The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-01-31
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EVANSVILLE, IND.
IAY MORNING ............. JANUARY 81
Our New Judge--The Smelling
Committee VIndicated.

THURSDAY MoRNING.............-.JA NUARY 81 .
Our New Judge--The Smelling ,
Committee " VImdtcated.
With great deal of trouble and by the
hardest persuasion the people of this Com
mon Pleas District were induced to elect
John Pitcher Judge. AS he was not Dem
ocrat, his election was accomplished only
by the unremitting exertions of his friends,
and over the opposition, strenuous and Bit
ter, of almost every one of the ringleaders
of the Democracy. There was another con-
sideration also that enlivened and strength
ened their desire to defeat him. 1t was
very much feared in some quarters that his
being upon the Bench might have the effect
of cutting off all those pickings outside
of the law, which heretofore have gone so
largely to increase the income of certain Of
ficers in other words, that be might actu-
ally reduce the pay of these officers to the
limit prescribed by law. And upon this
point the parties interested have not been
mistaken. And with reference to this, in
dependent of many other valuable consider
atoms, we congratulate this County and the
balance of the District upon their good for
tune in having obtained Mr.. Pitcher for |
their Judge.
The last term of the Court of Common
Pleas, the first that he has held, shows that,
in this County at least the day of illegal
allowances and unconscionable overcharges
has gone by for four years anyhow, God
of tho
of this Term, with those of the August
Term and the October Term of the Circuit
Court, will satisfy everybody of two
things: that there has been in the manage
ment of these Courts, large room for re-
form, and that we have at last got the right
man in the right place to bring it about.
We call the attention of the public to a few
of the items.
At the August Term of the Court of
Common Pleas, there was allowed:
To Louis Riohter, for extra declzets .....S $500
To Kahn & Britton, for horse hire........ $500
To the Sheriff. for empanneling juries........ 24.9O
To Deputy Sheriff in 5lO5
$3.50. Is
This is the cost appertaining purely to
the Clerks and Sherif's offices, and of
course does not include their regular fees.
This term of Court lasted from the 10Th
of August to the 18th of September, in
all % days, and there were upon the docket
I72 cases. At the October Term of the
Circuit Court, Judge Parrett presiding, the
cost for the same services were as follows
To Louis Richter, for extra dockets, Sc...S 40 IS
To bailiis and grand jury 1850
To Richardson 4 Britton and Britton d Kahn
for horses. SoOO
To Sheriff Tor empanneling Juries IIO5
To Deputy sheriff in Court 1900
Total. .... 1928 50
This term lasted from October 9Th to
October 31st, 1860, in all % days, and there
were on the docket 1O3 cases.
The last term of the Common Pleas
Court commenced on the 7th of January
and ended on the 10th, and there were on
the docket 267 cases, making by far The
heaviest term of the Court we have had fol
four or FIVE years. To dispose of this large
amount of business, the costs of the Sheriff
and Clerks offices were as follows:
To hailiffz .............S sc. X
p Louis Richter for extra dockes............. 20.G
and for new arrangeme of a1ministra
tors and guardians docke.s- by order of
Total .......... ....Sla6 ,