The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-10-07
Pleads Guilt, - Marx the Admission.

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In Hancock county there ere three term,
ofthe Court Of Common Pleas, snd one term
OF the Distinct Court 10 ea b year. Until
during the pest year. the terms VI the CouTi
of Common Pleas lsstsd oHiy from three to
6vc days, spd vi the District Court, from
one day to one dsy and . half. Dutins u.
past year the oapr, OF Common Pleas was IN
session, each teim. from ten days to vous
w.rKs; and the District Court, some thpss
days, more than doubling the tipes oil
eaoh over previous years, VI Hancock Cour.
ier.
Tho above is the apology offered
by tho 4 litor OF sbe Courier. for tn,
increased expenses in Hancock, and
was tbsre ever such an open confess.
loo Of Q high ofisnse, except by Il
condemned criminal, who aimed t.
secgre the lenjty Of the Court, in
mitigation ofpunishment1 Here We
have one ground Of the additional
cost TO which the comfy has been
subjected, for the past year, MI
gpardedly divul2ed. Now. let u,
see about this. The late Democrat,
Legislature, for the purpose Of find.
Ing places for hungry Office seek kers,
created fourteen new Subdivisions in
che Judicial Districts Of the state
requiring the election Of 10 many
additional Judges. They also raised
tue salaries Of Judges Of the Com.
mon Pleas Courts, from twelve hun
dred to fifteen hundred dollars year
adding to the expense Of this depart
meut in the state, to tho amount o
twepty-ope thousand dollars, for
the salaries of the Judges slone.--
81 carefully were these districts ar.
ranged, that every Judge elected.
under this system, is Democrat
But this is not sll, 30 much has
this regulation curtailed the labor Of
the Judges. that they can devote not
simply days and wseks to a term Of
Court 10 one county, but months. -
Seneca county, forms one sub. divis-
ion, and Court is in session there
nearly the year round; and in Han
cock county, instead Of o term OF
Court of from three to five days, as
the Courier states, such as WAS the
case before this law was enacted, q
year since, we have had a term Of
Court prolonged even to six weeks
Or course instead OF the county's
having to pay Jurors and the officers
Of the Court (not including the
Judges salary for their service
during less than half a month, I'll.
year round, it has now, in keeping
with Democratic economy in other
respects, to pay them for their ser
VICES, for . period Of two or three
saonths In the year. And is il not
evident that such long terms oi
Court encourage litigatiop2 A large
paount of the business, invited by
long terms Of Court, would be settled
amicsbly, hy the parties, without any
cost to themselves, and especially
wifl0pt any cost to the county, il
our Courts were not quite as access
ible. Does the large ciass Of our
citizens, who never trouble the
Courts, desire TO be taxed to crafty
slAase who wish to gain notoriery in
this wa,a II they do, they will of
course be pleased with the action oi
ihe late Democratic Legislature, by
which such expenses are vastly in,
creassd. But the people will bear
~ mind that the Democracy prom,
issd that il placed in power, the,
wonld reduce the taxes, and tile cur,
rent expenses, both state and county
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