The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-01-12
CIRCUIT COURT

Renon Of Grand Jury and the Few
Gases Not Reported Last Week
walter Killian who pleaded guilty
~ manufacturing liquor, was centenc-
e5 "a serve term Of six months m
ING penitentiary.
There were several cases filed. by
fhe Attorney General Of the state
sgainst several merchants OF Port
Gibson Just prior to the opening OF
oai1,t. an Of which were continued.
me attorney claims that the defend
ant merchants failed to propery as
sess their stocks Of goods. On the
other hand the merchants claim that
the Goods were not worth on the mar
IN 1T the time the assessment was
made what they were forced to pay
for them when prices We're abnormai.
The final report of the grand jury,
which was submitted Tuesday, follows;
Port Gibson, Mississippi, January
1922. IL.
rs Hon. e. L. Brien, Judge Of 9th
Judicial District:
We. the Grand Jury empannelled
for the January, A. D. 1922, term OF
his honorable court beg to make this
DIR report as follows, to-wit:
We have examined % witnesses; re-
turned SIX true bills; referred to the
next Grand Jury no cases; and ignored
eight cases; and referred one case 70
Justice Of the peace of the third dis
trict for Investigation.
We have examined the jail in a body
and find it ia good sanitary condition
and the prisoners well cared for.
Bv committees we have examined
the Justice Of peace dockets, the coun-
tn officers books, the county poor
house. the county farm and liquor re-
CENTS and report as follows, to-wit:
That as there ID no county farm, there
IS nothing to report concerning same;
that there have been filed no liquor
receipts since last Grand Jury; that
some Of the justices of the peace fail
to itemize the costs on the docket and
this should be done, some do not enter
the different proceedings but as a rule
the dockets are we'll kept; one justice
Of the peace has paid $500 into the
county treasury more than he was
due to pay.
With reference to the county off
GERS books, we beg toNreport that we
have examined them by committee
and report as follows, to-wit:
In the short time allowed us by
law, we have examined the county Off
Gers books and found them neatly
kept and correct as far as we know;
we spent more time than the usual
Grand Jury does and examined one
months work Of the Board of Super
visors, July, 1921, and found the all
lowed bills to correspond with the
payments, except two small bills paid
without being allowed. We recon-
mend that same system be used to
show the payments of witness fees IN
civil cases in the Circuit Clerks off
ce
Witrh reference to the County Poor
House we find that the two back
ronms need repairs at once; that Will
lis Barnes needs two comforts for his
bed and Tom Bryant needs one; and
that there pre- no privies there for the
inmates and have not been for some
tirae. All Of which we al to the at
tention Of the Board of Supervisors
for Their attention ais the matters
should be attended to at once, We
find the inmates well cared for and
place sanitary except as to the above
mentioned needs.
We thank your Honor and the other
officers Of the court for the courtesies
extended to us.
Respectfully submitted,
p. S. BYRNES, Foreman,
S. @. Daniel, Secretary.