The Republican., 1927-06-09
.ERM OF THE CIRCUIT
JRT NOW in SESSION
ate Judge Albert A. DOub
ding Who Delivered Mas
Y Charge to Grand Jury

Y Charge to Grand Jury
June term of the Circuit
for Garrett county convened
v morning at ten o'clock with
e Judge Albert A. Doub pre-
several dockets are smaller
sual and indications point to
erm unless the grand jury, of
Charles A. Bender, of Grants
IS foreman, returns a larger
+ of indictments than is antic-
naps the most important to be
hit to the attention of the grand
the Mosser murder case where
iss Mabel Swami, said to be a
I'd nurse from Baltimore will be
yed with the killing of Daniel
er, the crime having been COM
d at the Mosser farm upon which
Swami was the tenant, on the
hing of May 26th. Miss Swami
retained w. R. Offutt as her at
ey. The woman is in the Oakland
and it is said that she will enter
ca of self defense.
1dge Doub's charge to the grand
was delivered Immediately after
jurors had been sworn, and was as
ows;
1tlemen of the the Grand Jury:
t might not be out of place for the
urt to congratulate you on this
lutiful morning which you have to
ne into court today.
The Court is required to charge the
and Jury by immemorial custom
at has prevailed for centuries and
so to call to your attention certain
,ecial statutes by reason of the direc-
on of the law as it exists in this
late.
You have just taken a solemn oath
} be very careful about finding in
ictments: not to present any person
Y reason of envy, hatred, malice or
Twill, and not to leave any man un-
resented by reason of affection, favor
Y goodwill, if you may have such
eeling toward any person whose
me may be brought up for your con-
deration.
The object of the charge, as under
tand, is to impress upon the Grand
ury the solemnity of their obligation.
he lives and property, and the liber-
les of many people are to be largely
determined by the action which you
axe as grand jurors. The right to
ife and the right to liberty are sacred
lights. They are inalienable rights
kept insofar as they may have been
acrifced by violating the law. 1t is
My, therefore, when men have vio-
ated the law that they have lost these
lights which are said to be inalienable,
nd that their lives or their property
an be taken away, or their liberties
" Imprisonment. So, therefore, l
want to impress upon you the impor-
ance of the oath which you have tax
n and the seriousness of the work
n which you are now about to be en-
,aged.
There are certain statutes which the
aw requires the court to call to your
.ttention, and others which it has
een customary to mention, and it is
o those that | now direct your atten-
ion. Sections and 4 of Article 27
f the Code of Public General Laws
urnish our statutes against the crime
f abortion, that secret vice which in
olives the crime of race suicide. On
ccount of its secrecy tits difficult, per-
aps, to secure evidence, and yet the
aw regards it as of such grave
haracter as to impose upon the court
he special duty of calling it to the
ttention of the grand jury at every
ession of this court during jury
erms.
Section 70 of article q provides
hat the clerk of this court, the reg
ster of wills, tax collectors, sheriffs
md notary publics must pay over the
money of the state or of the county
vt stated intervals, and makes it a
rhine for them to fail to turn over
uch funds to the state or to the
ounty at the intervals fixed by law.
(ou are therefore requested to make
IN investigation as to whether this
tatute is complied with.
/ deem it especially important to
all your attention to section 81 of
lrticle 27, referring to the crime of
lesertion of wife or of children. 1t
seems at this time that the marital
obligation in many sections is not
reated with that gravity that it re-
.eived in former times; that men and
women enter into the marriage obli-
cation without fully understanding or
appreciating the gravity of that re-
alton and the responsibilities which
hey are assuming; the obligation to
he children they bring into the world,
he obligation of the husband to the
life and of the wife to the husband !;
nd as result there are many aban-
loned wives in almost every COM
children deserted by their
father or mother, and many of them
eft to the care. and custody of the
state or of the county. | ask you,
to give your discriminating
attention to any such cases as may be
,alled to your attention. Sometimes
wives come before the grand jury and
Try to indict a husband when the
separation is due to the conduct of the
wife herself. Therefore you will
have to examine these cases with
care.
1t might not be improper for me to
call attention to the statute which
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