The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-03
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A VARIETY III subjects are presented
for the consideration Of our friends inI
our present issue We shall give pre-
cedence to the Judiciary; as, being one
Of tho mist important branches
Of our government, II should hare, We
think, the first and closest scrutiny.
The charge Of the Chief Justice in the
First judicial District IS before us.
With the language and apparent spirit
Of il We have no particular fault to find.
Compared with what we have recently.
been accustomed to, ii Is exceedingly
fair. But 70 judge the intent We must
compare the actions with the words.
His honor, in bis charge, very properly
says that, aThe place at which the
offence il pcrpetrated determines the
venue, and not that Of tho offenders
residence. Now, the FIRST thing wc
find presented BY the Grand Jury Is an
indictments "against Mckenzie for
counterfeiting OF the guilt or IN
nocence Of this man We are not the
judges. But, 50 public have the facts
become, that We could not possibly
avoid being judges of the venue in this
case. II Mckenzie has been indicted
as principal, the offence alleged must
have been, and was, IL committed at
oil, committed ii the Third Judicial
District. II IS true the Judge, rather
.Craftily,in q former paragraph, alludes
TO the contamination Of the offence,
and Others acting Sin furtheranco Of
the same object in another county.
We may be snistaken, but arc under
the impression that Mckenzie was in
dicted IS principal IN this case. II
this be the fact, how can ii be argued
that he consunlmated his own offence
in . district which be had not yet visit
ed. ~ others consumnlated the affair,
they became accessories To an offence
committed By some other party, and
the venue IN their cnse must be made
to conform 10 that Of tho principal.
But II Mckenzie was tho accessory,
md upon no other grounds could they.
sS Is ann in the First judicial District,
where arc The principals and Why
we're they not arraigned? The pecu-
liar materials Of which the Court at
Nc2hi was composed might deserve a
passing comment, were il much differ
ent to what We have for q while back
been used to see. Suffice ii to say,
Camp Floyd and vicinity appear to
have furnished the usual supply Of
and camp-folloWers, for
deputy narshals, bailiifs, jurors and
And this is called for Utah
4 Court wherein to expose crime and
administer justice! TO continue the
,"administrationof justice, commenced
in that district BY Judge Cradlebaugh,
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Judge Eckels calls for the liberated
sasages Moze and Looking glass, in
order to parade them, we cannot but
presume, before the public gaze, make
expenseto tho Government in feeding
them and paying attorneys for doing
nothing, and again s.turn the sayages
loose upon US, aggravated and mad
dened.
The Territorial Legislature is charged
with interfering with the course Of jus.
tee, through not providing proper
fee.biIl. The Judiciary have charged
this upon them. But look at the facts.
Month after month have our sherifs,
after being juaicially assigned TO the.
rank Of common jailers, been burthen
ed, and our county jails filed with
parties charged with crime, at the OK
pense Of the citizens; while, instead of
attending to their duties and giving the
parties . speedy trial, our Judges
are found shout their chambers. or IN
Camp Floyd. What has been the
course Of the judges TO gain tho conf I.
dence and esteem Of the citizens, since
they came 70 Utah? They talk, 10 be
sure, from the bench, Of maintaining
the dignity Of the Court, and their de.
termination to ferret out crime. Some
Of them, too, make fine eloquent speech.