The grand jury cannot too strongly cen-…
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A. H. Moreheadperson
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a.k.a. Morehead, Mr. Morehead
Mr. Carpenterperson
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a.k.a. Carpenter
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chunk 507 · paragraph 1977
date may possibly be in Mr. Morehead’s
desk which is locked and to which the grand
jury have been unable to find a key. We recom-
mend that when the desk is opened and any
evidence therein of the transactions herein re-
ported, be secured by the proper legal au-
thority.
The grand jury cannot too strongly cen-
sure the board of commissioners of the county
for their failure to take ordinary business pre-
cautions for the protection of the interests of
the people intrusted to them. Mr. Carpenter,
the present chairman of the board, acknowl-
edged that he signed warrants in blank after
the stubs had been filed by the clerk, and
trusted Mr. Morehead to fill out the warrants
correspondingly therewith. This, he states, he
did to close up the business of the meeting of
the board, in order that he might sooner return
to his home, and because of his implicit confi-
dence in the integrity of Mr. Morehead. He
never checked up the warrants cancelled with
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