The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-05-07

49, tanned IN the first interr9gatory above. III
: statement has been asserted directly
the Free Press, as we'll as in the interro
atory from above; and any one who h
one spark of confden &c in the sincerity
. the Free Press in anything, must suppos
from his reiterated assertions, that he
least beleUies the statement to be true.
IA Well, suppose it is true. Suppose tn;
II the criminal expenses of the county hay
" been larger for the last two years than 70
any two years preceding. Would this
: OF itself, prove that the money bad beer
squandercd, or that there had been an,
mal-administration of affairs Certainl,
not. The population of the county ha.
been rapidly increasing; capital has been
flowing in; the real estate has been i'm.
proved; and business has been increas.
ing; and 1T is but natural to suppose that
the county expenses, in criminal as well
as IN other matters, should somewhat in.
crease with the increase of business and
population. At least such is usually the
case. An illustration may be found in
the expenses Of the General Government
which are now about ten fold what they
were under the administrations of Adams
and jackson, and previously. Every can.
did man will say at once, that this charge
y true, proves nothing to sustain the
charg. Of mal-administration.
But it is added, that for all the cxnenso
there has not been single conriction "
Well what does this prove towards sus-
tanning the charge of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and squandering the peoples money p
Suppose trial is had and the defendant
is acquitted. Is it to be presumed in
every such case that the prosecution and
trial Of the individual was all injustifaJhp
and that the officials concerned in il are
TO be held accountable for the entire OK
pense, without regard to any other CON
'ideration? 1t would seem that such i I
he opinion Of the Free Press. On tbe
contrary, it is well known that there arc l
numerous instances in which the public
GOD requires, and the public sentiment
e"'a"ds prosecution and trial, and vet d
mere, without any fault of the prosecu.
ing officers, it proves impossible to con- st
let the accused. 1t is probable that not P
nc halt OF tho really guilty individuals -,
no are brought to trial in our courts Of y =,
lstlco are convicted; but that man wo'd .
9 @o"9M fool, by intelligent people, W e'
nc should presume on this account that "
he prosecuting officers were guilty of %
administration: If there has been No %
"c'cE'o" in the Circuit Cont for the y
70 years next preceding the last session - :,
the Board of Supervisors, there has a. :,
zen trial which, from the number Of -, ~
illnesses, has been peculiarly expensive. -,
ID yet the defendant was not convicted w
- ,r;..a Oo"' ic'eu' bu
ne witness fees on that single trial, pqid ~,
TIC de0entare Of the court, was over
o h"nared dollars. And will the Edit -
OF the free Press undertake to assert
at there was no good ground for bring. -,
the respondent to trial, and that the -.
Icers are to be held amenable for all that =
! Of expense? '''
Again there was another case prosccu- so,,
which was ready for trial at the Last -.
ptembcr Term, in which the defendant ,Lo
ed to appear and forfeited his bail ,,or
the bail has been sued and judgment cor
three hundred dollars in favor Of tho g
ntyj and, if the bail, accepted by d;o,
en'ocTat'e judge, is good for anything it ONT
be collected ~
there was also another case ready for 90.
at the September Term which was ~.
tinued on the application of the de- sbo,
dant, who has since forfeited his rocop. hill.
'nce of three hundred dollars which !
"l'o pc coiiecteN, unless some flaw can vol .
ound in the recognizancc taken by met.
ocratjc Commissioner. -.
nd there is yet another case, in which booo
h of the expense incurred was during soo.i
two years mentioned, but which was inc
lnued from time to time on tho appli- ~ -
m OF the defendant, in which the de. tbor
ant was convicted at the last term Of mo-.
court. In that case--'The People, VS. the .
l0--the prosecution have been ready to IS
their witness, we believe not less than orr :
times previous to the last term, and sessi,
ch time the case has been deferred III
out the fault of the prosecution WAY
IN consequence Of the failure of ,don,