The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-13

| court issued an official order today call
ing for q grand Jury to serve during the
FIRST 1914 term OF the court II ls the
FIRST order Of the kind ever issued in the
history OF the Second judicial district and
will summon the first grand jury lnvesti-
CATION which has ever been held In Weber
county.
While the specific reason for the action
other than that public interest demands s
II is not outlined In the order. the grand
jury Will be called upon to investigate the
case OF J, Henry Martin, now charged
In state complaint with the murderous
assault upon Detective David Edwards.
and also TO investigate In detail ali evi
dence IN the blackmail plots extending
over period of three years.
Machinery in Motion.
AS result of the judges decision II
has been arranged for the drawing OF the
grand jury venlre Of twenty-five names
TO take place at 10 O'Clock next Tuesday
set for the preliminary hearing OF Martin
on the state charge. Upon official no.
tihcation from the district court judges.
County Clerk s g. Dye Immediately no.
tlhed County Treasurer Joseph Z. Storey
and County Attorney David Jensen to be
present on Tuesday morning to act as
tellers, the law providing that the names
snail be drawn from the 1914 Jury list
by the county clerk and that the other
county officers named shall act as tellers
Text of Order.
This is the text o, the official order
calling for grand jury Investigation dur
Ing the January term;
II 6einE the opinion OF the district
that public interest derna nds the
calling h OF a grand Jury, grand jury
term OF the above entitled court. be-
ginning January 2. 1913. and the clerk
OF Weber county Is hereby ordered
n F.H ra
box provided for the year 1914 the
names OF twenty-five persons 10 serve
as grand Jurors during the January
term o! the above entitled court be-
ginning January 2. 1914. and the per-
sons 50 drawn 20 serve as grand lur-
o!s shall constitute the grand fury
OF SAID term OF court
Method of Choice.
According to the county clerk David
w. Evans and Edwin Dix, the COUNTY
jury commissioners. completed today tbel,
1914 list OF t3O citizens who VIII be sum
year, The report will be made 70 the
district court judges tomorrow and from
This list the twenty-five names for grand
Jury service Will be drawn next Tuesday.
lmned .ately after the drawing II will de-
yolVe upon Sherifr T. A. DeVlne 10 no
t!fy each man 20 appear for examination
on January 2. 1914. the opening OF the
In issuing their official Instructions for
the drawing OF petit Jurors during the
January term. Judge Harris and Howell
provided for the Inauguration of an ex
pertinent which is intended to gi eatly re-
duce the jury expense to the county. In
stead OF thirty jurors being drawn for
each division OF the district court for
service during each term. II has been de-
etded 10 consolidate tho two divisions 10
the extent OF dra wing thirty-fve Jurors
tor a terms service.
Cuts Down Expense.
BY this plan IL ls intended to ARA nee
the jury cases In such a manner as 10
alternate the single yenire between the
two divisions during single term. thus
eliminating the expense OF twenty-five
Jurors during each term OF court through
out the year. By this plan II would seem
upon Hrst thought that the work OF tho
jurors would be greatly Increased. bur
such is not the case when IL is consid
cred that under the present plan the list
Is exhausted before the end of tho yee
and some OF the number who have al
ready served arc called back a secon5
time. BY reducing The number per term
from sixty 10 thirtybv the list Will moi
be e%hau usted in a years time and the
citizen who serves during one term viii
not be called 10 serve in another during
the same year.