The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-10-15
JURY SCORES
OFFICERS FOR NEGLECT

made q report to United States Dis
trict Judge e. s. Harrington. which
scores county and city police officers
OF the State for neglect to assist In
the enforcement Of the volstead law.
There also is criticism Of a United
| States bank examiner for knowing of
defalcation in a bank and failing to
make the fact known to the officers
Of the bank
The jury had before It IS cases and
81 persons were indicted, a majority
for violations of the volstead law.
The report Of the jury follows.
ommitting the indictments:
In the District Court Of the United
States in and for the district OF Ne
vada.
To the Honorable e. 8. Harrington.
district Judge.
Your grand jury In submitting Its
report on the various cases considered
by this body. in addition begs leave
to submit the following:
The grand jury deplores the lack
Of cooperation on the part of the
county and city peace officers in the
enforcement of the National prohibi-
ton act. At this session nearly sixty
cases involving the possession. sale
and manufacture Of intoxicating liq-
uors were considered, and It Is a sad
commentary upon the attitude of the
city and county peace officers to state
that In all of these cases only two
such officers appeared as witnesses. A
prior grand jury had this matter un-
der consideration, and called the at
tention of this court to this deplor-
able situation and subpenaed had
before 1t many of the peace officers of
this State. Assurances were then
given by these gentlemen that they
would do everything possible to 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 1t is essen
tial to an effective enforcement and
administration of the National prohi-
bition act that the city and county
peace officers Of this State cooperate
to the fullest extent with the Federal
prohibition agents In the enforce
ment of this law.
CAUTION Is URGED
To 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 trafic in intoxicat-
ing liquors, we earnestly urge the
various city councils and boards Of
county commissioners to carefully
and painstakingly ~scrutinize the ap-
plication of all persons applying for
licenses to conduct so-called soft
drink paYlors," and to be most dis
eliminating in granting said licenses.
We further recommend that when
ever a proprietor. or any of his em=
ployes. are convicted in a court of
competent Jurisdiction Of any offense
against the National prohibition act
that his license be forthwith revoked,
and he be debarred from thereafter
obtaining such license in any city or
county in the State Of Nevada.
REVOCATION RECOMMENDED
We also believe that the permit or
license of any person on whose prem
Uses Is any contraption. hole In the
floor. or other device calculated and
intended for the destruction of liquor
In the event of q raid or search is
conducted by prohibition agents,
should be Immediately revoked.
In the investigation Of a Ease in
volving the embezzlement and mis-
application Of the funds of a National
bank. it zane to u attention that
d~efalcations in said institution exist
ed for months with the knowledge OF
the National bank examiner. That
81 far as the evidence taken before
the grand jury disclosed. these en-
bezzlements were never reported, and
the directors of the bank were kept
in complete ignorance of the banks
condition and these defalcations. In
our judgment, had the bank examin-
err reported the interpolation Of
funds involved In this case to the d.
rectors on his first examination, the
shortage would have been greatly re-
duced. and the money Of the depos-
itors not SO greatly imperiled. We
regard the conduct of the bank ex-
aminer in this respect grossly neg
ligent. and open to the severest CEN
sure and condemnation. Respectful