The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-04
REPORT OF GRAND JURY
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term of district court completed lsA
labors yesterday afternoon and al.
I journed The last work az thls body
was an investigation into the shoot
ting which occurred ON Il Central pas
sengeF train near Palmer Thursday
afternoon. hul as all the witnesses
could not be examined au bills of
/ indictment we're returned against
I King and Beard Eight indictments
+ Tor cmhe9zlemeat wero returned
against l.. H. Paddock. formerly
1 agent for the Katy at this place aud
1 who disappeared some time ago
/ leaving a shortage of about $4,000.
The final report Of the grand jury
as filed with the court yesterday af-
terpoon il as follows;
To the Honorable Ice Hawkins,
! Judge of the 10th Judicial District
OF Texas
We your grand jury, empaneied
| at tie present term of the district
court. beg leave to submit the follow
! ing report.
1 The Court House.
Mr Dan Godfrey. who has charge
of the courthouse. deserves especial
mention and especial thanks for the
care and attention which he gives
| to his duties, as well as for his gem
eral courtesy and kindness> The
courthouse and grounds are kept in
! splendid shape at all times.
Report of Our Labors.
We have set twenty-nine days,
have issued 233 subpoenas, examin-
/ ed 500 witnesses and returned 2oe
| bills. OF these, twenty-six were fel-
onies and $50 misdemeanors. Of
these misdemeanors, 113 were for
gambling, three for theft, twenty for
! violating local option law and the
rest miscellaneous.
Assistance of Officers.
To all the county officials who
have aided us In our efforts and de-
Iliberations, we return our hearty
thanks.
Grand Jury Bafliffs.
| I'VE have had but nine riding ball
iffs and have found them amply SUI
ficient to do all the work OF serV
ling grand jury process, OF these seme
hove served but very few supoenas
.nd we believe the work could De
dona with all dispatch and efficiency
~, &c few as seven, If they be prop
ar1v selected and stationed through
out the county.
County Farm and Jail.
AS has been usual for the past few
wears the county farm was found TO
he in excellent shape and condition.
The iaiI also was found in splendid
shape. except that there needed 10
be repaired and replaced some i've
or six windows; also little more at
teution should be paid to the sewer
age system.
Local Option Law.
AT present Ellis county is almost
! entirely free from dives, ana Vlola-
tions of the local option law are
comDaratively few. This extremely
! fortunate condition of affairs is due
TO the tireless efforts of our Officers
with the assistance of the patflollc
law abiding citizens OF the county.
/ Without this timely and spiehdio
help and cooperation OF the private
citizens the officer can not secure
the hest results, no matter how cap
able and patriotic he may be or how
strong may be his desire 10 do tell
ing work for the moral upilft OF 'he
citizen. This one thought we want
to drive home to every person VINO
wishes we'll for the good of TINS
,county. that the enforcement OF TINS
local option law. as we'll as oi al oi
lour criminal laws, rest upon both OF
lficiaI and private citizen. some work
remains vet to be done; and we ieei
sure that il will be done, ana theh
with the recent splendid work done
Inv our present legislature, ana more
of the same nature promised, or IKE
r TO be done by Il, we expect 10 see
Ellis county utterly and compie'"'N
frred of this uefarious traffic when
lhus yearly cost the tax payers con
siderable amount Of money ana
which corrodcs. corrupts and de
grades the Young manhood oi thr
lcnuntry. nils our lails and poorhnas
.a ANA feeds the pcnltcntiary. "-
lformatory. asslum and sallo"e
r'ui,t,s highway.
rhr last grand iury Devoted 'sp"' p
DAD attention to fho WORK of oni f"A"
p nYars.rs and road hands and inal'
,,.b ssmc tru or fifteen hands iof
? fslIus to work. tho pablo r'ad. a
its- haviue besn legally warmed
is,.tl,au, all wauc eouticiri "i
= a..... .a convicted Few w"fn 49,
. raal.a tn rhs hinhef court al A'.
4, snneslrd were affirmed r"a'
: ,..r.e,r haa diffienif and mans
f... aih buf fnr ali hat unuH inF
81. Important rpoa him uast f'H.
.r. r,spous8nuifY sor buil.saHE and
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