The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-15
FINDS MANY
 TRUE BILLS Grand Jury Adjouns After
 Short Session. INVESTIGATE COUNTIES AFFAIRS No Word of Blame Attaches to
 Any Official. Few Recommendation Beyond Those for Improvements in Sanitation and Accommodations About
 County Court House, Are
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County Court House, Are
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 After a nine day session the October term Of the Montgomery County grand Jury yesterday came to close. The examination of $50 witnesses and the docketing of 174 cases eliminated in the finding of 112 true bills
 Upon the surrender of the indict- nents to the Clerk of the City Court seven negro prisoners. who had been held pending possible indictments of the grand jury, were released, there be- ing no true bills against them. They are: Richard Keenan. charged with embezzlement; Washington Rose, tres pass: Alice Primus. statutory offense; Rosa Lee Williams, violation of writ ten contract; Eliza Gray. moving mort gagged property; Annie Dean. assault with intent to murder, and Mattie Will Hams, arson.
 A case of interest is that of Walter Dugue. the young man charged with grand larceny in two cases He re- mained several weeks in the county jail, was released on bond, and the grand jury returned 2 true bill against him.
 The number of true bills found by this jury is the average The names Of those indicted will not be known until the bills are placed into the hands of the sheriff. j 1izs4- sf It is believed. at the present, that few indictments were returned affect ing violations of the prohibition law, fewer. perhaps, than had been antici- pated from the statement of the Law and Order League made during the ses- sion of the grand jury. The work of the body consisted largely In the investigation of the af- fairs of the county. All the public buildings of the county were inspected and found to be in shipshape. Recom- mendations for sanitary improvements in the court house were made.
 The financial condition of Montgom- cry County. as reported to the grand jury, is: gt Afae ta@ General fund ....,s......... .$29. .544.47 Road and bridge fund .....,. ss,23S.s2
 lsg%e, '------- Balance as per books of board
 or revenue ~. ......se6,7sS.Ss Warrants issued prior to October 1, outstanding, as follows:
 General fund ........s34o.6S Road and bridge fund 245.45-- 5ss.13 Balance in county treasury .sss. .sss52 Deposits Probate Judge subject to his warrants not handled tn this office: Special land sale fundS160.23
 -zssss Y s.ss- s...zE.a--.---- ..E. Total amount county treas-
 ury '.... ..s..,..s. $6e, 653.76 There Is bonded debt of ss25.0O0 road and bridge bonds as follows:
 Two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars, bearing 5 per cent interest due year 1885.
 Four hundred and twenty-five thou sand dollars. bearing Ia per cent in- terest. running fifty years.
 One hundred and fifty thousand doI- lars. bearing 1-2 per cent interest, running fifty years.
 Respectfully submitted,
 s. T. Westcott
 Clerk. The work of this grand jury was thorough. The report verbatim Is: "The grand jury, duly organized and snpanneied in the City Court of Mont- gomery for the October term of 1909, beg leave to submit the following re- port:
 We have docketed 174 cases; we have examined $50 witnesses and found 112 true bills.
 'sThe following committees were ap- pointed and report to this body:
 "To inspect county jail and court house.
 "To examine condition of treasury. gro inquire into the sheriff's feed acc count.
 ITO inquire whether county court has been held and examine fee book of Pro bate Judge.
 'To examine books and papers of Su- perintendent of Education.
 I've report that the jail Is kept in q very neat manner and the food looked wholesome. At present there are e.gh- ty colored and five white prisoners. The poor house Is clean and well kept. The inmates are treated well. Wa correct. as per attached statement. showing bank balances of s66,553.75. We report the sheriff's feed account correct
 We report that the County Court was held according to law and the fee book of the Probate Judge has been found correct.
 We report that the bank balances of the superintendent of education as shown by statement of bank amounts to total of S1.295.
 This body again recommends to you, as previous grand juries have done, the necessity of placing two lavato- ries in the court house for women. The water closets in the court house are not in proper condition.
 We recommend that connections be made for hot water to bath tubs in the county jail. Also that the door in the wall to the jail yard be repaired. for the purpose of allowing exercise of prisoners.
 We recommend that some arrange ments be made to care for the comfort of jurors. The present disagreeable and unsanitary conditions may ac- count. in a large measure. for the un- willingness of good many citizens to serve on juries t We thank the judge of the City Court for the very able and instruc- tive charge to the grand jury.
 We thank the various officers of the county, the sheriff and the deputies for their courteous treatment, and especially the solicitor for the cour- teous assistance he has rendered us in these matters and for the prompt and intelligent manner in which he has handled all the cases that have come before us.
 Having completed our duties, we most respectfully ask to be discharg- ed.
 R. S. Teague.