Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-19
name june 2
AS NEXT Meeting
Grand Jury Turns in Re-
port to Circuit Judge
A. b. Grace.
IS INDICTMENTS.
During Recess VIII Pay Visit to VAR
ious County Institutions-May
Make War on Loose Houses.

The Grand Jury adjourned yesterday
morning4to meet June 2, after return
ing II indictments. making total of
As that have been returned during
the total of eight days that the body
has been in session since taking up
The duties.
During the recess, the committees
from the Grand Jury will visit the va
rious county institutions and county
records and report on thes will be
made to Circuit Judge A. B. Grace
when the jury meets again.
The various committees appointed
are:
County Jail---E. D. Russell, w. c.
Crittenden, Nathan Levine and M. c.
Cleveland.
County Farm-V. o. Alexander, Il.
G.. Atkinson, w. z. Tankersley and H.
II. Ferguson.
Poor Farm-H. c. Fox, G. F. Dun
nlnEVOn anu u. w. ross.
Justices of the Peace and Constables
p. p. Byrd, J. H. Hudson, F. M.
Roane and A. @. Edwards.
The report of the Grand Jury deliv-
cred to Judge Grace is as follows:
To the Honorable A. B. Grace. Judge
of the Jefferson Circuit Court:
We, your Grand Jury, empaneled at
the March, 1914 term of the Jefferson
Circuit Court, beg leave to repor.
that we have been in session eight
days, have examined 11S witnesses
and returned As true bills.
We have dismissed the following
cases: Roy Brown. murder; l.. c. Lin
ciuni, grand larceny; Annanias Sher-
rill, grand larceny; Glover Buck,
grand larceny.
We have carefully examined into all
cases referred to us for examination
by the various magistrates OF the
county. also all matters which have
been reported to us or of which we
had personal knowledge; have return
ed true bills in all cases where, IN
our Judgment. the evidence would JUS
tify il, and dismissed such cases as
in our Judgment. should be dismiss
ed.
Committees have been appointed to
examine the reports of the various
justices of the peace and constables
of the county, also to visit the Jail,
county poor house and couny farm
and these committees will report at
our next sitting.
There being no further business to
coMe before us at this time, we ask
to be excused until the second day of
June, 1eli, or until such time as may
be more convenient TO the court.
Respectfully submittde,
H. E. 1RULOCk, Foreman.
Resolution to Court.
Through the foreman, H. E. Tru-
lcck, the Grand Jury read a resolution
to Judge Grace, declaring that the
body is opposed to hawdy and as
signation houses and that the authori-
ties should make efforts to rid the
city of such.
Speaking OF this resolution Judge
Grace said that 1t was subject
which had been given much thought,
but that there had been no adequate
solution of the matter reached so far
among the civilized nations. Under
The coihmon Law he said it was pos
sihle for fines to be assessed, and
thai. il was within the province of the
Grand Jury TO investigate and return.
indictments if it was within the pro.
vince of the Grand Jury 10 investi-
gate and return indictments if it was
thought this would be means OF
solving The problem.
Judge Grace complimented the
Grand Jury for the work which had
been accomplished. He said they had
displayed intelligence and rapiditx III
the manner in which they had done
the work falling to them.
Plain Trath Thars Worth Money.
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