The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
GRAND JURY FILES REPORT It Returned l2O True
 Bills. SMALL NUMBER OF CASES Calls Attention to Violation of WhiSkey Law. aeitexates Recommendation of Previ- ous Juries as to Court House and JaT-City Court Begins
 T0mORrOw.
SMALL NUMBER OF CASES

The grand jury of Montgomery Coun- ty for the February term Of the City Court of Montgomery yesterday mace its final report to Judge William Il. Thomas of the City Court and was thanked for its services and dischars- ed.
 The report of the grand jury was along usual lines. M A. Beiser, loIe ,e man of the jury reported that 4O3 w.t. nesses had been examined, 1b2 cases had been investigated and 12O true bills had been found
 No fault was found with the keep ing of any of the county books put the fury earnestly recommended to the Board of Revenue of Montgomery County to substitute fire proof Hes TOT the Probate Court in place of. wooden files and to give the clerk and senior judge of the City Court more office ac- comodations.
 The poor house was reported in good condition and Superintendent Robinson was complimented on his work.
 The grand jury concurred with other grand juries in urging improvements in the jail building.
 violation of WhIsIkey Law.
 The grand jury made a close inves- tigation Into the violation of the local prohibition laws in force in the coun- ty outside of the city limits. Some bills were found against alleged vio- Iators. The jury recommended that future grand juries devote more time to the investigation of these violations
 The recommendation of the last grand jury for the appointment Of court stenographer was also endors- ed.
 The grand jury called the attention of the court to the fact that not as many trivial cases have been brought to it's attention as usual and con- graduated itself thereupon.
 Contrary to expectations, no report was made on the gambling violations It is believed however that number of true bills have been found against owners and operators of gaming tables.
 Last night, Clerk H. H. Mathews of the court was kept busy recording true bills and as soon as this Is done, they will be turned over to the sheriff for execution.
 Full Report of Jury.
 The report of the grand jury in full is as follows:
 gro the Honorable w. II. Thomas,
 Judge of the City Court of Mont
 gomery:
 ''The grand jury, organized for the February term, 1905, of your honora- ble court, having been in session two weeks, begs leave to submit the fol- lowing report:
 we have made diligent inquiry into all criminal charges that have been brought to our attention, and have en- deaVored to follow as fully as we were able to the instructions given in your charge. We have examined during this session 403 witnesses, and have in- vestigated 152 cases, and herewith re- turn 120 true bills.
 The bonds of all county officers are good and sufficient so far as we have been able to determine.
 The books and accounts of the coun- ty superintendent of Education have been examined, and found to be correct and we'll kept.
 '"The County Court has been held regularly as required by law, and the fee look of the Probate Judge is neat. ly kept, and we find no illegal fees to have been exacted. We found the fire proof files furnished the Probate Judge insufficient to hold the valuable papers of his office, and we recommend the old wooden files to be replaced by fire proof files.
 Tn this connection we also found that the office of the clerk of the City Court is entirely too small to hold the necessary papers on file in said office, and we endorse and approve the plan of the Board of Revenue to build an annex to the court house, thereby giv- ing to the clerk a larger and more suitable place and furnish an office for the judge of said court
 The accounts of the sheriff for feeding prisoners, we found to be cor rect and proper, as we'll as neatly kept.
 Upon the examination of the county poor house, we found that the same is properly kept. and the inmates well cared for. We desire to congratulate MT. Robinson upon his management of the same.
 As to County Jail.
 We desire to reaflrm the reports