The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-05-16
CIRCUIT COURT
PROCEEDINGS
Convening of Regular May
Term, a Short Session---Re-
port Of Grand Jury.


VIM. Ayers was appointed general
court baliff.
A grand jury was drawn for the
term and sworn in; upon retiring it
was ascertained that there were no
matters TO receive their attention at
this time and upon SO reporting to the
court they were dismissed from fur
ther service at this time, subject to
the call of the court
The docket was very light, and the
Judge finding there would be no cases
for trial calling for the use of the
jury, they were dismissed for the
term.
One criminal case only, came on
for hearing, that of Levi Hiatt, for
the larceny of COW. for which crime
he had been previously indicted.
Upon this case being called, Hiatt
plead guilty, waived time and receiv-
ed sentence of from two to ten yeats
in the penitentiasy. At this time
Judge Phelps has under consideration
the matter of paroling Hiatt. A
large petition praviDg for parole
has been lodged with the court but he
has not yet acted upon it. In passing
the sentence upon Hiatt. Judge Phelps
delivered him a scathing rebuke.
strongly calling attention to the sar-
iousness of the offeDse. The petition
for parole is signed by over $50 of our
citizens, not because of any particu-
lar sympathy for Hiatt but on account
of his wife and little ones who will
be deprived of his support should he
have to serve time at Salem.
The grand jury for the November
term were in session on last Friday
and Saturday and considered such
matters as were called to their atten-
tion by the District Attorney. Hav-
ing finished their labors, they submit
ted the following report:
We, the Grand Jury drawn for the
November trem of the Circuit Court
of the State ,ef oregon for Morrow
County having finished our labors res
pectfully report as follows:
That we we're regularly convened
on the 18th day of November, 1911, /,
and were in setting one day at wfich
time we adjourned said sitting and
thereafter on the 10th, day of May,
1912, we again convened in sitting and
have been in session at said adjourned
sitting since said day, having been in
session three days in all since con-
ven ing.
That at said first sitting convened
on the 18th day of November, 1912,
we found that the grand jury which
had just been discharged had disposed
of all accumulated business, that at
this one adjourned sitting we have
found and returned into Court one
True Bill and one not True Bill.
That in addition to the witnesses
examined on the ind;ctmens so found i,
we have also considered other matters
which have been presented to US, and
have so far as we know passed upou
and disposed of all criminal matters
which might come before us and all
matters heretofore presented to the
District Attorney wherein he found
that action was unwarranted and un-
necessary, aud we therefore report to
the Court at this time that we believe
that all criminal matters so far as
Morrow county is concerned are dis
posed of.
We have made a careful examination
of the County Hospital, the surround
ings and the management threeof, and
we have found the same to be conduct
ed in neat and systematic manner.
We have questioned the patients
confined therein and find them appar-
emily we'll satisfied with the treat
ment received. We discovered, how
ever, that the Board of County Com
missioners at its recent session had
ordered the supply of tobacco t, those
vino we're habituated to its use, to
be discontinued. aud that since that
time these two old men who have
used tobacco many years were depriv-
ed of what is to them almost neoess-
ity and their only approach to a lux
ury, except such as has been provided
them through the generosity of Uoun-
ty Judge C @. Patterson, out of his
own individual funds. We consider
this action on the part of the Board
Of County Commissioners Inconsistent
with the charitable spirit of the
present age and would recommend
that economy be praoticsd in other
departments to the extent that the
small expen iitures Necessary to far
nish these old men with a liberal