The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-22
JUDGE 5NU[SSlE
TAK[SUP P.CRA|,|k|D. \ .
| JURY
Confers with States Attorney
Mccurdy this Afternoon on
Matter Of Petitions
$40 PEOPLE HAVE AaKED
ESPECIALLY 1NQu1s1T1oN
Number Of Signatures Ktessqs by
Fifty Requirements Powers
Of Body if 1mpa1 elSd

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Judge W. l.. Neussle 0fEthe Sixth
judicial district court went into con
ference with States Attorney F. r.
Nc cCurdy at 2 o'clock this afternoon
on the question Of calling a grand
Jury as demanded by petitions filed
with the Judge the fore part Of the
week. .g, & f-.
The states attorney admitted this
that he is in The lark as to
the purposes for w,licil a grand jury
Is demanded. 81 will, Of course, ex-
pect to work with the grand Jury II
called, the same as l would with any
other court" said MIR. McCurdy.
Takes Over Business
The grand jury temporarily super
cedes the district court SO far as all
criminal matters are concerned.
Should the grand Jury Investigate any
person now charged with a criminal
Offense and fail to return a true bill
against such person, he would be dis,
charged unless the court should order
him held and impanel another grand
jury, which the court has right to
do. This was done in Mandan some
years ago when Judge Burke dis
charged grand Jury which had failed
to ihdict q bevy Of Morton county,
men charged with ,blindhigging and
impaneled another grand jury, which
found true bills against every one OF
the accused. ..
The men who sign petitions request
ing that a grand jury be called have
nothing to do with the organization
of that jury, which is formed in the
usual manner, names being drawn by
lot from lists furnished by the county
auditor. The responsibility of the pc.
titi0ners, ceases with the filing of pc.
titions. The law has decreed the man
ner in which grand jury shall be or
ganized, and no v its deliberations, ex'
tending not more than ten days, unless
recalled by the court, shall be con.
Quoted. ...1r.a.
The law requires that the petition
ers shall equal ten percent of the male
electors voting for governor at the
last general election. In Burleigh
county last fall $500 votes were cast
for governor, and 252 names would be
needed on the petitions. A count re
veals the fact that $40 signatures have
been obtained.
Names Of Petitioners
The following names appear on the
petitions: August Hclle, George Te
kiffe, William Dohn, Tom Freese, Vic
tor Moynier, Frank Douce, Fred MOy'
nier, J. Lox, T. II. Poole, Fred Olson,
Frank Scott, Frank Plermon, Zack
Slattery, Alex Logan, Harry Wilson,
+. d. Germain, E. G. Patterson, ]. W..
Friddle, W. S. Malard, L. c. Baugham,
William H. Harris, Bert Tizler, Men
oxen; Paul Eddoe, Bert .PrOckOw, s,
h. Abrahamson, Fred Swanson, Rob
ert Mcintyre, NJ. H. Weeks, Aaron
Christopher, C H. p. Knappen, Henry
Burman, r. d. Burman, Joe Krewski,
George w. Hedrix, F. Il. Cole, w. K
John Grydahl, George Ely,
J. A. McConkey, Andrew Perron.
George w. Cochrane, +. B. Klein, J.
l.. Peterson, James Wallace, Frank
Abe Huggens, Menoken;
James Cox, Menoken; c. II. Pherrill,
II. f. ,Caya, s. Empting, William Ryan,
]. w. Millet, H. Christopher. Alfred
Casper, c.. B. Wilson, Isham Hall, Alex
Thomas Candy, Clarence
Hanson. George C. Goodson, II. l..
Long, 3. F. BurDage, II. E. Williams
J. Ii. Robideau, J. Mercier, J. u. Haas,
p. l.. Willman, l.. A. Frederichs. j. F.
Hayes, Joseph Walter, Nick Yochim,
George Casper, Charles T.. Millett, T.
John Gadram. J. +. Peter
son, William Claridge, Roy Pennell,
G. l.. Reed, A. C.. Miller, l.. 4. Bryan,
d. d. Hussong, Albert Hill. II. NJ
Bryan. S. D. Rohrer, Fred Swenson,
Irwin Small, William Clark, Harry
Johnson, George Robideau, A. LaPoint,
w. Hulm. II. c. Straekc, G. Lawyer,
F. J. McGann, Harry Stockdale. vii
liam Timm. G. p. St'Tkel. James
Brady, julius LadehOff, John Mayfield,
Ed. Fisher, William Pennell, Mike Wo
kecb, Tom Mayors. William M. Dye,
Ora Stane, !. d. Jnorar, y. Il. Morforu,
W. Bryan. Ed. Kelly, J. A. Casper, An
ton M. Bertsch, Oscar NJ. Anderson,
John McCrorie, J. NJ. Bolton, Carl
Pertsch. Henry Williams. r. Joyce,
John Baldouf. Joe Morgan. Herb Ot-
finger, George r. Peterson, X. }. An
derson, Albert Swenson, J. c. Chris
tianson, George White. Oscar Grant.
A. r. Bolton, John Ehle. Walter }.
THOMPSON. B. H. Cleveland. Paul VIII
man, John c. Houlebeck, Robert Ohde.
Roy B. 1.und. Joseph Bertsch, Fred
;Norling, Tom Moran. John Sundquist,
JJaJmes Davis, H. Mahm, A. Schlich-
ter, Paul Gram, E. D. Miller. David
Mo-tord. David Jenkin, Burt jenkins,
J. F. Sherman, A. W. Swartz, J. h.
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