The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-09-13
Judge Praises
Armed Forces
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outstanding achievement of our coun-
try and the other great countries of
the world in adopting the charter of
the United Nations which was form
ulated recently at San Francisco, Cal
ifornia. This was a stupendous task
and time alone will prove its etfec-
tiveness to prevent war. Let us all
hope that this great charter will be
the end of all wars and that no coun-
try in the world will again have to I'M
dergo the struggles and sacrifices of
the World War just ended.
"You have, no doubt, listened at
tentively to your foreman's oath, and
it covers fully the duties you will have
to perform. 1t is no part of your
duties to try cases or to finally de-
termine the guilt or innocence of any
person. The cases you have to consider
are cases which any of your mem
bers may bring to the attention of
the Grand Jury as citizens and those
submitted to you by the States At
torney, who will be your legal ad-
wiser and will lay before you such
cases as he has investigated and
thinks necessary to prosecute. After
you have heard and given careful at
tention and consideration to all the
evidence presented to you in any case,
if you believe it sufficient to result in
a conviction of the accused, it is your
duty to find an Indictment. If, how
ever, you think the charge is i'll
founded, frivolous, or based on NAL
ice, it is your duty to dismiss the case
"By Section % of Article 81 of the
Code, the Legislature has made it
your duty to visit the Jail and in
quire into its condition, the manner
in which it is kept, treatment of
prisoners, and make a general in
spection of the jail. 1t is also usual
for the grand jurors to inspect the
Court House and make such recon-
mendations as they may see fit for
its repair and improvement.
"By Article II, section 104, of the
Public Local Laws of Garrett coun-
ty, it is provided that the books of
the county treasurer shall be in
spccted By the Grand Jury, and it
is your duty to make as thorough an
inspection as you can of these books
and ascertain if they are carefully
kept and that the money is ac-
counted for in the books and
promptly deposited. If you prefer,
you may have this done by a com
mittee of your body consisting of
such persons as may have had ex-
perience with details of bookkeeping.
This does not mean that you should
attempt any audit of the books as
that is done by the state auditor.
Secrecy Required
st goes without saying that you
must keep secret everything concern
irg your Investigations and delibera-
tons and not even communicate the
same to members of your own family
or anyone else.
"The fact that you nave been select
ed to serve as grand jurors shows
that the Court and the people of your
community have confidence in you and
that you are men of responsibility
and affairs in this community. The
Court fully relies upon your good
judgment in performing your duties,
which you should perform as prompt
ly as possible, but should take suffi-
cient time to give the matters herein
outlined thorough investigation.
"No one has a right to talk to you
about what goes on in the Grand
Jury room about your duties in any
manner or to attempt to influence you
or intimidate you in connection with
the performance of the same. If any
one approaches you for such purpose,
it will be your duty to report the same
to the states attorney and the Court"