Word: grand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...about half of the states, it is i possible to bring a person accused a felony to trial without an indictment* by a grand jury. In the other half the states, this procedure is rarely or never employed; and those accused of felonies can be brought to trial on information †by a prosecuting attorney (as in Minnesota) or (as in Michigan) by an indictment returned by a single judge who, by a recent Michigan law is empowered to investigate an alleged crime with the authority of a grand jury...
...latest issue of the Journal of American Judicature Society, under the heading The Grand Jury -a Venerable Nuisance, contains a severe editorial criticism of the grand jury system. Quoting from an article by one Eugene Stevenson (8 Journal of Criminal Law 715), it says: "The grand jury works in secret and therefore very few intelligent critics can see enough of the operation to appreciate how rude, clumsy and inefficient it is. It is the largest most ignorant, most irresponsible ,and oftentimes most partisan tribunal known to our law, and it sits and adjudicates with closed doors...
History. The grand jury is one of the most ancient English legal institutions. It is probable that at first it not only accused but also tried public offenders. When America was settled however, it had become an informing and accusing body without whose previous action no person charged with a felony, except in certain very special cases, could be put on trial. It has always been considered a means of protecting the citizen against unfounded accusations whether "directed by the Government or prompted by partisan passion or private enmity." The effort in many communities is to have grand jury panel...
...eclipse of the sun, whereupon the President, John Rogers, and two of the Fellows, Samuel Andrew and John Cotton, wrote to Increase Matlrer, the most influential member of the board of Overseers, calling his attention to the fact that on that first Wednesday in July 'will fall a grand eclipse of the sun which was not foreseen, or at least not thought of, at the last meeting of the Corporation. . . . How obstructive the eclipse will be as to the business of the Day is very obvious. We are not superstitious about it, but reckon it very inconvenient.' They therefore begged...
...Ethel Simmons, one of Sandusky's fairest females, gave far and away the best performance of the evening. She played her part to perfection. She was always natural and at or case. Louis Leon Hall, as her father, was also very good. Bernard No tell as Chester Binney, emulated Grand Mitchell with fair success, although one always felt that he was constantly striving for effect. Perhaps the most glaring example of forced and unnatural humor was Ralph Remley, who took the part of James the butler in a ludicrous fashion. Although she had but a few lines, Miss Roberta...