The Durant news., 1939-04-20
Grand Jury Makes
Report To Judge
Thirteen True Bills
Returned To Open
Court By Group

The Grand Jury for the April Term
of Circuit Court has submitted the
following report to Judge S. F. Da
Wis:
To the Honorable s. +. Davis, Judge
of the Fourth Circuit Court District
of Mississippi
We, your Grand Jury empanelled
at the regular April 1889 Term OF
Circuit Court of Holmes County, Ms
sissippi, respectfully beg leave to
submit this, our report of the acts
and proceedings had and done before
and by our said body:
, We have been in session two(2
days, and during said time have ex-
amined 3S witnesses, and from our
examinations have found No Bills;
| Referred 2 cases to the proper JUS
tice of the Peace Courts; and have
found and now return into open court
13 True Bills, which we herewith sub
NIT TO Your Honor.
In making the various inspections
enjoined upon us so to make by Your
Honor. we found the State Farm at
Belmont to be in good, sanitary con-
dition, much progress being made IN
The farming there, sufficient, good
| and substantial food being served the
prisoners at said plant, adequate bed
ding fcilities present, and an abun-
dance of feedstuffs evident. We re-
commend that said farm be Furnished ID
a cook stove, however, as the present
one is totally inadequate and broken
down for the purposes to be served
We found most of the prisoners to
be absent from the camp as they are
being used on the various levees to
aid in checking the unusually high
waters that are now prevalent In
the Delta area.
The County Farm and Poor House
we examined and made inspection
thereof, and ascertained that the gen
eral sanitation thereat was gooi
that proper and sufficient food was
being served both the inmates anc
prisoners, that the institutions had 9
large and fine garden, and that 6
goodly number of hogs were on hand
and that there already existed {
smokehouse full of meat. No com
plants were registered with our body
: by either prisoners or inmates. W.
n,ge that more bed clothing he fur
nished this plant, as the need II
evident and almost acute. We re
spectfully recommend to Your Hono
| off h
can be sentenced to either the pen
itentiary Or to the county farm b'
sent to the county farm, If consis
tent with the characer of the cas'
and punishment deserved, as NOR,
:, labor is needed at said institution.
The County Records our committee
found to be neatly and, as far al
they could ascertain, correctly ant
properly kept and maintained. Th'
County Jail ait Lexington we fount
I. to be in clean and sanitary order
and was being maintained in excel
lent condition by Mr.. Ellis, the She
riff. and Mr.. Ellison, Deputy Sheriff
and Jailer. We should like to re
commend that the Board furnish ad
ditional bed clothing, as the presen
supply is not sufficient for the pur
pose. The work of the Grand Jury
: has been greatly facilitated by tht
prior and thorough preparation o
the cases by the County Attorney
the creation of which office was, ir
our opinion, one of the best invest
ments made.
And now having reported our act:
in the premises, we beg to be dis
charged Respectfully submitted, thi
April 18, A. d.. 1899.
WI. HINDS JUMPER,
Foreman of the Grand jury