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mm burlikoton, towii mi ir — i**r rmwHi lt;district court.The Perkins Women Indicted forMurder in the First Degfree.I AtjTlie Grand Jury After the (jambkr*.This morning Mrs. Perkins and berdaughter, who are charged with killing the infant of the latter, and who were indicted for murder in the first degree.were _arraigned in court aud waived the reading of the indictment and were given until Friday noon to plead.The mother has five small children athome and one infant with her and aneffort was made by Col. Culbertson, hercounsel, to permit her to go home, andthis matterjwas taken under advisement.Thev were remanded to jail and thefather was released vesterdav. as no in-•»dictment was fouud against him. They will probably' be tried next week, when Judge Casey will be here to assist Judge Phelps.The Henry county case brought alarge number of witnesses to town today, The case will occupy all the week.THE GRAND JURY.This afternoon the seven men whoconstitute the grand jury under the new law appeared in court and made the following final report:We have inquired into all cases presented before us, have found fifteen indictments and ignored six cases from committing magistrates; have examined and dismissed a number of other complaints; have listened to the testimony of ninety-nine witnesses: have visited the coun‘y jail and city prison and found them in reasonably good condition, and have concluded our labors for the present term. We also examined the docket of the police court of Burlington and found all fines accounted'for. Jons H. Murphy,Foreman.The grand jury found indictments against Bradley, Calahan, Mowl and Jonas for gambling, and tbeyr were brought into court. They will plead guilty. The local anthorities should pay some attention to the other gang of gamblers that is about town at present. They are conspicuous objects in certain streets during the day and can easily be found in their haunts at night. Suppose
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Burlington Daily Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Wed, Apr 27, 1887
Page 3
Full Page
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Karen K.
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