The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-05
GRAND JURY MAKES
ITS FINAL REPORT
Investigates Election Charges,
But Only One Indictment
is Returned.
RUMORS UNFOUNDED.
Fifteen Bills Brought in For
Minor Infractions of
the Law.
RUMORS UNFOUNDED.

After being in session seven days,
during which time almost one hundred
witnesses were examined in an effort
to ascetain the truth of alleged ir-
Irregularities in the primary election
last Angst and in the regular cleo
|tion in November, the grand jury sit
ting at the November term of the
Bourbon Circuit Court made it's final
report to Judge Robert L. Stout yes
terday afternoon and asked to be dis
charged
Only one indictment was returned
for violation of the election laws,
that, it is said, being against negro
who was charged with repeating" at
the polls during the regular election.
His name is being Withheld by order
of the court until bench warrant is
issued and served upon the accused.
The report of the grand jury is as fol-
lows:
The Hon. Robert L. Stout,
Judge MourbOn Circuit Court.
May 1t Please Your Honor
We, the November Grand Jury of
the Bourbon Circuit Court respect
fully submit this our final report:
We have investigated all matters
which have been presented to us and
of which We have personal knowledge
In the first place we have made a
thorough investigation, as instructed
by Your Honor, in both the August
primary and the regular November
election. Various complaints have
been made to the Grand Jury in re-
gard to both of the elections and vari-
GUS names were given to the Grand
Jury in regard to certain facts. In al
most every one of these cases the COM
plants proved to be unfOunded. We
have run down as far as we have been
able to, all rumors OF fraud in the
election, but we have been unable to
ind but one Indictment, which we
have returned to the court
AS has been the custom of the
Grand Juries, we visited the County
Jail and the County Farm and find
both in excellent condition, and have
no recommendations to make in re-
gard to their condition.
Respectfully,
A. G. BALL, Foreman.
Since the Grand Jury convened it
khas had before it a number of cases
for investigation with the result that
to' al of fifteen indictments were re-
teurn ed against persons, whose name
are withheld by order of the court,
| for minor offenses.
Yesterday the time of the court was
consumed in the hearing of the suit
of e. F. Spears e Sons against the
Louisville & Nashville railroad COM
pany to recover on an alleged short
age Of coal, he loss of which was
sust: ined by the local firm, and also
that Of S. A. Turner against the same.
In the former suit the jury returned
a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in
the sum of $170.19 and in the latter
lin favor of the plaintiff in the sum
of $1O71.
Wednesday in the case Of Baldwin
| Bros, grocers, against the city of
Paris the jury gave verdict of $1,000
for the plaintiffs. The business house
of his firm is located at the corner of
j Main and S eventh streets, and it is
claimed that their stock of goods in
the cellar was damaged during a rain
storm, the sewer at that point not be-
ing adequate to carry off the surface
water and their cellar being flooded
The city will take an appeal