Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1911 — Amusing Incident Accredited To Grand Jury Investigation. [ARTICLE]

Amusing Incident Accredited To Grand Jury Investigation.

Things that happen in the grand jury are intended to be secret and prosecuting attorney, jurymen and witnesses are alike sworn to secrecy. A witness is not allowed to tell to any person, any question asked of him nor the answer that he returns. Sometimes, somehow, someone leaks and the following dialogue is said to have taken place in an investigation about liquor sales: Prosecutor: “Do you drink any whiskey?” Witness: “I do when I want it.” Prosecutor: “Where do you get it?” Witness: “Oh, I can get it any place, I’m a cash customer.” The answer almost broke up the meeting and it was with difllculty that the jurymen maintained the dignity that is presumed to belong to that body.