White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-16
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
OEPL0RES CONDITIONS

Inc Ieuefdl STdnu Jury
its work at Carson City last week an,
made report to United States Distric
Judge +. ). Harrington. The gran,
jury had before it t~wenty-six case
and fifty-one persons were indicted
a majority of them being for viola
ton of the Volstead act. In their r.
port the jury .derlores the lack o
cooperation on the part OF the count,
and city peace officers in the enforce
ment of the national prohibition act
At this session nearly sixty cases i'll
yolving the possession. sale and man
ufacture of Intoxicating liquors were
considered. and it is a sad common.
tary upon the attitude of the city end
county peace officers TO say that IN
all OF these cases only two such of.
ficers appeared as witnesses. A prior
grand jury had this matter under
consideration and called the atten-
ton of the court to this deplorable
situation and s%ubpoenaed and had be-
fore it many of the peace officers of
this state. Assurances were then
given by these gentlemen that they
would do everything possible 10 aid
the officers of the government in the
enforcement of the law. We take the
liberty of reminding them of their
promise. We believe that this is es-
sential to an effective enforcement
and administration of the national
prohibition act that the city and
county peace officers of this state CO.
operate to the fullest extent with the
federal prohibition agents in the en-
forcement OF this law.
"Tc the end that there may be q
more stringent enforcement Of the
prohibition law and more efficient
and drastic measures adopted for the
suppression of the traffic in intoxicat-
ing liquors We earnestly urge the va
rious city councils and boards of
county commissioners to carefully
ard painstakingly scrut.nize the APP
~plication OF all persons applying for
licenses to conduct so-cailed soft
drink parlors.' and - be most dis
eliminating in granting said licenses.
We further recommend that whenev-
or a proprietor. Or any Of his en-
ployes, is convicted in a court of COM
petent jurisdiction of any offense
against the national prohibition act
that his license be forthwith revoked
and lie be debarred from thereafter
obtaining such license in any city or
county in the state of Nevada"
After dealing with the alleged
liqnor situation in the state the
jurymen in their report take Il crack
at the national bank examiner and
criticize him severely for "negli-
gence in dealing with a case of en-
bezzlement of the funds of a national
bank The report says
In the investigation of a Ease in
s~olving the embezzlement and misap-
preparation of the funds of a national
bank it came to IA attention that
fefalcations in said institution exist
ed for months with the knowledge Of
the national bank examiner. That so
far as the evidence taken before the
grand jury disclosed. these emiezzle-
ments were never reported and, the
directors of the bank were kept in
complete Ignorance of the banks con-
dition and these d~efalcations. In OIL
Judgment had the bank examiner re-
ported the misaDplication of funds in
volved in this case to the directors on
his first examination the shortage
would have been greatly reduced ard
the money Of the depositors not so
greatly imperiled. We regard the
conduct of the bank examiner in this
respect to be grossly negligent ind
open TO the seyerest censure and ON
demnation."