The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-11
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x INDICTMENTS
Returned by Grand Jury
Dismissed Saturday
Afternoon.
WENT. AFTER LIQUOR SELLERS
Gist of the Report Turned In To
COurt-COvers Wide
Scope.
WENT. AFTER LIQUOR SELLERS

serve at the July term OF court, mn
ished its work Saturday, and aftel
turning a batch of fifty-fve indict
ments over to the court, was thanked
for service rendered by Judge Slack
and dismissed from further duty.
Most of the indictments returned
were against violatorS of the liquor
laws.
An exhaustive report was also
TUNED in by the body, and the gist
of the main features are as follows:
Visited county institutions and
found them about the same as for
mer juries, but report the court
house and Jail not as well kept as
they should be.
Attention of the next grand jury
is called to the coal situation in Ohio
county, and recommend that unless
the public is served continuously with
coal at reasonable price, the law re-
specting trusts and combinations be
strictly enforced.
They call attention of the next
grand jury to the corrupt practice in
elections, and that the person or per-
sons (of either partly for acts of
corruption in the coming election be
held to strict accountability.
Climax and Nutro-Malt have been
dispensed long enough in this county,
the jury thinks, and if there is any
violation of the liquor law by per-
sons selling these drinks, it recon-
mends that the next grand jury in
vestigate the matter thoroughly, and
bring the guilty parties to the bar of
justice.
With view of stopping the sale
or giving to of small boys cigarettes,
they call attention of the county Of
ficers and future grand juries to the
matter, with a view of Furnishing
anyone guilty of such acts.
The prescribing of drugs contain
ing narcotics by physicians was in
vestigated. 1t is a practice that
should be stopped Immediately. In
it. report the grand jury says that
physicians have gone to the extent
of not only furnishing narcotics to
the patient direct, but of even send
ing it to them, sometimes, by mail.
The jury had little information
that several persons in the county
are peddling patent medicines con-
tanning narcotics and alcohol. They
had not sufficient information before
them to indict anyone, but what in
formation they had warrants them
in calling attention of officers for
prompt application of the law.
A large number of persons have
doubtless violated the law in respect
to road working, says the report, and
they are not indicting at this time
because the government has called on
the people to do, their utmost in the
way of planting and raising crops,
but the Season will soon be at hand
when overseers and road hands can
be spared from their other work
sufficient length of time to put the
roads in order. The report says that
there, will be no excuse when the
next grand jury convenes why the
roads and bridges have not been put
in good, safe condition, and they
presume that no person guilty of vio-
lating the law pertaining to road
working will be permitted to go un-
punished by the next grand jury.
They returned all the indictments
they had time to return relative to
persons being disorderly at public
gatherings, ETC., and certified num-
Der of, names to the next grand jury
with aNiew to having them specific
ally Investigated, not only as to what
they have done heretofore. but con-
cexing their conduct during the re-
mainder Of the summer and fall.
Child deserters come in for par
ticular stress in the report, and they
returned several indictments against |
men for deserving their own infant
chldren. Friction between the faith I
er and mother is the cause Of good
deal % this. but Il is no excuse for
the father abandoing and deserving !
his children. says the report. i
The jury likewise lad some cases
before II where Il was shown that |