The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-04-13


AZ counties, having four jurles year, for
pay Of juslces. jurors, Court officers, eS'
,rss for sheritfs and clerks for stationary,
'ssuing and sunmoning renires, DC, e.
1851 "a, per term o, STOPS, 10, annual.
| ". Their cos, in 81 counties, with only
tro jury (and Two non jury terms, Is S2c4,-
30, each term or S56- go. annually ma
King an aggregate in lhrse 63 counties OF
s5j,l23 81 And this, ! wish It borne 10
n,nd, "a chr ty fcr the trial Of jury bust
ness. Fail tine has invariably been allow
! d 10 each county for The dispatch Of al! ITS
Probate ond Police Dstlors, and the pay OF
the Court during that time IS DOT included
IN these estimates. Under the proposed
-ysietr, this item Of eypcn-e would sull re
tnaln al these count ga continued TO pay
her r,!ice., aud 10 here'ose properly al
lowed in the.e calculations. Ii you'd,
however, be comparatively snail Usual.
~ one day each term would suGi Tor all
s3ch bOs,nass.
/ Here, then, SIX, is 555. 1892 paid an
alally in CD counties for litigation ia these
Courts VIII The people Of those counties
say the benefits conferred BY iLCsc Tribunals
10 the at.alnment of jI..ice, are common
surG!e with thIs enormous expenditure o.
their mouoI W,I laey say, there are
any u.s. (lI pu-posos accom-, iisAcd by them,
which would uot be as ~oii-Bsy better
sccomp shed by orc additional term Of the
Superior Court Il ia, sir, confidently lie.
heved, thai Mrie we'll regn'a'ed Supcnof
Courq, with tie proposed mod ficaloDs
viii dispatch all hl.a'ed causes IN nearly
every coualy 10 the ; ate. In few Of
he larger ones, two weeks. a. some Of he
,erms, may lie occasionally required and
liven. the experiment has been July
tested in several other States; and ten
counties 10 the State have some years
since dispensed With liiIcs n helf County
Courts, aud are now selilag on with only
!hc,r tao Superior Courts. lniwo Of these
counties, some hnllc Inconvenience has been
et by the change. Bot while nro terms
aIl folly answer the purposes Of nane Of
our people, threc VII be imply suiil- len'
Tor all.
The cost Of this additional term s.ll be
about as follows: II The Jury BE- paid IN er.
cry County the picstn! average per diem,
80 cents and mileage (Abou. 50 cenls ,
and be detaIaed n trying suits as many as
Eve days throughout the Safe Gu mes,
} counties 3 aud 4 days will suffice j and
Q S25 extra be ALLOW ed 10 Sae;tIs $40 to
r Clerks sl0. GO 20 the Solicitors; and $ j,
! 80 per day 10 Court ofli.els; we havt
$500 80 10 esch County, or $50, 136 TO-
70, the whole s ate. A ID HE saerics o.
Two more Judges $500. 90 and We have
a total &C s24 G36 10. TINS is a Elo.l lib.
eia CO culallon, bul deduct the gnoun,
) from The above Sum Of S5J, 1873 30, end
, there YET remains neil saving for only GO
counties Of $50 Isl % Adj to this sun
. he incalcuable costs annually paid 10 dii.
) ereu, counties for ffis'ous End unsuccessful
!, State prosecutions il those Courts; ertrGt
D o County Solicitors, AID a.! 0.bef draws
g constantly making, directly or indirectly
0 on the frances Of every couasy, on account
: # these tF bUnal2, and our impoverished
Tex payers will know @hy it is their tal9:
d ioF County uses (apart from aay schoa
= OF Poor Tas are invariably high compared
(, 20 their high Safe burdens-lhougb tbs
Iauer supper, The y hole machinery Of Gov
r eminent Add utlher, sir, to these con
II sldefaicns, the loss Of lme, often al hs
Q uios, busy seasons, tie annoyance, tht
o Trouble aud the expenses Of every k'nd, 4
e jJfots, Justices, witnesses, parties and hi
81 people al large, 10 being dragged oct Il
n Court g tI.nes year, over and above al
" other pubic services required Of them, am
IS the bUrlhe9s Of the system become intel
'. ereh.e TO aay community.
>. Bu', sir, after ell, what are the usa(u
al ends-Ihe Substantial good accomplish,
fe by these Courts 10 the administrator Q
y. Justice Are parties ever satisfied vii
e Trials IN theml Il is, SIR, morally impo:
1e sible they should be. We not only Sc
re men, often Of the NEST ordinary understand
III lngs, without study Of single day, assunl
q. the ermine and grow al once Up 10 The lu
. statue Of learned j15is;s, bat, sir, they ar
I'd men coming from the very midst OF ,h
.. parties a, law, and are naturally mistruste
C. as imbued with oil the passions and prey
TO does Of the community, the tine, III
m Place and the occasion. Houes, an
lie capable though they be, such men, sue
CD Judges canno, inspire confidence. L.
re them do their u,most-le let them Judge Wis,
". ~. vet are counsel or clients ever impresso
NO with the conviction. that impartial llsllt
ne has been d1ne--thlt the law Of the lsr
nd has been decided, WHAT'S lar, and pi
he are the Court, that people should thus b
he leye Aud chat are the practical facts
no this view OF the subject! Appeals fro
u. their Judgments crowd the doCkets Of yo
e; higher Courts. Thousands Of suits o
nd abandoned in them FROM ability 10 appe
or from jus, dread Of further costs; b
I'VE none from a full conviction that right b
, to prevailed. No SIT They do not lnspi
me confidence. They cannot even comma
ct. proper respect. Every Court room pr
ON sents scene of" conIus on worse contour
SEES ed" Legal prowess vents itself "n