The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-08

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 prosecutor has in mind any specific crimes, which he thinks may have been committed I do not know. If he has I doubt not that he will tell you what they are and it will be your duty to investigate them. If he has not it will likewise be your duty to make thorough examina- ton to determine whether any crimes have been committed. AS you proceed in your investigation some ething may turn up in one line of your inquiry which will indicate that some other matter should be investigated. If so 1t is your duty to press an investigation along that oher line. In short you are the sole judges as to what your Investigation should go into. It is a great re- sponsibi,ity which you have. You have available for your assistance and use all of the resources which are reasonably necessary. It is your duty to use them SO far as they are reasonably necessary. It is your duty to go as far as is necessary to detect any crimes If such have been committed. On the other hand you should not incur needless ex- pense and if you at any time after a careful investigation should be- come satisfied that further investi- gation would be fruitless you, of course should stop.
 Probable Ground
 One other thing you should also bear in mind all through your in- vestigation and that is the purpose of 1t. The purpose of it is not to determine definitely that some crime has been committed and that some person is guilty of crime. It is rather to unearth all of the avail able evidence and then to say whether on the strength of that evil dence there is probable ground for accusing someone of the commits sion of a crime. In other words your function is quite different from that of 8 petit jury which is try ing a case in court. It is for a petit jury to say whether an &C., cused person is actually guilty of a crime. All you have to do is to ascertain what evidence is available to the state in case of prosecution and then decide whether that evi- dence creates enough of belief that some person has committed a crime so that he ought to be put to trial for that crime. You do not determine that any person Is guilty of a crime. You simply pass upon the question as to whether there is enough probable ground to suspect that he has committed a crime SO that he ought to be put to trial on the charge.
 Explains Oath
 In the oath which you took few moments ago there is one phrase which needs some elaboration and explanation. That phrase reads as follows: "the secrets of the cause, your own and your fellows. you will duly observe and keep" That is you are now sworn to secrecy con- corning what may transpire in your sessions. To what extent that ob- ligation binds you will be more clear possibly if you understand the rea- son why the law imposes that secrecy upon you. The reasons are three-fold. In the first place such secrecy is required for your own protection. That is, each member of the grand jury should be in posi- ton where he can feel free to do his duty without fear of conse- quences to himself. It is, therefore, for the protection of each one of you that all of the others are bound to keep secret everything you have said or done in connection with the performance of your duties. Each one of you should be able to perform your duty with the assurance that nothing which you as an individual member of the grand jury may say or do in that connection is ever going to be disclosed to the outsiie world. That end is accomplished by 
 Secrecy Exacted
 In the second place such secrecy is exacted from all of you for the welfare of the public and for the sake of an effective administration of justice. If for instance you were planning to return a present. ment charging some one with crime and before you actually made the presentment 1t became known out side of your number that such a presentment was being contem- plated, there is always the danger that the accused would flee the jurisdiction. Or again, if some per- son against whom you instituted a prosecution could obtain informa- tion as to just what evidence the prosecution had against him by discovering what the evidence was which had appeared in your inves- tigation that would put him in a position where he might be able to manufacture false evidence to meet and overcome the states evidence. You can see, therefore, that 1t is necessary for the effective admin iStration of justice that you keep secret whatever transpires in your proceedings.
 Protection
 In the third place, secrecy as to your proceedings is demanded for the protection of the regulations of innocent persons. The hearings be-