Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-03-27
Report OF The Grand Jury.

Rockville, Md. March IS. 1925.
To the Honorable the Judges of the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County:
The grand jury for the March Term Of
Court respectfully submits the following
report:
We have examined 81 witnesses. in
GLIDING such county officials as are re-
quired by law to make appearance. We
have found IS indictments and investi-
gated 7 other cases where insufficient
evidence was found to warrent indict-
ments.
We have inspected the Court House and
found its general condition to be clean
and sanitary. and would recommend that
attention be given to the floor in the office
Of the Police Court and the Board of Elec-
ton Supervisors. also to window in the
front of the tower, which is a little out of
position. The empty glass jars or con-
tanners found in the corridor of the base
ment and on the outside of the court house
should be removed.
We visited the Jail and found IL inmates,
white males. 6 colored males and 2
colored females. The grand jury feels that
more attention should be given as to the
sanitary condition Of number of the cells
in which the prisoners are kept, otherwise
the conditions were found to be very good.
We would recommend that new door be
placed to the back jail yard and that the
rods which have been sawed into in the
southeast corner window should be re-
placed with new rods and that the old
screens, which are useless and unsightly.
be removed from the window and barrels
and other material be moved from the
jail yard.
We call attention to the recommends
Of the former grand juries that the front
door leading into the corridor leading into
jail should be locked behind the prisoners
when taken into the jail. This we find
has not been provided for and recommend
that this matter be given immediate at
tention. The grand jury recommends that
the members Of the next Legislature be
asked to have a bill passed authorizing
the bond issue for the erection of new
county jail.
We visited the Aims House and find all
the rooms clean with white walls. heated
by steam with bath room with hot and
cold water. The building has been kept
in clean and sanitary condition. We
found IA inmates as follows: Six white
men. white women, l child. 4 colored
men. We found stored in the basement
So quarts Of preserves. so glasses of jelly.
l04 quarts Of sausage. 1877 quarts of fruit.
l-2 barrels of apples, also pork and lard
from Is hogs. which were killed last fall.
All the farm machinery isin good condition
and under cover. We find about 40 bar
rels Of corn. S tons Of coal, about so
chickens. good poultry house. go bushels
Of potatoes. II good hogs. good horses.
cows. 1 bull S tons Of baled hay. 20 bushels
of rye. tons Of loose hay. tons of baled
straw, S hundred bundles of fodder. 80
acres Of wheat. 80 in clover. 8 acres in
rye, 20 acres plowed and 10 to pillow for corn.
We recommend that the County Police
Force be more evenly distributed over the
county SO that they will be available to
all parts.
We wish to commend the States Attorney
for the manner in which he has systema-
tized the work Of his Office and the method
Of keeping the criminal record Of persons
whose reputation is bad and heretofore
convicted Of crime. We also commend his
vieilant and faithful efforts in bringing to
Juice violators Of the law. We wish to
express our thanks for his assistance in
examining the witnesses and the dispatch
with which the grand jury has been able
to transact the business brought before it.
Having completed all business and in
vestieated all matters coming to our at
tention, we ask to be discharged.
WILLIAM H. WAKEFIELD,
Foreman.