The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-14
Memorandum Denies Inspection fGrand Jury Minutes, Permits Accused To Scan Checks Held As Evidence

passed upon separately or at least in groups, and that will now be done.
 The accused Olsen moves for permission to view the checks claimed to have been paid to him, In so far as such checks now in the possession of the states ate torney came from the records of the city of Waterbury, the mo- tion is granted.
 The accused, Fleming, Crary. Shanahan, Slavin, Minor and Johnston in their Motion for h. spection of Minutes of the Grand Jury incidentally move for per- mission to inspect the exhibits given by them respectively to the grand jury. That portion of their motion is granted.
 The accused O'Connor's Motion to View Checks, 1. e., the checks claimed to have been paid to him is granted in so far as those checks formed a part of the rec ords of the City of Waterbury. He has also moved to inspect the vouchers and checks and papers designated, Request for Reim- bursement of Petty Cash Fund" and similar documentary evidence and that motion is granted.
 The motions of Philip Coppeto and Ralph Coppeto For 1nspec- tion and Examination of Records and Etc." are granted. These accused also move for the return of bank checks, papers and docu- ments belonging to them respec- lively and those motions are de- nied. The statutory motion for disclosure and discovery applied only in civil cases and as such is not known to criminal procedure. The motions of these two defend- ants so entitled are denied.
 May See Checks
 The motions of Santalucia and Healey for permission to view the cheeks claimed to have been paid to each of them respectively are granted. Their motions for a re- turn to them respectively of the books and records taken from them are denied.
 The accused Alderman in his Application to Inspect and Ex- anime the Transcript of the Testi- mony Given Before the Grand Jury" incidentally prays permis- sion to examine "the books, papers, documents and records intro- duced before and examined by said body" That application is too vague in its reference to books and papers to be granted in gen. eral terms. Upon the application, therefore, it is ordered that he be permitted to inspect such books, papers, documents and records as are or were part of the records of the City of Waterbury and are now in the possession of the Spe- cial States Attorney.
 The motion of the accused Pie traroria to view the checks claimed to have been paid to him is granted.
 In connection with the motion of the defendant, Kingsley, Mur- ray and Meany, for an inspection of the grand jury minutes, those defendants ask permission to in- spect "a large volume of docu- ments represented by records of the City of Waterbury and of an- nual audits and reports made by the accounting firm with which these defendants are connected" Upon that motion, it is ordered that these accused may inspect such documents az the Special States Attorney hae in his pos session which are records of the City of Waterbury and the an- nual audits and reports referred to If they came from the custody of the City.
 Reasonable Notice
 Where an inspection is ordered herein, it may be made by the ac- cused upon whose application it has been ordered and by his attor- ney and by any certified public ac- countant who represents him or any of them. It shall be had at such reasonable time and place as shall be designated by the Special States Attorney and after reas- onable notice of the time and place given by the Special States Attorney to the respective attor- neys for the accused by mail. At such inspection the accused or his representatives may make copies of any of the documents or records which under this order they are entitled to inspect respectively. The inspection shall be made in the presence of a representative of the States Attorney If he de- sires to have such representa- tive present. Each accused and his representatives shall be given access to the documents and rec ords which he is entitled to in- spect under this order for such a period time as is reasonably nec- essary to permit full inspection and copying of said records and docu- ments and the whole inspection shall be subject to such further order of the Court as may be en- tered to accomplish justice or to kxiN 1f