Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-12
GRAND JURY RAPS
METHODS OF SOME
CITY PAWNBROKERS
In Report to Court Recommends
That That Business be Pro
hlblted in Delaware.
SUGGESTIONS AS
TO THE WORKHOUSE

/ separate prison Tor women, tnF sRiie
pay for labor IN prison as outside OF
prison amendment nf the Inv so As a. per
mt of tho tisc of convlct labor on fnrms,
street railways OF any other service ~ the
discretion of theboard uf trustees and
wardon No prisoners AZ large after sunset.
tho letting ~ future PRISON contracts after
advertising and comparative budding,
comp7isc recommendations made e. tho
count by the grand jury concerning the
%cw CaHtlc county wol khouse
Tho grand jury Of New aFile county,
which completed lts year . work Yesterday
submitted It's report TO the court today and
the above was one ~ the features The
report states that tho workhouHe was found
to hc IN good condition and the manage
mcnt was oomplimentcd Tor adopting
former recommendation of the grand IN
quest Recommendation "a Ri-o Innde that
DclcaStlc farm which belongs tn tho work
housr. hut u some distance from ~. be
sold
Recommendation is made that ateps be
taken 20 lessen the number of days wit
ncsscs are required 90 be in court or bafnre
officials in connection with pending ctacs
Sometimes they have % be in Municipal
Court day, a day or two before attorney
general a dav or two before tho grand
Jury and two ar fhree DAYS maybe more
IN court Recommendation ls made that
the cases he heard the first day before the
committing magistrate. that the grand
Iurv meet week before court convenes,
So that witnesses can confer with the
attorney general and grand jury at the
same tune.
Is some witnesses summoned for de-
PENDANTS have no guarantee Of pay, the
grand jury recommends an official glafan
tee that all will be paid.
A. TO PAwNBRoKERs
Deplorlng the fact that many cases are
brought before the grand jury in which
stolen goods are sold % pawnbrakers
who loan a very small amount on such
goods when the value Of such is consider
ed . the report says lit is also found that
pawnbrokers also demand OF the rightful
owner Of the property the payment OF
the money advanced by the pawnbroker
before the rghtful owner can recover his
property This, the report continues,
''vour grand jury holds To be wrong. and
that such practice should be condemned.
II Is also found that the rate of interest
charged is above thai allowed by law. ac-
complshed by stating that the increased
charge is for additional care and storage.
Your grand jury Is cognizant OF the TACT
that only three per cent is allowed by law
to be charged by pawnhrokers, but the
exacting OF a greater amount is not made
unlawful However, II is found that pawn
brokers are required To give bond IN the
sum Of 81 900. conditioned for the due
Observance Of all such laws of the State of
/ Delaware as may be passed or enforced
respecting pawnhrokers.
The grand jury therefore recommends
that If the pawnbrokers continue the collec-
ton Of greater rate OF interest than Is
permitted by law, that steps be taken by
the court to declare their bond forfeited
The grand jury, IN fact. can see no great
benefit that pawnbrokers render To the
community and is Of the opinion that 1t
NAV be wise for the business of pawnbrok.
ers to be entirely prohibited IN the State
of Delaware.
MOTOR SPEEDING CONDEMNED.
The grand Jury condemns motor speeding
in forcible terms The driving of motol
vehicles the report says. at an exces
svc rate OF speed over the highways o
| tins county Is a practice that should bt
/ broken up 1t is also found that there il
1 practically no enforcement OF the law
| covering the use OF headlights.
| We therefore most strongly recon-
mend that the State law IN respect K
! these subjects be most rlgidly enforced.
I'VE further recommend that an,
vehicle, automobile, carriage, de-, be re
duired to. show lights, both To the iron
and rear OF such vehicle ut all times "
The grand inquest visited the work
house and farm, Ferris School, Delawar
Industrial School for Girls, almshouse an,
Hope Farm, most of which were found il
good condition, according to the report
| Concerning the Ferris School the repor
says, under the head of recommends
tions
THAT management he procured lookin
to the better use of buildings and grounds
which at present do not seem to sho'
proper efficiency"
At the almshouse some outbuildlng
and fences were found to be in bad cond
tion. Adequate funds are recommends
for the Delaware Industrial School fe