Pocahontas star herald., 1924-08-01
GRAND JURY FINDS
fIFTY-SIX BILLS

Report of the Grand Jury for the
July, 1924, Term of Randolph County
Circuit Court
To the Hon. ]. c, Ashley, Judge of
the 10th Judicial District:
We the Grand Jury empanelled for
the present term of this court would
respectfully report to the court that
we have been in session six 60 days
and that there have been before us 66
witnesses to whom there have been
issued certificates of attendance in the
sum of $4,000 from whose testimony
SO bills of Indictment have been re-
turned.
committee of four members Of the
Grand Jury visited the county farm
and submit the following report, to-wit:
"Pocahontas. Arkansas,
July oath, 1924
"we, w. c. Glasco, W. NJ Davis,
ID. II. Shride and Jacob Liebharber
being appointed as committee by
Judge J. b. Duvall, foreman of the
Grand Jury to view and inspect the
Randolph county poor farm and its
buildings together with all the gener-
al conditions, we find the tenant house
on the north side of the road in a very
bad condition. The roof, floors, and
wall paper are in very bad condition
and should be repaired. The IL"
porch on the north side of the house
town away or rebuilt with roof over
same.
I'VE find the house on the south
side of the road where the inmates
live needs repair as follows: the porch
on north side, some two or three win
dows, and the roof around the stove
pipe needs repairing.
"We feel that the inside of the house
and especially the beds and bed-cloth-
ing could and should be kept in moro
sanitary condition than we found it.
I'VE were informed by all the in
mates except one, that they were well
fed and cared for. This one person
was poor old woman who complained
of the manner i'm which the food was
prepared and complained of the many
flies We find the screen doors are
not in good shape, which accounts for
the many flies that infested the place.
We recommend that the county repair
these buildings and put them i'm n
sanitary condition, If we are to con-
tinue to use them for the present pur-
poses.
I'VE respectfully submit the fore
going report.
Jacob Liebharber."
Wv c. GlascO,
w. NJ. Davis,
ID. ii. Shride."
We visited the county Jail in body
and found it to be in a reasonably good
condition except some broken win
dows and the lock on the front door.
We recommend that the county court
have these repairs made Immediately
The Grand Jury at the January,
1924, term of this Court requested the
Quorum Court to take some steps to
enlarge the vault space for properly
caring for our county records. We
would again call the attention of the
next Quorum Court to the report above
referred to, and suggest and recon-
mend to them that some steps be taken
to enlarge the vault space Immediately.
We have examined the reports of the
]. P's of the county and find all have
reported as by law required except J.
NJ. Muyers, Bristow Twp, w. Il. Jones,
Sloan, Don NJ. Ruff, Little Black, f.
II. Chester, Elm Store, and J. A.
CrismOn, Richardson. We find the fol-
lowing Mayors have failed to report !:
Diggs Poynor, Maynard. A. NJ. Dunn,
Blggers, and Sam Kuhn, Rayenden
Springs. We insist on all Of these re-
ports being in here on time in the
future or the ones falling to report
be looked after according to law.
We left list of witnesses with the
Prosecuting Attorney and recommend
that we have summons issued for their
appearance at the next term of this
court, and ask that this be done i'm
mediately.
We suggest and recommend to the
different J. P's of the various town
ships that they look more closely after
the many minor violations of the law
in their respective townships, thereby
lessening the expense to the county
of Grand Jury investigations of the
same
We wish to tender our thanks to the
Court, Hon. John c. Ashley, for his
helpful instructions and suggestions
given this Grand Jury when empanel-
ling us To the Hon. Oscar L. Ellis.