The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-03-02
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.


County of Dillon.
To the honorable S. W. G. Shipp,
Judge:
The grand jury, empannelled for
the present year, begs leave to sub
NIT this, their general presentment
upon the termination of their labors
at the present term of the Court:
1. Tn at they have examined all
bills subp pitted to them by the So
Iicitor and returned the same into
the court, with their finding there
on.
9. That they have made no at
tempt to examine the books of the
different coapty officers, deeming
such examination as they could
make during the, limited time at
their command, of\po Importance or
avail whatsoever to\the people of
the county. They have therefore,
appointed committee of which
the foreman, on motion, is chair
man, and consisting of said fore
man, E. T. Elliott and ]. s. Be
thea, to perform this duty and to
report to the grand jury as
Whole, at the next, or the insping
term thereafter, of the court. This
committee will have leisure fnd
opportunity not only to inquire into
the manner in which the books Of
the different county officers are
kept, but also into the correctIess
of the same, and if necessary they
can call to their assistance an ex-
pert to aid them in the performEnc,
of their duties.
3. Notwithstanding the potice
and demand contained in theF last
general presentment Of the grand
jury, requiring the different lmagla-
trates of the county to appear at
the present term of court, and to
bring with them and submit to the
grand jury, their dockets. only
three magistrates, 10 witt II. Nc
Rae, ESQ.,: W. w. Sellers, Esq,
and Tracey e. Fore, Bsq., have
complied with this request and de-
mand. The grand jury must in
sist upon the production of their
dockets by the magistrates of the
county. as complaints continue to
be made that some of them col
lect money in criminal cases and
do not turn the same over to the
treasurer as required by law. In
order that this duty may be prop
erly performed, and that no mag
Istrate may have any excure here
after, the grand Jury has appointed
McInnis, John ]. Allen and Murray
Mears, to perfor n this duty and to
make a thoroJ gh examination of
the dockets of Zach magistrate in
the county. This committee will
appoint a day and will notify each
magistrate of 1.-THE time and plac-
where he will be expected to meet
them and to bring with him his
docket so that they may examine
the same. IN order to facilitate
the performance OF this duty, each
magistrate is required TO append
to each case in which he has
paid over any money collected by
him. the receipt of the treasurer
showing such payment. This COM
mittee will also make it's report to
the grand jury, as a whole, at the
HeXt term of the court, and will be
incorporated in their general pre-
sentiment.
A. 1t is often the case that GRIM
inals go unwbipped> OF justice for
the reason that the guilty party
cannot be detected or, ne escapes,
either before or after being arrest
sible, the grand jury recommends
that the county board OF comulIss-
sioners purchase not less than two
blood hounds, TO be kept and train
ed by the sheriff, and ITO be used
in tracing out and traGkinug GRIM
inals and any person who may have
escaped.
3. The grand jury regrets that
the court house commission has
done nothing so far in performing
the high and important\ duty assign
ed them, especially in Mailing to
erect a jail. The present arrange
ment is not only extremely un-
comfortable and inconvenient in
holding court, but is very expen-
stve to the county. They there
fore, express the hope that said
.4IuI-EILlI will proceed at once to-
the erection OF the jail, and as
soon as possible to have the court
house erected. The former espe-
cially is very important, for, ac--