The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-18
DRY ENFORCEMENT
RAPED BY JURY
No Specific Charges Made by Jury or
Judge Harrington, But Sugges-
ton Made that Search War
rents Are Unnecessary

Change in method of operation by
federal prohibition enforcement Off
GERS is expected to follow the re-
port of the federal grand jury Fri
day and the remarks made in court
yesterday morning by Judge E. S.
Harrington. Discussing the grand
jury report, conditions and desirable
changes Judge Harrington said
1.-THE grand jury rendered a re-
port, not yet given out for publ
cation, but as it is the deliberate
judgment of twenty-three good cltl-
zens as to conditions prevailing In
practically every town of this state,
it should be given to the public. l
am afraid it is true.
"A number OF men are employed
by the government in this state to
enforce the national prohibition act,
to apprehend, try and punish vio-
Ators of that law. 1t is my belief
hat the law can be enforced, and
'roba bly, there is not better place in
the United States than right here
in Nevada to make a determined
and patriotic effort to enforce it
efficiently and thoroughly.
"We all know our duty, and we
know what the law is, and back of
US is the power of the law and of
the federal government. The pre-
vailing sentiment against it, if there
is such a sentiment, is not an ex-
cuse for a failure on the part of
any federal official to fall short of
his full duty; as long as he re-
mains an officer there is but one
course for him to follow.
"When premises are to be
searched the officer should act under
authority of a valid search war
rant, but when a law is violated in
his presence, there should be an ar
rest. Furthermore, in dealing with
resorts in which the law is notori-
ously set at defiance, individuals,
whether men or women, who enter
such places at times when it is be-
iieved the law is being or has been
violated, should be subpoenaed to
appear before the grand jury, and
under oath tell What they have seen
and heard. Such a system will not
only tend to repress lawless soft
drink parlors, but it will discourage
law abiding citizens from frequent
ing them.
"Unless conditions improve, and
improve speedily, it will be neces-
sary to call the attention of the
grand jury to the matter, and re-
quest them to investigate the con-
duct and the methods of every per-
on employed by the government in
connection with the enforcement of
prohibition in Nevada"
At the conclusion of Judge Far
rington's remarks George Spring
meyer, U. S. district attorney for
the district of Nevada said:
"If the court please, | would like
to have the report of the grand
jury made public now"
Judge harrington replied as fol
lows:
1T is so ordered. And | want to
say that | appreciate the report of
the grand jury, and | thank them
for it."
81 want to say here in court that
it was | who suggested to the grand
jury that this matter be brought be-
fore Them" said Mr.. Springmeyer.
They had no intention of consider
ing any such thing, but there were
various things which developed dur
ing the course of investigation into
liquor matters, which seemed to me
made it imperative that the grand
jury should have something to say
about it; and members of the grand