Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-01-13

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SION VINO have taken two or three years to re-
wise TINS book, were gentlemen nj Ter any
business IN NE except 10 revise the coue oi
laws IL IS luli OF errors from oeSihnihe
" enu' anu hnaiy this great error VI repeaiius
chaP.er TWO hunoreo ana sixteen Is louuu
OUT out by some .hocus pocos on the part
Va one OF 'nose oo o,c seeing LUIS
W, Sn"P vas po"SN az Nv
S,.,",a 20 $os 81 or s~a ~ ~, Va" 80, oonv
s,,..'oS =. -, o.aI ~; - So RI
suppoJ 's W ~ :. a'c ms S iious, r.,,
tho ' oana,.I ranooI;nI 90, w. ,,aa,i"n'a no
r;ob, ~ tha Cpmm;ss;onars i, I,,.,;n,, IN rha,
he sa;d ras M, law and th., ,l re ,ha TnS.
isIatnre has solemnlv nronounrca had hecn
repealed 40 he well knew
He said that Judge Goddard came down.
mot be;ng satisfied with what ;nr;sd;ct;on the
court had. and he or somebodv else clog
rolled and got the jurisdiction of capital
cases. He was opposed TO this court having
the jurisdiction of capital cases. He protest.
ed against the re- enactment of this very chap
ter, giving that court power to try a man tor
his life. lie had it from good authority that
Judge Lane does not want any such response
bility. There is a man in Portland Jail in
dicted for manslaughter, but that court has
no more power than the Vigilance Committee
of California had in its early days, and this
Legislature has no more right to confirm the
doings of that court which has been run a
whole wear without anv criminal jurisdiction,
than the Legislature of California would have
to confirm the doinps of a Vigilance Com
mittee. For himself he was unwilling to
trust mans life in the hands of this court;
he Thought il unsafe. He did not wish to re-
feet upon these Superior Court Judges, but
he did saw that we have second rate country
anv ono that has been in il vet
Mr. ray renlied to Mr.. Carleton. He
thounht ,hot gan,Iem,nwas tho onIv ono who
wonid saw tba, the ar, comforting civil mower
IN the Snnerior Court had been renealed and
40 he would devote no time to that noin,
No bod assurance tho, tho rrosen, h;iI wos
drawn nv ono of the Snnreme Jndoes and has
tho sanction of the HIGHEST legal authority of
tho State I, rcn6rms mon tho Spnerior Corrt
;ur;sd;c,;on or;y;nallv confarrea unon them
bv chan,ar oI6 of ,ha Laws of1ses and leo
| males valid tho do;ngs of tho, Court hereto
&C 10 aara from, h;1h an,hor;,y ,ha AZ
n;,;or Of an er oost f,c,o law and cor,endad
,hat his hi d;d not como nnaar Tho, baad
| TL;a h;n doos rot doo,,ro o,,- an, non,,,;.,oa
| hotnro ,h;s .;,,a ,rb;nh ,r,e NO. = or;,,o III
| comn,;ttsd crime II docs nor nroscr;ho a
| ,.aa,or ,r,;shnan, Co.. or;no;n g., :,
eroso,;has w. nnn; shmon, ,rhn,arn. !. =
pora,, ~ r mI .ai;a ,ha de- IS ~
wh;ch hos hesn s;,,;nr .s a cr;,,;n,I conr,
wh;oh ava,v hody hol;ayod - no iaaaI ~ d.
.ouy ~ o az ga =. Al ui'-
5,snaS h., $3.50 ~ ~ nn;sI'.,.,
n.oso.;hod "a Ill H. 60. hos 49, A.. :,
r ~. !. has hean san,snnina n,en conv Go
of ,haso crimes rho Snner;or Cow, IL nov
o;,,;n ~ ~, sho,I, -, on"n oos ~ LIZ,
and e t. found 70 ha ;n,,ronor ono.hor hi
| 49, ~ ;n,roanood - rond.1 ,.toa ~, ahnii
| have moro time for discnss;on
| M C,pIrrox ranIied IN NJ Raw
| M Wusox of Thom.ston ,houabt tho
oues,;nn was one of more maonitn3e Than
,r;Il nrohahlv como befor, ne tin, w;n,ar T.
| l. M mora or lass than crea,;no a nal
| court with nowers il had nrior 10 tho ranaal ~
Esh ,st ls-l Ha ,hongbt i, of snfsc;an,
| ;mnortance to he referred to the Judiriarv
| Comm,tee This was one of the results hs
foresaw last winter whom tho House stood nm
and nrotested to a man AGAINST a code of law
| heinz pnt into force some six ron,bs haforo
| thev were nrinted. twas one ofthose nnhaar,l
| of oc,s whirh ras, d;saroce m Tho Sona,a ,ho
,r.s ia oaars of nn,,;no ,han, in &C. Lof
tho naonle could soc them and ON. If tbs
| momhars Of that Sanot. wos ro Ioss tb,n tho
| Jud,o,ba.is bold;ng ,bis conr,now He sawro
| d;f;onl,v in hi. matter for tho CONT could
| od;orrn mil lila mattel oon h., sor,roi,,
| at 10 fhat ha
committed to the Judiciary Comm;t,ee
NJ FrsspxnrS trps,od tb.t Tho ,ro,;or
would no, nrav,;l II has bean stated horo
T ,ho. uo bora M lou in C,mhor,,nd oomn,,,
| ed ,hot cor rrn;sb a cr;u,iroi Ic,ha, -.
the case Il ia verv ;mnortant that wa should
nass hi. hin ot o,ce Ua honod tho n,n,;nn
would he tabled
| Mr.. HrMpHRry explained how chan pig han.
pened to be left out-that it was passed bv
the House. but in engrossino was nv acr;den,
| left ont. When il came to the House aga;n
IL was rolled nm, and was mot seen and con-.
seouentlv il was nassea with the words .schan
| olf" Ieft ont Under the circumstances he
thouobt tina, the matter would address ;tsaIf,o
the good sense of every nerson. thar the
( thing would be nut back a. soon a, noss;ble
II was no uncommon thing for the Iaoisla.
ture to lepalize the do;nys of .Inst;ces of tho
Peace. and he boned that this Hill would mass
Mr.. PrRRY of Oxford. agreed with the oen.
tleman from Thomaston. 7Mr. Wilson 1ba,
this is an important measure. and we sbonld