The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-02-07
CIRCUIT.COURT
STILL in SESSION,
Grand Jury Makes Report and Ad.
iourns. Many Gases Disposed Of.

will probably consume the whole OF the
week. The grand jury adjourned Tues
day afternoon, after finding 18 true
hills. District Attorney Scott went
home Wednesday at noon, the state
docket all having been disposed of. He
is making good as district attorney.
and the law-abiding people of the
county may rest assured that they will
always have his ear and earnest Coop
Grafton.
The most of this week has been de-
voted to civil cases, much time being
given to the case of Mrs. Myrtle Boyd
VS.. the /. C. railroad. Mrs. Boyd al
leges that certain canal dug by the
railroad company has greatly damaged
her farm on the river.
REPORT OF GRAND JURY.
To the Honorable J. A. Teat, Judge of
the Circuit Court of Grenada county:
We, the grand jury, emraneled at
the January term, 1918, of said court,
beg leave to submit this, our final re-
port: -,
examined - witnesses and found -
true bills.
We have examined the hotels in
Grenada and find them comparatively
safe, as to fire escapes.
We have examined the county Jail and
find the same kept in clean and sani-
tary condition. except the mattresses in
the women's department and the closet
sinks. We recommend that the board
of supervisors buy new mattresses and
install new sinks. We recommend, also,
that the court house closets be enlarged
in such way that they can be kept in
a'more sanitary condition.
We have examined the books of the
sheriff and tax collector and find them
neatly and correctly kept We recon-
mend to the sheriff that, for his own
protection, he use more care in listing
the names of sureties on bonds on his
Jail docket when prisoners are released.
We have examined the treasurer's
books and find them neatly and cor
rectly kept.
We have examined the books OF the
chancery clerk and. as far as we are
able to tell, they are neatly and cor
rectly kept.
We find from the records of the Office
of the chancery clerk that there was
collected for road purposes during the
year 1912, $l3, l29. .96, and of this sum
$l2,923. rs was expended by the board
of supervisors. We have examined
many witnesses as to the condition of
the public roads of the county and we
find that in many places said roads are
in bad condition. We think some of
this is due to unfavorable weather con-
ditions, hut we also believe that some
of it is due to a lack of proper care on
part of the board of supervisors of the
county in failing to have the road
contractors comply with the terms of
their contracts. We think that some
roads have been received, and
paid for, that did not conform to
the specifications in said contracts, and
should not have been received, or paid
for. We think that with the expendit-
ure of this sum of money the roads of
the county can be kept in good condi-
ton at all times, except in times of ex-
tremely bad wee ther; and we think that
some of the said roads are allowed to
remain out Of repair for considerable
length Of time after unfavorable wea-
ther conditions have ceased.
We have examined the county poor
house and find the same filthy and in a
very unsanitary condition. There is
not sufficient room for the care of the
inmates, and the bedding is rotten and
filthy in the extreme. The buildings
are dilapidated and run down, and ev-
erything about it has the appearance
that the poor of the county are abso-
lutely neglected and overlooked.
We find from the records that there
was collected and paid into the county
treasury during the year 1912 the sum
of $l3133 80 by the several justices of
the peace of the county. We think
that if the justices of the peace did
their full duty in looking after the vio-
lators of the law, and the imposition of
suitable and proper penalties, that this
sum might be great deal more. We
find that justices of the peace, in a
good many instances, impose fines so
small. that they have tendency to IL
cense rather than suppress crime, and
We recommend to the various justices
of the peace that they impose heavier
penalties ON violators of the law, and
also impose Jail sentences in proper
cases.
We desire to return our thanks to
the court for the courteous considera-
ton he has shown us during our delib-
erations, and to re urn to him thanks
on the part of the taxpayers of the
county for the business-like manner in
which he has conducted the present
term of this court. We are informed
that there has been as much business
disposed of at this term of the court as
at any term eyer held before, and we
are satisfied that the business methods
Of this court will result in saving OF
several hundred dollars to the taxpay-
ers of the county at each term of the
court, and have tendency to reduce
crime to minimum.
We desire to return our thanks to all
the officers of the court for the courte-
Gus treatment we have received at theil
hands during our deliberations.
1 Having no further business, we re-
spectfully ask that we be finally dis
charged.