Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-05-31
Special Grand Jury Was En-
panelled and Charge Read.
CHARGE A LENGTHY ONE


10 be Considered.
The speci4lte Of the circnit court,
Eighth Judicial Circuit Of Flor ds, IN
and for Alachua county, which wss
called by His Honor Judge wills or
Monday afternoon End adjourned until
10 O'Clock Wednesday morning. WAS
called promptly at the hour, when
Sheriff Fennell returned the venire %
thirty, among whom WAS TO be select.
cd, eighteen 10 serve on the 'p'claI
grand Jury.
The following gentlemen were sel'c =
ed. and after retiring and el'ctlng IS
foreman Geo w. Hyde, the Judge de-
livered his charge;
Geo. w. Hyde, W. Y. wilson, + VI.
Kincaid, G. W. Bauknighr, G. A, VIII
liAms, J. T. Mizellc, l.. G, Crazy, A.
NJ. Cushman, J. NJ. Spivey, II l. Phli-
er, c. y. Wood W H. Tucker, John
q. Whi,+, = Y. Smith, +. Baird, w.
L Hill, Il ". Waite, Il +. Hampton.
The Judges Charge.
The charge Of Judge Wills was a
lengthy one aud full OF interest and
eloquence. II covered nine pages Of
ioolscap, typewriter, and required
nearly three. quarters Of an hour in
delivery. TWAS, however, one Of the
moLt mastery efforts OF the kind ever
heard on the AlachuA county bench,
ard in part was ~ follow;
Gentlemen; You have now been
selected, sworn and empanelIed rs
grand jurors for the present term Of
this court. This ia a speCiAl term OF
court, called by myself as your presd.
ing Judge, because OF representation
OF certain mAtters made TO me, In
my opinion, the publ G welfare and the
cause OF justice in A lachua county re-.
qured OF me that n special term OF
this cou be- held
During the last session 81 this court,
which has just ended, there were ru.
morS upon your streets, OF attempts
90 corTuptly influence the grand jury
then In session, by parties upon the
outside, These Tumon grew from day
TO day, until they were common talk
Upon your streets they reached the
ears OF she officers Of this court, aud
were brought to my attention by par.
ties who claimed that they were in n
position to give evidence, u they could
give that evidence frankly and freely
20 the grand !ury--oi attempts that
had been made to influence the grand
Jury In their delibeFAtion upon = Ger.
tain cause, or causes, then PENDING he.
fore that body When these iacts,
coming from the sources which they
did, came to my knowledge, then, !
felt charged with the responsibility OF
presiding over this circuit that EN-.
braces over seventy Thousand people
within lie limitS. and |, ~ the presld
ing Judge. charged with the rcspons,.
bllily Of enforcing the Law aud order
throughout the circuit, that an NJ.
tempt was made, Ooi only that reflect.
I'd upon AlachnA county, but an at.
tempt. II successfully carried ont and
allowed To prevail In the counties OF
the state, would make the AdminVtrA.
lioH Of Ihe iAW = farce aud = trAvr.ty
upon Justice,
And Il 10 for Ihis purpose thA, have
called Ih,s special term Of the court
no, for the purpose Of having thi'
grand Jury 10 review the actions, or 10
act ~ an appellate CONT over the last
grand jury but to investigate the
facts ~ to whether there vas any At
tempt to corrupIly influence the lO'
grand jury
II sAduty thAtIuu owe TO the lasI
grand jury, To .rArlr'sly aud ,mrAr
uANy inVesngAts this mAttct-As q,
whether any AtIcmIt Was made Ga IN
furpcr aud Nh-ihrF any member y
ihr,t body was influenced " no, -
You have here cuuuly IA us ma
trriAl resources and "a the variety u
Ihusr tvtoure' u . unsurpassed b.
any county ia tie state ~ Florida
Your eity IAciIy which stands b Il
20 the c'umNIjoa ~ NE people ~ hi
state Vs'nc,,,.lr 70 noted tot a.
high mora PAt'Ic continent that Pre-
val, here \oJ have IroErv,, '
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