The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-17


trct Attorney. Be concerning that there W.
necessity fer convenina he grand jary araIs.
ana thus YOU are hsra Twenty -four nsu.lIs
eonsli,uts grand inry, bntnot more Than lwen. !
ty.thrse can BE lmpannsllsds for he reason, ia,
no nu,nbsf under twsIse can mske I prssen..
sment s. u
/ endeavorsd, when Ire court was II ss..l...
before, 10 eaH your attention % subject, ~,
weEs 81 impottaBce % Be infsstlea isd--,o M.
jscts which II Z unnecessary Tor me to ch.rss yo
further upon, o. upon ihs duties which YOU ], .
TO yourselves, and to the ccmnuniiy, charged I.
grand Jurors for this third judicial di,.rle,,
charged 70 bring before this court eli such ~.
Ties Is the evidence bsfose you shall ,sd;e,,.
ought to be brought toirIsl
Al that sitting Of ths court you wev. an.
cially charged 10 inquire Into criminal offenes,
committed in this district; but some psst,.,
seem 70 misunderstood the Intention 81 AZ.
court. Nothing can be further from nv intspiien
than towrest from = magistrate any II biz rrh,,.
and nothing can DO further from my intention
than 70 interfere with any Of the lover court.
So Far as We are concerned We deal win thoa.
questions that are Immediately before u. II
I ou deal with those things that have evidences.
or where there ID snfEicient 10 warrant YOU n
presenting indictments, then You do your duty.
and 50 Tar a. this court Il concerned tsi,s %
send up to Won such matters q msy come 10 ii
from other courts.
THIS court has done nothing mors In respectto
this subject, than 70 decide that Probate Court,
cannot have Jurisdiction n criminal cases in This
Territory, and this 10 a dscislon that was made
BY The other two Judges. And I repeat to You
that when you take into consideration the peace
Of The district, and such criminal matters a. may
be brought before you, and when you bring IL
bills, then yonr duties with this court are a end,
and no impntaiions can rest upon you 81 the
court atlerward
TheimPortanceo Of maintaining thepubic peace,
The importance 81 bringing offenders to justice as
we'll a. 10 punish them for their guilt. and 10 de-
Ter others from the commission Of like offences,
appeals with saffcient force, know, to every
member Of lhisgrand jury. without my sndsavor-
| ing 10 enforce 1t further. II. II
What the District Attorney may have to pre-
sent, and what you may have under oonsidera-
lion, this cout, cannot know, until II Is brought
before Il officially /.
Il u not for me to assume tbs duties Of public
prosecutor, tnt y has been reported % me that
this city has been the scsne Of murders, and that
The murderers are going abOatin independent Of law
THAT the guilty ate u lnrgo.
II will be your duty 10 institute the most Tissid
Investigation Into these cases, and 10 maintain
I,h. a,a,,if, n ,,;o, ~ IN. Ia
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.s;., yo,, no, {, ,;oo. y a -, nan,sbnant
4 hut - gn.;ltain ,h,. L.
Won, lptv : i, well know n I, 4 ,sks. i : ,Iy.
o. YOU to make 4 prssentment, aud when YOU
wish 10 make any, or 10 receive any instI uctIon,
1 You viii come into couft .s.s
ii You will meet upon yonr own adjonrnmen,S,
i and need not say anything about dispatch, for;
you ell know The necessity and imporinncs Of Il.
on can . iesfe'
comtiOok a recess III half past O'Clock, AZ
Al which time itresnned, and his honor proceed
; cd 70 read over the criminal docket.
The case Of Phelps and Spiers, who are ont
lon Iecognizance, was set for Tomorrow At 3
O'Clock, and thai Of the PeOplevs. Thomas Col
H.
burn 70 come up at II ...,. \. II IA.
The trials Of Delos Melvin GiPson, Yodes, an
I Indian, and Moses Clark. were Get for Friday.
after whieh sonrt adjourned tin tomorrow II 3
am. ,... Il. .. g5a "a:
s.s = 4.
SeEeralwitDesses in the Phelps and SpIeIs cass
not being within the process Of tho court the do
PENDANTS were admitted 10 bail ON thsir own re-
cognizance an next term Of court.
Thomas coIburn was aualgned ON q charge Of
shooting Capt. Hooper's negro Shop, and the fol-
lowing Jury impannelled 10 try ,le case. Vim.
John T.,lo, St. R;cb,,d q p.,,;, .1:
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