The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-09-29
THE GRAND JURY
Final Report After A Two
Weeks Session.
Out of a Total of Seventy Cases
Examined Forty Indict-
mentS Found.


District Court, holding session of
court in and for the parish of
Winn, La:
We, your grand jury. in session
at the recent sitting of the honor
able court, beg leave to report as
follows:
We report that during our
present sitting we have examined
into 20 cases and out of that num-
Der we have returned 40 bills of
indictment as will be seen by ref
erence to the docket kept by MS
which we return herewith.
We report to your Honor that
we have made a careful examina-
tion and investigation of the law
lessness recently going on in this
vicinity and throughout the en-
tire parish, and where we have
been able to secure sufficient evil
dence have returned bills of in
dictment against the violators.
We are sorry to say that in our
opinion a great deal of lawless-
ness prevalent in our country is
due to the illicit sale of intoxi-
eating liquors which is contami-
mating the youths of our country
and destroying the peace, happi-
ness and comfort of many of our
homes Notwithstanding the fact
that your Honor has been impos-
ing heavy fines for such viola
tions in the past the custom does
not seem to be diminishing.
We report that we have. exam-
ined into the conditions of the
public buildings of the parish of
Winn and find the walls of the
court house badly cracked and
defaced and recommend the hon.
orable police jury that they take
some action at their next regular
meeting to have same replastered
and repainted; that said building
rs now protected by an ordinance
recently passed by the honorable
mayor and the parish officials in
keeping said building in proper
condition after same has been re-
paired. That we find the clerks
Office not large enough neither
light enough to enable the clerk
of court to perform his daily
duties comfortably nor In
telIigently; that the Office used at
present has only two small win
dows in the west side to furnisf
light for the entire Office and rec,
omend that the honorable police
jury have q door made in the par
tition now dividing the Offices
pow occupied by the clerk o1
court and the Office now used b.
the assessor and give the CLERK
access to the said Office in. add
ltion to the one already occnpied.
We further recommend that th'
police jnry purchase for th'
sheriff . book to be known a
Jail Record in which to keep
record of oil fines, sentences and
transactions Of every nature haf
with the Jail; that said book shal
Icontain not less than 1000 page
to be paid for by the police jur.
and be the property of the parisl
to be used by the present sheriff
or his successor in Office.
We report the Jail in good con
dition with the exception Of one
window sill which needs repair.
ling and that the prisoners ar
properly cared for and well fed
We further report that we hay'
made inquiry as to the conditions
of the public roads throughou
the parish Of Vim and find tha
they are in . bad condition owin'
to . great extent to the heav,
rams and we ask that the over
lsesrs throughout the parish Q
,lWinn look after their roads .
once, also that the reviewers lool
over their roads and report th
conditions Of same on * befor
November lst, 1904, q che dlstrie