Grand juries are merely representatives or agents of the people. As they sit in court they are exercising some of the highest and most important duties exercised by men. Grand jurors and petit jurors hold in their hands the liberty of their fellowmen.
It is these great truths I wish to impress upon you. I want you to have the knowledge, but more than this, I want you to have the spirit, the spirit of confidence in your government, and the spirit of gratitude that you live in America where the people rule, where the people not only make the law, but enforce it.
ELEMENTARY QUESTIONS
1. In the olden days how could a strong man abuse one suspected of stealing?
2. What would he be compelled to do to-day?
3. Why are the guaranties regarding trials important to you?
4. Who may accuse or charge a person with a crime?
5. Is a person charged with a crime necessarily guilty?
6. What is a grand jury? What is its purpose?
7. How are members of a grand jury servants of the people?