The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-07-18
GRAND JURY MAKES
FINAL REPORT FOR
THE PRESENT Term
RECOMMENDS THAT UNSAFE
CONDITIONS At THE JAIL
BE REPAIRED.
REPORT As TO POOR HOUSE
Forty-Two Indictments Are Returned
for the Term and Of These Two
Are for Libel Against G. w. Martin,
of Nashville Other indictments.
fridays Daily.)


The grand jury made its final re-
port for the term Thursday after
noon just before the adjournment
hour of the court. The last report
included twenty.one indictments, and
of these thirteen were for selling liq-
uor without license. The other eight
were four for carrying weapons; one
for profanity; one for obstructing
the public road, and two for libel
The libel cases were against G.
w. Martin, of Nashville, who had
been indicted at former term o. the
court, the indictment having been
quashed on account of insuficiency,
an omission of wording fatal to the
life of the indictment having been
made.
On motion to quash on account
of this omission the court sustained
the attorneys for the defense, and the
attorney general drew a new indict-
ment. AS a result of the matter again
being considered by the grand jury
two indictments instead Of one we're
returned. One of these was on the
original le.5el written by Martin to
his son, and the other was on a let
ter written 10 f. s. Hopkins, attorney
for Jesse Howell, copy Of each OF
these letters being made part of
the Indictment.
The aggregate of the indictments
for the term was forty-two The dis
charge Of the. four members during
the term necessitated going back ever
much of the evidence that had been
submitted before the new men were
put on the jury
The report of the grand jury re-
garding the many items On which it
was the duty to make formal report
was filed In writing with the clerk,
and it commends very highly Ofiicer
Goad and Attorney General Frierson.
1t recites the conditions found at the
work house, the various properties of
the county under the control and in
possession of the superintendent, and
the number Of inmates.
The management of the poor house
is complimented as well as the man
agement of the work house. In
speaking of the poor house, however,
in referring to the keeping of the
sexes upon one place the report says:
1--WE do think it casts reflection
upon this wealthy county that the
sexes are kept upon one place. The
results are such as might be expected
from such conditions, and we certain
ly do not wish to perpetuate pro-
geny from such source and from
such an environment The superin-
tendent cannot help it, and the only
solution appears to be separate places
for their accommodation"
Sheriff GOWN is highly praised
for the manne: in which he is con-
Quoting the jail.
A reference ia made to a crack in
the living portion of the building, and
the danger from serious results from
such condition is pointed out with
the recommendation that steps be
taken at once to correct the danger
GUS condition.
Sheriff Gcdwin served capiases on
Fred Hood, Algie Hood, Newt Jones,
Tom Jeffries, Gus Cockrell, Sid Lusk,
Clarence kelce, charged with selling
liquor without license, and Rube Ev-
ans with procuring whisky Indict-
ments in all the above cases having
been returned by the grand jury this
morning. All gave bond but Evans,
who was carried to Jail.
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