Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-03
LIFE QUIZ UP TO JURY.
Regular Body in New York is Instruct.
ed to Take Up the Scandals.


ed to Take Up the Scandals.
New York, April 3.-Recorder Goff
instructed the April grand jury to in
quire into the insurance scandals yes
terday after quoting the district attor,
ney to the effect that there is reason
able ground to believe evidence avail
able to establish crime
The recorder informed the grand
jury that it has exclusive power to in
quire into every crime committed in the
county
No other or subsequent grand jury
can do your duty" declared the vener-
able judge.
This was taken by those in court to
Jerome's request that special grand
month of May
Must Give Evidence.
The recorder made it plain to the
grand jurors that if they ask the dis
trict attorney for such information and
evidence as he may have he is COM
PEELED by law to give it. Recorder Goff
said in part:
"A matter has been called to my at
tention by Judge O,Sullivan, who pre-
sided over the March term Of this
court. The judge, one Of my associ-
ates, has written me a letter which
calls my attention to certain matters
which transpired while he presided
These matters being called to my at
tention, it is my duty to call your at
tention to them that justice may be
done.
''The judge describes in his letter
certain transactions and incidents and
refers me to records of this court for
Information. Referring to the record
it is shown that a presentment was
submitted to this court
Recorder Golf then reviewed the
pertinent incidents of the March jury
and to few Of Judge O'Sullivan and
District Attorney Jerome, he conclud-
ed: 'It therefore becomes important
and necessary that those matters hav-
ing been presented by a grand jury of
this county and the court moved to
action, they should be at least subject
to presentation and should be called
to the attention of this grand jury.
Duty of Jury Plain.
HcI0 dppCdlS llO SOOu lS6SOIl WHY
you gentlemen are not in position
so far as time is concerned, to apply
yourselves to the consideration of any
question that may arise for your action.
You have the exclusive power to do it.
There is only one grand jury in this
county. That is the body now before
me, and that grand jury has exclusive
power over all to inquire into every
crime committed or triable in this
county. No other or subsequent grand
jury can do your duty.
Each grand jury must face it's own
responsibilities and discharge them.
No grand jury can have or possess any
more power than you now possess. And
as 1 have told you, it is your exclusive
power your duty to inquire into every
crime committed in this county.
No One Can Interfere.
"There is no law, no court. no judge,
no official of any character or descrip-
tion who can intefere with you In the
exercise of your power or deprive you
of the exclusive right which you pos
sesc.
81 instruct you, gentlemen, that it is
within your power, and the law says
it is your duty, to inquire into every
crime committed or triable in this
county, and the matter which give
you now in charge you will investigate,
and it is, indeed, your duty to call the
district attorney before you and ask
him to produce whatever evidence he
has in his possession or in his knowl-
edge touching the commission of
crime y,