling withous
proper licenses therefor.-and We rec
that the district attorney
investigate this Ut o1te au.i bring the
s.,Der compl,,li against thos.' who
lie guilty OF 4 II :, violation of The 'e~.
We wish TO acknowledge the cour-
tesies extended to us by the court, the
rlerk, sheriff. bailiffs and interpreter.
md other officials. and having con.
our labors now ask 10 ne dis-
THOMAS ROSS,
rASSIuS G GISE. Foreman
Clerk.
Las Vegas. N. NJ. Dec. 9th. 1904.