The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-05-19
SENSATIONS IN
IuRrs REPORT
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County Csn1IlssisaersTo Appear
Deisrs Nexi Court
REC0nn|EADMlNguMsTE
May Term Jury Made Report to
Judge Daniels This Afternoon
Recommending Better sanitatary
Conditions and Fire Protection Of
Prison and New Courthouse.

One OF the most sensational re-
ports ever made by grand jury was
given IN this afternoon, when the
May term jury. OF which Mr.. Dolian
Harris was forman. made its report
TO Judge Daniels. The report recon-
mends the purchase OF the Mangum
property on Chapel Hill street for the
new courthouse and then suggests
that the board OF county commis-
sioners appear In body at the next
term Of court and state their reason
for not complying with the former
Webb Arrsignetl.
In superior court this afternoon
Eugebe Webb was arraigned for his
life on the charge Of burglary and
crimipsi assault.
weSbsis charged with breaking
into the house, OF Mr. j. w. Newton
in tha county and assaulting Mrs
Newton. lie broke Into the houes.
hid himself and then broke out again.
This makes double charge OF burg
larry against him.
A special venire OF so men was
sumhsned from which 10 select a
Jury and the work Of selecting the
jury from that number is going on
ehls afternoon, The case was to
have been tried this morning. but on
account of the absence of n witness
the cnse was postponed until this
afternoon. as't
Everett. and Manning are appear
ing fosswebk ard the prosecution Is
being conducted by. Solicitor Gattis
In hIss VISUAL able .nanner.s' "a.
Thi .fiotpHx Benny Freeman was
found guilty OF larceny. bur no SEN
tence -was pronounced; '.-.....s.
Meivinl High. 4 ysunsi man. was
found guilty OF retailing. but sen-
tenceswxs Also withheld In his case.
High was caught IN the act OF selling
o qnasf OF ~hlskey at-the carnival
Krouuda IN Enst' Durham by Con-
stable Hall. who appeared as the
principal witness against him.
Frank simpsch was also found
gnIltya Of retaining on the testimony
Of one of the detectives
- Grsad Jsry's Report.
We. The jurors Of May. 1871. term Of
court. beg 70 submit the following:
LIST. All bills presented have been
carefully examined. passed upon and
returned -
"a. We visited the county Jail In a
body and found II TO be In excellent
condition In e,ery respect.
I'd. The convict camps have been
visited aud inspected and found to be
kept In a sanitary condition. Prison
ers we're we'll clothed and fed.
sfh. The county home is In excel
lent condition The inmates say that
thcy have all she comforts Of life
which they could expect.
We commend the county commits
sionerx for theewor which they have
contracted and would suggest that In
addition they build new prison house
Of brick on a different site, a. the
present one Is not safe In case Of IRE
and can not be made as sanitary as !,
should be. We find that there Ia no
protection against Gre and some ar
rsngements should be made at once
to protect the property as well a. the
inmates
sih. We Inspected the books OF all
the county officers and found them
accurately kept. and the present sys-
ten Of auditing the accounts BY the
auditor IL highly satisfactory.
9Th. After a careful inspection OF
the present courthouse we hnd that
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