The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-20
VIOLATIONS OF
 LAW SCARCE Few Indictments by the
 Grand Jury. NINETY-EIGHT TRUE BILLS Many Recommendations Made to
 the Board of Revenue. Detective Suggested to Ferret Out Evi- denee of Liquor Law Violations ..By Men Hoidink Federal Bft
 Not State licenses. H

Probably the smallest number of in- uictments returned by Montgomery grand jury in several years were the ninety-eight true bills turned over to Judge Thomas early yesterday af- sernoon, when the October. grand jury of Montgomery submitted its final re- port and adjourned, after two weeks of labor.
 Nothing start ling or sensational was borne in the report. and. unless future publicity of the indictments Is pro- ductive of more excitement, the octo- Der grand jury will have performed its work with comparatively little dis turbance to the public mind.
 The fact that the clerk of the City Court has not classified the indictments and will not deliver capiases to the sheriff until Monday, does not permit of speculation as to what defendants and charges the indictments may des- ignate.
 A goodly part of the grand jury re- port was devoted to recommendations to the Board of Revenue. Newest among these was the suggestion that the county employ detective to fer ret out liquor violations whose duty it shall be to furnish the grand juries with evidence.
 The grand jury found by inforfna- tion, that many persons hold Fedes2. liquor license in this county without holding State lice nse. and from this it was inferred that liquor is being sold by such persons in violation of the State laws, but the jury was not able to secure evidence for indicting the persons suspected.
 It was also found that there are but few lnomicides not traceabfe to the sale of Iiquor and the carrying of con- cea led weapofs.
 Again the grand jury recommended a system of rural police to apprehend yiolators who willfulty discharge fire arms across the public highway.
 The inquisitorial body also sus- gested to the Board of Revenue that a competent person be employed to ex- anime the validity Of all beat officers bonds semi-annualiy.
 No Railroad Cases.
 Tn the report, it Is stated specifically that no violation of State railroad laws has been called to the attention of the grand jury. The brief para graph relating to this subject is worded:
 s.No violation of any railroad legis- lation has been called to our attention. or has any such case been reported to us"
 The grand jury took occasion to ex- press deep regrets over the death of Sheriff Be1ser, and, at the same time. congratulated the new incumbent of that office upon his appointment.
 The report of the grand jury was read by Foreman ". B. Howard as follows.
 "To the Hon. William H. Thomas, As
 sociate Judge of the City Court oi
 Montgomery.
 s.rhe grand jury for this term begs leave to submit the following report:
 After a session of two weeks, we have docketed 19s cases, and examined 475 witnesses. and returned ninety eight true bills.
 ssTie bonds of county officers, books of superintendent of education, sher- ifrs account for feeding prisoners, and fee book of the probate judge have all been examined by us. as far as ouI limited time would permit. and so fal as our investigation has disclosed, they have all been found to comply with the law.
 .we recommend that the board oi