The Little River news., 1921-01-12
GRAND JURY ADJ0URNS
 LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Find 58 Indictments; Trial Court Ad- jOurned to Tuesday When Crim-
 inal Docket Was Taken Up.

The grand jury finished it's business and adjourned Friday afternoon after having returned 5S indictments Some thing like forty of these indictments were felony and liquor indictments, which is the largest of this class of in- dictments returned by any grand jury in number of years. The petit jury was also adjourned on Friday after noon until Tuesday morning, at which time the criminal docket was opened. Should all the cases docketed go in to trial at this term 1t will hardly be pos- sible for the court to finish it's work this week.
 Civil Cases. Some of the civil cases disposed of after the report last week, are:
 Geo. N. Hubbard ct al, vs. H. B. Jackson, Judgment for Hubbard for $295 and for B. Hubbard, $5. Southern Ice and Utilities Go. vs. Lillard Johnston and Lee Furlow. Judgment for $511.5O.
 J. I. Dyer vs. K. c. s. Verdict for $1OO.
 Grand Jury Report, Following is the report of the grand l. jury, which adjourned Friday: "Now on this day comes the grand ! jury and the foreman, thereof, in the presence of all the grand jury, and files in open court it's report, which report is in words and figures as follows, towit:
 "To the Honorable James s. Steel, Circuit Judge:
 "We, your grand jury for the Jan uary, 1921, term of the Little River circuit court, beg to report that we have investigated all crimes of which we have knowledge, or have received information, and in doing so we have examined 126 witnesses, and returned into open court 5S indictments.
 "As directed by the court, we have through our committees examined the court house and jail, poor farm and books and records of county officers. We find the jail in very splendid con- ditions although large number of prisoners, the jail being sanitary and the prisoners we'll cared for. We find the court house in good condition with the exception of the plastering in the grand jury room, and recommend that this plaster be repaired, and that the toilet arrangement on the second floor of the court house be so arranged and repaired that water will not leak through the clustering. We find the books and records of the county of ficers are neatly and accurately kept. We wish to commend these officers for the care and efficiency with which all county records and affairs are handled.
 we regret to report to the court that we have returned more felony indictments and liquor indictments than any former grand jury in a num- Der of years, and knowing the present petit jury as we do, we respectfully ask that the court not excuse any member of the present petit jury unless in his opinion it is absolutely neces- sary.
 We desire to thank the court for his able charge, and the consideration he has shown us during our delibera- tions. We also appreciate the activi- ties of our sheriff and his corps of de- puties in apprehending parties charg- ed with crime. We also appreciate the many courtesies extended by by the other officers of the court, and es- pecially our bailiff, MT. Chewning.
 Especially do we wish to thank our Prosecuting Attorney for the assis- tance he has given us in examining witnesses and the efficient manner in which ne turns off the business of the court. Without his very efficient ser vices we could not have dispatched the business before the grand jury as has been done.
 "Now, having completed our duties, we respectfully ask to be discharged,
 "E. A. Velvin, I. w. Holmes
 Foreman, Clerk"
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