The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-01

daly s0A ssieh ths progtess q RI
b aness H. urnessss are ~4ilia
esq fss h. naa BE not obliged te
b az ihetn te cgari uutl their attend
aaoe D. feqHud la large maleuiy
q cases. ths aIiuessss are bfunEbt 90
fhe oosff 10 the morning. and sent
bone every night Hardly a tgIm
passss wi,0gn, uu important cape witch
one q the g.artiss oouid bot Afford 50
10y u8der auy other arrangement II
tee county wcre conferred all the csses
uanid stand for tflsl every term Par
lee WHO lived away from the railroad
and ~, graph would BE- obliged to at
teud eaeh term with their witnesses.
aud remain until their cases we're jls-
disposed o. TIE cost 81 transporta-
ton Noaid b. largely increased, for
those Who now rely entirely upon their
Own cnnFeyancts would be obliged TO
send back their teams, aud complete
tbeir journey by rail Under the pres
eat system the clerk. sheriff, and dog
sn Or more jurymen cope 20 Manches-
ter TO dispen justice Under the sys-
I TEN proposed. the SIX thousand people
north Of the towns Of Sunderland ana
Arlington would be obliged to go south
/ to obtain justice II certainly should
not be- a very difficult question 10 de-
eide, whether II is easier for the peo-
4 pie to 60 to tue court or for the court
TO come to the people.
4 II has been claimed thai il the coun-
ty was conferred, il would do away with
the continuance Of cases. aud enable
smtors to obtain more speedy trial
I Taose Of our citizens who have been so
unfortunate rs to have cases in the
counties Of Rutland and Windham are
aware that having one county seat is
Z no; very eflicaelous remedy for the
delays Of the law II both terms Of our
4 court were held at one place instead Of
at two different places. there would be
I Just as much business to be done and
it would take full as long TO reach any
given case. Our terms geuorally last
as long as the ChIef Judge can remain,
aud AS long as Others connected with
the business can endure the in1ieton,
and whether the Court was setting at a
half shire or a FIJI shire, an adjourn
meut would come before the eud OF the
docket was reached. At every term a
portion Of the cases which stand foi
trial are continued because they cannot
be reached, and il all the cases stood
for trial at that term they would mol
be any sooner disposed Of II they
were not continued because they belong
ed to the other end, they would be con.
tinued because they could not be at.
tended to. BY having different classes
Of cases stand ior trial at alternate ses.
sions Of the court, man can attend al
the proper term with reasonable pros.
pect OF accomplishing his business
while II oil the cases stood constantly
for trial be would be obliged to attend
every term with n more remote pros
pect Of reaching his case. The rule
continuing cases for trial at the end
where the parties reside is by nc
means a necessary adjunct Of the two
shire system. 1t has only been in ex
istence in our county for few yeas
But before the rule was adopted cases
were disposed Of in the same manner
Parties almost invariably agreed Il
continue their cases for trial at theil
own end Of the county. where the,
could be attended TO much more cheap
ly and conveniently The rule merely
saved tue necessity Of making partic
u.ar agreement IN each case, and tool
away tue advantage of any person o
wealth who might be disposed to com
pei bis poorer opponent to throw ~
BIS case by forcing him TO trial at
place remote from bis Witnesses
1t is true the people of Maneheste
are interested in upholding the presen
system Our court house il au or
nament aud convenience 1t is nea
a: hand for those who are intssested il
It's business We should destitute o
common manhood il we had no prid
in preserving those Institutions which
have been Ours for hundred years
But We Of Manchester are no more in
teIested ia the matter than other town
Of the north shire II the preseu
court house is more convenient for II
than for others, the projected cour
house would not be as entirely beyon,
our reach as it would be beyond th
reach Of others II the county SHOULD
be c,utered, the condition o, the PEG
pie Of Manchester won a be quite lol
cradle when compared with the eondi
tion Of many Of their ueighbors Tn
people oi WinhAll, Peru, Landgrove
Yves, Dorset and East Rupert can az
preciate our argument Situated mneI
nearer the proposed county seat, an,