The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 56, December 2, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
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for the Grand Jury the case would be brought before the judge, and it
might take weeks for the accused man to prove his innocence. In the mean while he would have been branded by the world as a criminal. With the Grand Jury such a state of affairs is impossible. The Jury must first be convinced that the supposed crime has been committed, and then that the accused person is connected with it, before they find what is called a true bill, and allow the case to go to the courts. In the Hazleton case the Grand Jury has decided that a crime was committed by the deputies in firing on strikers, and the sheriff and his posse will have to prove that their action was justifiable, or else suffer the penalty of their crime. G.H. ROSENFELD. BOOK REVIEWS. * * * * * STORY OF ULYSSES. This book consists of a series of stories of the fortunes and misfortunes that befell Ulysses in his wanderings for ten years after |
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