Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-10

is permitted to be in your room. ex-
cept yourselves. the county attorney
or his assistant and the witness
When you are voting upon matters to
determine whether or not you shall
return bill, no one shall be present
except members of your panel. nine
go members of which may return a
bill. The county attorney has no
right to be present on those occas-
ions.
called your attention previously
to Officers appropriating money to
their own use. That comes under the
head Of cmbezzlcmcnt. I want YOU
to devote attention and most care
ful attention to that When officials
take money that belong to the public
and use it to their own use and bene-
fit think they should deserve the
highest penalty of the law. As rule
they should be dealt with severely.
Officials who collect money that does
not belong to them should be dealt
with severely. The term graft" is
being used so much in this state. In
vestigate that carefully, and arrive at
the truth. and act accordingly. In
otherwords, 'be men among men"
l want to read to you a couple of
very short little passages. One of
these is defined as "riot."
ANY use or force of violence,
any threat to use force or violence
is accompanied by immediate power
of execution, by three or more per-
sons acting together and without
authority of law, is riot. And rout.
Whenever three or more persons
acting together make any attempt to
do any act toward the commission of
an act which would be riot if actually
committed, such assembly is a riot.
Whenever three or more persons
assemble with intent or with means
and preparation to do an unlawful
act which would be riot if actually
committed, but do not act toward the
commission thereof, or whenever such
persons assemble without authority
of law. and in such a manner is
adapted to disturb the public peace,
such assembly is an unlawful assem-
bly,"
] call your special attention gentle
men of the grand jury. to the banking
laws of this state. There is a great
deal of it. 1t is contained in the 1913
session laws. You could be better
as to that by having the
county attorney bring to your room
and read you that part of the statute
pertaining to the banks of this state.
Those who are entrusted in the exc
cution and with the running of banks
in the banking of this state, should
keep them and run them as the stat
ute requires. and call your special
to the banking laws of this
state. that you may investigate that
in this county.
] call your special attention to the
statutes that require officers in addi
ton to turning in the money they re-
ceivc, to the diligent and faithful dis
charge of their duty. such as is going
on, and charged with going on in Ard
more and other, parts of this state.
where officers wilfully and negligent
y refuse to do their duty. If you
find such to he the case in this coun
y, attend to them. as the statute re-
Iuircs that they may be removed
from office if such he the case.
= The statute requires the court to
all your special attention to the Gig
l"ctic law, and without going into it
'ully, you may investigate the viola |
ions of the cigarette law. The law
makes il my special duty to call that /
o your attention. There are certain |
people can sell cigarette papers and !
hings of that kind and others cannot. |
There are certain ones to whom they |
an be sold, and others to whom they !
.annot be sold. You will please in
'cStigate that.
Gentlemen of the grand jury, | have
lot attempted TO cover the full field !
# crimes, just casually referred to
hem. At any time that you think
'Ou WOulu Ike 10 nave luilncT lnlol-
nation from me, call on me. Don't
lesitate at any time to let your wants
,e known. The county attorney will
70 with you to advise you in matters,
md keep you in the path that you
hould travel, and when he fails to do
t. or wants further help on that mat
er, he and together will try and as
list in anything you want done
n that line. Gentlemen. you are a
ather independent body in your
york. You meet when you get ready,
nd. you can adjourn when you get
eady. Do those things to suit your
elf. want, however, to keep
s busy as possible, that you may
omplete your labors as soon as pos
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