The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-05
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Recommendations in Annual Report
Of Attorney General.

Recommendations in Annual Report
Of Attorney General.
Montpelier, Oct. 4.-The biennial
report Of the Encouragement Of Yer
mont for the two years ending June
80. 1910 has been issued. In the
recommendations of Attorney-gener-
al Sargent he expresses a belief that
in the trial of cases in county court
justice would be promoted by the APP
pointment of foremen of petit juries
by the court instead of election by
the jury itself, as is the law at pres
ent.
To secure attendance of witnesses
at trial courts he advises that the
statutes be so amended that such
witnesses may be required to give
recognizance with sufficient sureties.
He recommends that the statute
governing the summoning of grand
1uries be amended to provide that
they be summoned only when order
ed by Judge of the court they are to
attend, thereby saving much unneces-
sary expense. He also recommends
that there should be legislation au-
thorizing compulsory examination
under oath by States attorneys of
witnesses in State cases.
He would have added to the stat
ute authorizing his Office to employ
detective service in securing evil
dence against respondents in crimi-
nal cases authority to secure evil
dence in any matter in which the
State Is interested and authority to
secure legal service in any cause
when in the judgment of the attor-
ney-general the interest of the State
requires it, He adds that this au-
thority is needed owing to the fact
that in one or more counties every
biennial term the States attorney is
either dishonest, in competent or in
capacitated by dissipation.
The report contains recommends
tion that the law be so amended that
juries in municipal and city courts
should consist of II men and such
/ courts given jurisdiction concurrent
with the county courts to try and fin
ally determine all complaints and in
formations for violations OF the law
in which the punishment does not ex-
coed five years in State prison, with
out appeal to the county courts, there
| by decreasing the expense Of the adj
ministration of the criminal law.
The following prosecutions in coun
! ty court in all countes during the
past two years were reported by the
States attorney: Adultery g., allow
ing domestic fowls al large 1, arson
II, assault with i7tent to kill 20, as
sault with intent 70 commit rape s,
assault with intent to rob l, bigamy
TO- blasphemy l. breach If peace 1852,
burglary 81. conspiracr !, cruelty to
animals q, dealing in Christmas
trees without license T. distributing
sample medicines 8, embezzlement Z,
exposing poison 3, extortion 2, for
gerry u, gambling 5, gross lewdness
6, horse stealing 9, incest 3, in1ur-
ing highways 2, keeping house of i'll
fame g. keeping inn without license
1, keeping pool room I, kidnapping l.
larceny n, malicious mischief 6, man
slaughter s, murder 10, neglect to
support family 10, negligence of rail
road engineer /. obstructing railroad
track !, obtaining money under false
pretences 4. peddling without license
2, perjury !, polluting drinking water
2, prison breach II, procuring death
of illegitimate child I, rape 30, re
ceiving stolen goods 4, refusing tc
obey subpoena 3, refusing to pay fare
1, robbery 8, selling bob veal 4, sell
ing cigarettes to minors 2, selling
mortgaged property 4. selling water
ed milk /, tearing down telephone
line /, telephone discrimination I
unlawful marriage I, uttering forged
check /, violation automobile law 8
violation election law 1, violation fish
and game law 40, violation liquor Law
PSI, violation school law 3. violation
Sunday law /. violation olemargarine
law 2, violating burial law 8; tota
S41. Washington and Windsor coun
ties appear to be the most wicked In
the State, with l2l each out Of the
total. Caledonia county ranks mex
with 116