Butte record., 1855-01-27
A New JUDICIAL DIsrncr.-The

| lllOuHtU1H I1STIttU Is III ldfOl VI iOi mil
the counties of Siskiyou and Trinity in
to one Judicial District, in order that
the District Court may be held six times
year in each county. 10 do this un-
der the present arrangement is impossi-
BILE, as the Judge would not be able to
visit the couuties of his district that Of
ten during the year. The necessary de-
lay coming md r the jurisdiction of the
District Court, is certainly a very great
OBSTACLE in the administration of JUS
tice-so much so in many cases, as to
deprive citizens of the enjoyment of
their just dues for months, or letting
criminals 60 unpunished for an equal
length of time, or until all evidence
against them has disappeared y The
Trinity Times thinks it is matter of
great Importance to the above men
toned counties to have more frequent
terms Of the District Court held in
tbem,'' and hopes the .'Legi. .lature will
make such altcrai ms in the Districts of
this portion of the State as will meet the
lsonablc demands Of community TIL
Times suggests that Siskiyou, Shasta and
trinity should be embraced in one dis
irict Butte, Plumas. and Colusa COM
prising another; HUMBOLDT, Klamath
aud Mendocino, constituting a third
The Times thinks thinks this arrange
ment would enable the judges to hold
SIX terms Of the Cou't in each county
per year, and would meet with the gen.
eral approval Of the different Counties
In conclusion the Times says-"W hat
ever alterations may be made in these
districts, we trust that we shall not be
deprived Of our present excellent and
efficient Judge, Wm. ?. DIinger6eld.
We want to be in the Ninth judicial
District still"
1t is certainly the duty Of the legis-
lature, so soon as they wants Of the com
munity to provid for the promp pit admin
istration Of Justice; and If it is neccs
sary in order to effect this, to form a
uew district, then let it be done. Next
to the establishment OF The n necessary
number of d ~tricts, it is important Tint
they should become permanent, in their
organic ltion. The sooner, therefore tie
proper number of Districts are estab-
lshed the better. The matter of having
any particular man for Judge, we pre-,
sumo will not sway the people Of Butte
Or Plumas coanties, but they will doubt
less be content to see The District chang
ed so as to meet the wants of the com
munity, even if they were compelt d to
lose the excellent services of Judge
Daingerfeld. We are disposed to be-
lieve, however, that should the arrange
ment suggested by the Times be adopted
by the Legislature. Butte county would
still retain the figure g. But be be that
as it may, we concnr with the Herald
and Times in recommending the forma-
ton of new district, in order that JUS
tice may be promptly administered, and
those scenes of violence, in which an
excited popul ce u>urp the jurisdiction
of our courts, be remembered only in
history.
After the legislature have arranged
the Distric's so that six terms of the
District Court may be held in es ch coun-
ty during the year, we should ike to see
them 20 a step further, and knock the
County Cont and Court Of Sessions out
of existence. Our higher Courts have
decided that the Court of sessions have
jurisdiction only in criminal cases, and
it would be much better to leave that
business to the District Court, than for
the counties to incur the expense of a
Court of Sessions, an institution which
at presenl seems to lack business. This,
together with the County Court, we
have always considered an unnecessary
expense to the different counties, and
believe that that they might without
hindrance to the administration of jus
tice, be dispensed with Create board
Of Supervisor to attend TO county af
fairs--let the slary of the Probate
Judge be the fees of his office, do away
with the G uft of Sessions and County
Court, aid our word for it, the counties
of California would soon have money
to spend in improving roads, building
bridges, SC, instead of paying interest
on oppressive debts. We should be
pleased to see these suggestions laid be-
fore the legislature.
A SENATORIAL PosIrIoN.-Marysville