Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-02-14
Our Judicial District.

State, and the Judges thereof
We intended to have said something in refer
ende to this Bill and the change it proposes, last
week, but having received two communications
from gentlemen of known talent and respectable
ity on the subject, and advancing different views,
VIC readily gave up our space to " Justice" and
az.
The Bill provides " that the Eighth Judicial
District shall be composed of the Counties of
klamath, Humboldt and new County to be ere
ated out of klamath Co. the Ninth judicial Dis
trct shall be composed Of the Counties of Shas-
ta Siskiyou and Trinity, and the Fifteenth Judi
cial District shall be composed of the Counties of
Butte, Cousi and Tehama."
1t will be seen from the first section of the Bill
above exactly what changes are intended Sec.
second of the Bill provides for the salary of the
Judges in those Districts. Sec third provides
that the Judge of the Eighth Judicial District
shall hold in each of the Counties of said Dis
trct three terms of his Court each year, COM
mcncng rs follows In the County of Humboldt
on the first Monday in the months of March, June
and September /; in the County of Klamath on
the first Monday in April, July and October, and
in the new County three terms also" Section
fourth provides that" the Judge of the Ninth Ju-
dcial District shall hold in each of the Counties
of said District three terms of his Court each
year, commencing as follows In the County of
Shasta on the third Monday in January, May and
September in the County of Siskiyou on the
first Monday in March, July and November, and
in the County of Trinity on the second Monday
in April, August and December"
We have given above all the sections of the
Bill which relates to the five or six northern C0un-
ties, and think that when its provisions are UNI
derstood by the citizens of those Counties, that
the merits of the Bill will be conceded and the nc
ccssty for the change readily perceived. All per-
sonal feelings and private preferences should be
discarded in the consideration Of the Bill 1t is
not who is a clever gentleman and popular man
with the people, or who got the majority of votes
before the people, OF any sort of consideration
of this kind
Viewing the present arrangement Of cur Judi
cial District, we cannot find solitary pretcXt to
set up in opposition to the Bill of Mr.. Burch, but
on the contrary everything in its favor. Sup
pose We look at it in political light, as cur cor
respondents thought proper to view it last week,
we cannot but be more impressed with the ncccs-
sity and Importance Of the change.
If humboldt and Trinity should continue to be
The Fifteenth Judicial District Trinity by every
principle of right would be bound to give some
competent gentleman from humboldt the nomi-
1 i l.
ed would as matter Of course, reside at Hum
boldt This then would give the people of Trim
ty much cause to complain as the people of
Humboldt have now. If on the other hand the
change is matchmaking Humboldt, Klamath
and the new County the Eighth District, every
facility will be afforded to the Judge to hold his
regular term and promptly discharge his duty
those Counties lying Immediately on the coast
and adjoining, obyiatng the risk, trouble and de-
! lay experienced by the Judge of the Fifteenth
1 District, who finds it impossible to travel from
Trinity County to Humboldt during the winter
months This is one of the reasons why the
change should be made.
Now if Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou, in accor-
dance with the provisions of the Bill be made
the Ninth District, there would be three terms in
each County, which would give ample time TO
the Judge to dispose of all the business on the
docket in each County This is another reason
f why the change should be made Trinity would
| be the center OF the District, thereby securing
f the fulfllment of terms in each County through
out the year, except in case of sickness or death
= of the Judge.
i There is no great advantage that VIC know OF
: in having the Judge reside in any particular
c County. The mere fact of the County Judge cx-
g eresing jurisdiction in the writ of haJeas corpus
!, does not argue very strong against the change
It proposed by Mr.. Burchs Bill. AS we'll might
r the people Of any other County where the Dis
n trct Judge does not reside, argue the same thing
n There can be no hardship growing out of this
c when the County Judge is possessed of intelli
/ gcncc, and competent to fill such position.
t 1t is true as " Justice" remarks that a mere
Chamber order would require trip to Shas a
e distance of 40 miles, and only considered days
c ride in any season of the year but suppose Q
Y litigant in Humboldt should require Chamber
: order at this season, lie would be compelled tC
), take sea voyage to San Francisco, where he
4 might arrive in due course of time, (r he did
S not get driven from his course by storms and ad
verse winds and happen to land first at the Sand.
G wich Isands,) then to Sacramento, then to Shas
ia and then TO Trinity. We will not pursue this
point farther, for We see instead of being an OBJ
lection to the Bill il really becomes very strong
argument in its favor.
Since the above was written the Humboldt
= Times of January 3, has come to hand aud in il
we find the following
DISTRICT CoURT-The next term of this Court
for our county is fixed by law for Monday, the
5th inst and can be adjourned from day to day
for one week without the presence of the Judge.
Judge Williams has not yet arrived, but inasmuch
as there are two murder cases on the calendar he
will no doubt be here in time to save the term.
1t is plain to see then, from all the reasons
which VIC have given above that the change con