The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-03-16
District Court Proceedings
Judge Breen Delivers a Strong Charge to the Grand jury. and
That Body Immediately Gets Down to Work--Fve
Indictments Found and jury Is Still Investigating

lawful for the owners Of such animals
to permit them to run at large in our
towns. yet a greater nuisance does not
exist to-day in the town of Eureka than
the running at large Of that u~nclean
beast known as the hog. The animals
break in fences, root up the little
patches Of verdure and shrubbery in
front and around dwellings. enter cell
lars and eat up provisions and muss up
and destroy many things thought much
Of by the people. In this hog nuisance
matter an anomalous condition of things
exists in 50 far as the enforcement Of
the law is concerned, for instance:
Should a citizen walk up to the shop
window of a hog owner and smash in .
few panes Of glass. he will be prosecuted
in the criminal courts for malicious
mischief, and compelled in q civil suit
TO pay damages for the property de-
stroyed, but the hog owner can turn his
beasts loose in a town, and should they
break fences. eat up provisions. or de-
stroy property, the hog owner can rest
assured no trouble or expense will come
to him by reason Of his breaking the
law. Whether this never-failing i'm
munity Git is not new. it is 20 years old
at least) comes to this seemingly
privileged character, because the hog,
like the white bull Of the ancient
Egyptians, is considered a sacred an
imal, or because of the number of votes
controlled by the hog owner on election
day. is a mooted question; personally
l incline to the vote getting side Of the
argument. At the risk of its being
looked upon as cloves labor lost" /
shall ask you gentlemen to investigate
the hog nuisance.
Gentlemen, You are entitled to all
reasonable time for the performance Of
your duties, and on this occasion l shall
ask and expect of you your best efforts
on the lines marked out in this charge.
l shall expect a full, fair and fearless
report of the result of your investiga-
tions.
A public officer in the discharge Of
his duty should be afraid Of nothing
save the reproof which may be admin
istered to him by his own conscience
for failure to do his duty faithfully and
well.
The District Attorney will call to
your attention, first of all. the criminal
business pending, which it is customary
to take up with as lit lie delay as
practicable.
The following persons appeared be-
fore the Grand Jury and in Court:
Martin Bronco. Charles Williams and
T. A. Burdick, charged with various
offenses. and each was represented by
Attorney H. K. Mitchell.
Counsel for the parties filed objec-
tions to the array of Grand Jurors,
which were denied by the Court. The
jury then retired to their room.
The calendar was called, as follows:
United States Mining & Smelling
Co. VS.. T. A. Burdick-Passed for one
week.
B. L. Plummer vs.. Mineral Hill Min
ing & Smelling Co.-Set for trial by
Court for Monday, April l..
Daniel Davies vs.. S. 1. Wailes-Passed
temporarily.
E. B~oomhower VS. William Whalen-
Passed to be called up by counsel for
either side.
A. R. Gibson VS.. W. @. Stewart
Passed pending a decision by the Su-
preme Court involving same questions
Tuesday-The Grand Jury appeared
and returned an Indictment charging
Martin Bronco with the crime Of muir
der. His arraignment was set for
Thursday and he was remanded with
out bonds.
An Indictment was found against T.
A.. Burdick upon o charge Of assault
with a deadly weapon. His arraign-
ment was set to follow that Of Martin
Bronco.
Wednesday-Olany H. Mcdonald
was granted a divorce from Amanda
l.. Mcdonald upon the ground of will.
full desertion.
Thursday-After the minutes Of the
Court had been read the Grand Jury ap.
peared and returned three indictments
against Charles Williams and E. L.
Tippie, charging them jointly with
grand larceny Of property (horses) al.
legged to belong TO Simon Trento and
John Edera. Tippie being out Of the
county, apparently, the arrangement Of
Williams upon each of the indictments
was set for 1880 P. m. By consent
Of the District Attorney, Williams was
admitted to bail in the sum of 1900 nm