Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-11-27
GRAND Jury MAKES
PRESENTMENTS
Opposed to Offering Rewards for
Violators Local Option Law.
ASK THAT ORDER BE REVOKED
Call Upon Officers to Investigate as to
Whether Persons Granted License
to Garry Pistols Are Carrying Them
According to Law.

to Garry Pistols Are Carrying Them
According to Law.
Gainesville, Fla, Nov. %, 1905.
Hon. ]. 7. Wills, Judge of Eighth Ju-
dicial Circuit, Statelof Florida, In
and for AlAehua County, Florida,
We, the Grand Jurors for the Fall
term OF Circuit Court OF Alaehua
county, having completed our labors,
beg TO present to you this, our final
presentment.
DurinR this termIwe have endeav-
.Ored feithiully to discharge the duties
encumbent upon us, giving careful at
tention TO all complaints made to US,
and where b our conscientious judg-
ment q violation Of law was evident,
we have made proper returns therefor.
We have been in session ten days.
We have had before US thirty-eight
caset, and have examined one hundred
and seventy witnesses.
We regret to report that in a num-
Der OF cases coming before US, for
Warded from the several justices Of
the peace Of this county, many papers
necessary for US in our investigation
we're missing, such as atfidsvts, war
rants and witness recognizances, which
has Occasioned some delay on our part,
and perchance defeated full investi.
cation by US in some instances. We
r6eommend that hereafter all justices
= OF the peace comply with the law In
forwarding 20 us all papers issued by
them in their preliminary eXSmina'
tions, and in addition, they make a
written statement Of the testimony OF
ell witnesses appearing before them in
such preliminary examinations. The
latter we especially urge, not only be-
cause it is their duty under the law to
do so, but because we are told by some
Of them that witnesses In cases before
them give testimony sufficient in their
Judgment TO warrant convictions,
whereas, we have found in several in
stances, the same witnesses, when APP
pearinR before the Grand Jury, do not
give such testimony aS would warrant
gths Grand Jury in rePortiOga bill Of
this court.
We further recommend that all pa
pers issued by any justice in a prelimi-
nary examination had before him,
shall be returned by him "a soon 40
the case shall be completed before
him, TO the clerk OF this court, and
that same shall be securely kept by
said clerk 20 be presented to the next
ensuing Grand Jury.
We fnd that nearly one-hAli OF tie
eases before ne for consideration dur
ing thiH term have been for the sale Of
Intoxicating liquors In this county. We
t. are Of the opinion that the standing re-
ward OF $50 for the conviction Of per-
sons engaged in thls uhlGWful business
is largely responsible for the large
number Of cases before 40. From oaF
Investigations Of them We are led 10
-belieVs that in many instances parties
have been informed againSt, either
from motives Of PersoDal snmiiy OFde-
sire 70 earn che reward, or both. IL Oe-
eoFs 90 us, aside from the enormous sE.
Dease that ths payment Of these re-
wards Will impose upon the eoanty GO
che present term Of couFt iS 40 indioa-
tlou Of What will happen In futuTs),
that thls reward IL dangerous pFeos'
dent b. reason Of ths fast thai In macy
Instanees witnesses IN eases Of this
ehaFaeteT are people 20 WhOm che large
sum Of money might b en- Ind0ooinsnt
20 present cases aEhinst psrsont who
might rot b ViOlatOr Of tbe Law. THIS
q more likely 90 BE- true 10 view Of ths
tact that heafly every one charged