The daily Butte record., 1858-04-21

meted out ordained and sanctioned by tho highest
lsH-giyer known to man preventing crime by teach
ing md showing the certainty OF retributNe justice
being meted out TO all alike Vengeance, or ths
dealing out thereof to wrongdoers. is left to, and
must be effected by, Him alone who est can and
will judge the secrets Of all hearts, and TO whom
they are certainly known.
In endeavoring to fI the nature Of the punishment
TO suit the nature OF the crime, the Lawmakers may
in some instances have erred but If they have,
that Is not In the least t. control your Deliberations
an CONCLUSIONS for, If any evil arises thereirom,
it must be corrected by the court imposing greater
or smaller fne or imprisonment, as the circumstances
OF the case may require, and the maximum and
provisions Of the law permit, or by Executive elem
ency in cases of to the State Prison or the
gaiOws. ...f.
You. gentlemen, are to 90 into your jury room
with fxei and stesdfast determination to comply
in AL things, with The requirements OF the law, and
nothing more. Ii you do this you will dvest your
| selves Of every feeling, except that which should
prompt every lover OF law and order 10 ma ntaD so
far as is in his power the dignity ofthe state and that
the interests Of society strictly guarded. He who
does less, especially ia official capacity, is treach
erous to the community in which he lives.
We should consier the respective duties deyolving
upon us, as demands which are the necessary result
at desire to institute ana perpetuate civil govern
ment to ensure civil religious and political liberty
the enjoyment of life and the pursuit Of happiness.
/ These are the grand objects of your lab0rs; and
to render them most successful Useful and satisact-
DRY, you will cndeavor, by all honorable means to
OcOnomlze, by being as speedy in the discharge OF
your uuLlcs as tne nature Thereon VIII permit. AT
the same time, sound judgment and discretion should
be exercised that you may not in your haste arrive
at improper results or in other words, find ndict-
ments or preSsntments, which. when ALL the fact.
are presented before trial jury, will not warrant
conviction of the accused
Gentlemen, the Court must caution you, vet doe
with regret that crime of almost every grade ant
character, is apparently on the increase. in this i
not in other States There to be greater por
ton OF our population. depending, ito a common
place phraSe) upon the chances, fora subsistence,
and perhaps for something more. than ever hereto
fore Vice. in Protean shapes, stalks at every point
ana Is saping the very foundations of society, whi
virtue integrity and justice weep, as 'inSackciotl
ami ashes" AMI the natural bonds which should
unite man TO man, in Supreme confidence, aud bull,
up an abiding bulvark for the natural protection .
all, ARE severed AS the FAX, which falls asunder a
, the touch OF FIRE" Almost daily see or hear o
. unprovok5i outrages being committed, thelts per
petrated unlawful and deadly weapons drawn a NJ
a, perhaps used burglaries effected white mon show
ing themselves TO be worse at heart than the India
by selling them that which is calculated TO tempo
rary destroy their reason, anl produce disa, trou
, results tc some one. white or red man property
stolen as II man knew not the important distinction
between "meum and teum.' But this is not all-ou
physical ard moral vision meets objects more seri
Gus, and which causes of deep regret.
There are many among who are ready at an
time, ON the most frivolous pretext If indeed the
wait for any, to do serious bodily injury to thei
FELLOW man. or even far to deprive them OF life
: thus sending them, probably unprepared ito tn
undiscovered country, from whose bourn' no travel
/
Again, another exists as dangaroui tn our race a
any enumerated to wit those houses whose stem
take hold on death-the places where youth an
I genius are premtturely blasted ripper years di.
i, grace our species; aud, shame to saw sometime
hoary age incurs more than the felon stain If tn
f evils arising from the existence of houses of il
lame were confined to those alone who inhabit an
who frequent them, it would be matter of regret
but alas II stops not .there--the Consequences al
- not unfrequcntly entailed upon posterity TIL
Grand JurIes of California should feel them civ,
called upon, as well the courts and officers who.
duties 1t is made by law, to that these evils ar
1 suppressed, and that speedily. Howlong ,all on
wives daughters, and sisters be afraid to be seen
the streets for fear Of beng nsulted and that to-
in consequence of evil for the suppre sion ,
, which the law abundantly provides
But we must cut short the enumeration Of crime
and evils which demand your patient labors.
time will not permit to go farther and in fac
we conceive that you well aware of all demanc
which society, humanity, and God hold against 20
in your present pc ,itiou.
Go to your room. discharge your duties accordn
to law AMI your official oaths, to the best of vo,
skili and ability, aud when you have so done yo
VIII have served your fellow citsens to their benei
and SUBTRACTION