The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-05-24
GRAND JURY
PRESENTMENTS
Requests Parents u YoaAG to Exert
Themselves to Find How and
WBsrs Their Boys Spend
Rvsninds.

EVENINGS.
We the Grand Jurors, inquiring in
and for the body, ofLeon county Spring
term Of Circuit Court, A. d. 1907, dc
make the following general present.
ment.
We have carefully inquired into all
cases that have come before us, anC
have returned TO your Honorable Court
% true bills. OF this number, were
for selling whiskey, and ] for keeping
gambling house.
We have quite number of witnesses
before US, for the purpose of investi-
eating the gambling and whiskey sci.
ling that is going on in this county, and
while we are satisfied OF the guilt of
quite number, we were unable TO get
evidence sufficient to warrant a convic-
| ton, on account Of the thorough organi-
cation of these Violators Of our laws,
and we specially request that our coun-
ty and city officers be more diligent in
apprehending these places Of vice, and
we also request the parents Of the
young men in this city, 10 exert them
selves to ascertain where and how their
boys are spending their evenings. We
request the good people of this city and
county to exert themselves to stamp
out these places that are menace to
this community, and make an effort to
get evidence against these older par
ties, who are keeping these places where
the boys are being ruined, and produce
this evidence to the proper authorities.
We have inspected the county Jail,
and beg to submit that we find the jail
and yards in a filthy condition. and rec
ommend that the County Commission
ers take some steps to improve the
conditions existing there. We find
several cells with four prisoners con-
fined in them, with hardly room for
them TO turn around. and as there were
several empty cells, we think it unnec.
essary to crowd them in this way
The yards are full of trash Of all
kinds, and there as a puddle OF water
where slops are thrown out of the win
dow, standing near the Jail, and a pen
where a number of hogs are confined in
the Jail yard close to the building, all
of which should not be allowed. We
also have evidence that the jailor has
been on several occasions recently so
drunk that he was unable TO attend TO
his duties, and we insist that the Coun-
ty Commissioners take some action at
their next meeting to remedy this con-
ditiOn.
We find that our County Clerk is very
much in need of more room for storing
the records of the county and realizing
that the present vault is too small, an d
would not protect these records in case !
Of fire, we recommend that the Coun-
~ Commissioners have an annex sepa- |
rate from the main building built as |
early as practicable, for storing these |
records, and that they furnish this an
mex with the proper files and roller /
shelves for the books.
We also recommend that inasmuch as
the fence around the county Jail will |
soon have TO be repaired, that the
County Commissioners replace this
fence with an iron fence, sufficiently
high TO prevent any prisoner from get
ting over it, so that the prisoners can
be used to keep the yards clean, and
give them outdoor exercise
We have examined the statement of
he county court clerk, Of the eXpendi-
.ureS Of moneys for the past year, and
ind same correct, and beg TO submit
his as part of this report.
We beg to return our thanks to the
honorable court. and % the prOsecut-
ng attorney, Mr. Geo. w Walker, for
heir kind consideration of this body,
md for the very valuable assistance
heerfully rendered us at all times.
We also desire to thank our bailiif,
or his prompt attention 20 his duties,
md his kind consideration, for the com
ort Of this body; all Of which we res
submit. CHAs. 6. MYERS,
Attest: Foreman.
ID. r. Cox, Clerk.