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CRIME ON DECREASE HERE»er jlV€* |of 1jr-REPORTS THEGRAND JURYSeven Indictments Returned By liody Fridayoo\ j Three Are For Felonies and Four Misdemean-ors—Aigi lance of Local Officers Keeping '*'i Down Violations—E. L. Peters is Foreman.n*on,ur-faith fulnesstedgrand jui of distriGrand jury of the Brazos county district court with E, t\ af Peters as foreman, made its report Friday. Crime is on the deer. crease in Bryan and Brazos county due to th» “vigilance of thera ...injr fore served on jetit juries.’* The condition of the jail was ar«* found sanitary. Seven indictments were returned. Two of them erv inhr» nHfrinf negro, charged with aggravated a.--ault andnegro, charged with criminal assault. Thesedefendents are in Jail. Other defendants indicted are not under erp arrest, according to County Attorney ,J. G. Minkert Saturday. The0]s | uua iai i cjmi imiimcu hi .i ult;lp;r was as follows: “Report lt;291 court. 1922. We the grand jury duly impanelled at the May Sh term of the district court for Brazos county, Texas, respectfully ade submit the following report: We have been in session for three irw days and have carefully investigated all violations of the lawslt5 that have come to our knowledge have returned seven indirt-n' ments; three of which are felonies and four are misdemeanors. (°P3 Have inspected the jail and iind same in a sanitary condition. arp We find that there are very few violations of the law, and that any in Brazos county, crime is on the decrease. We attribute this ! o- • condition to the vigilance of the officers and the fathfullness nee I of the citizens who have heretofore served on petit juries. We ir»e 1 commend the sheriff and his bailiffs for their faithulnesg in exe-335 process and the witnesses »u.m■« »ur promptness in responding. (Signed) E. U. PETERS,a foreman of the grandmty 0
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Bryan Daily Eagle
Bryan, Texas, US
Sat, May 13, 1922
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