The Nevada journal., 1859-01-28
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ION of his District, and as last hope,
are iinportuning the Governor to refuse
lis assent to the bill. The Union, par
ticularly, is down upon the measure, and
as pcr,inacious as if the salary Of the
Judge was to come out of its own pock-
ct 1t comes with bad grace from the
self constituted organ of county that
is a single district of itself And we
venture to affirm that there is more
legal business in Nevada county than
there is in Sacramento county, aside
from the Supreme Court. We have all
the complex questions concerning min
ing and ditch rights, that sometimes take
several days in succession to dispose Of
besides those ordinary questions of com
lnercial law which are the principal is
sues in such counties as Sacramento
The last Legislature heaped additional
business on the mining counties by re-
quiring nearly all suits to De prosecuted
in the counties where the defendant re-
sides, SO that mass of suits involving
commercial Jaw principles, formerly
tried in Sacramento or San Francisco
arc now crowding the docket of
our District Court. Again Nevada
county, owing to its extensive opera
tions III quartz mining. where multitude
of perplcxing disputes arise, and in pla-
Ger digginss, and extensive improve
mcnts in the way Of water bitches, in
volYing questions of priority and appro
ton. to consume the time of its Courts,
orwork vast injury if not speedily dis
posed Of. Iii said that Judge Creaner
ef the 9th District does not wish his
district divided, though he has one hun
dred ard fifty cases on his docket, in
Tuoiumne county alone. No more potent
argument for division of his district
could lie stated than this vast accumula-
ton OF business. The interest of the
community must suffer from the delays
occurring to get a case 10 trial with such
mass Of cases having precedence. Let
any Sacramento lawyer say whether he
would relish 5eing,compelled to wait four
months 20 get justice for his client-for
no Judge can dispose of that mass of
cases in less time no matter how steady
his application. When it is remembered
that the terms Of court are intermittent,
the difficulty is increased. Many cases
viii not bear delay. A judgment in
many suits is worthless unless speedily
had. suits of ejectment from mining
claims, where the defendant is in posses
son, using up the whole value of the
ground, and he an irresponsible person,
any one can see would be of little avail
70 the plaintiff, even if he recovered, if
he had to wait months for decision.
But there is more money spent by the
rcol.o every year in paying for the de,
lcn!ion Of witnesses, thar. the Judges
salary amounts to. Where the terms of
Court are as now short and intermittent,
The cases must be set near together, to
be tried at all. Parties are compelled
20 be at Court with their witnesses, and
il in the progress of the term previous
cases take longer for their trial than
was anticipated, as occurs often and ne
cessarily, the witnesses must be kept
from day to day, in great expense to
clients, who do not dare to dismiss II EN-
lest they be taken unprepared. Such
evils arc of too great magnitude to go
unremcdied. We do not want merely
cheap, but good judicial system-one
that will answer the purpose of its de
sign. and the people can better pay for
an extra Judge than be defrauded of
their rights by outrageous delays, or
double expenditure in paying for keep
ing hosts of witnesses at the county
seat waiting for an opportunity of using
them.
1t is objected that the people have
not asked for division We inquire by
what process should they ask itl Is
J every measure before the Legislature to
be rejected because it is no: bolstered up
with petitions, or lobbied through by
ex;raneous influences The represen-
tatives and senators sent to Sacramento
are supposed to know the wants of their
own people, and if, as in the case of this
bill they are united iu favor of it, that
! is evidence enough, and all that can be
given lesitimately. Of the wishes Of the
people.
a PEEsoNAL.-Our office was honored
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