Litchfield enquirer., 1872-09-19
THE PROPOSED plsrRlcr COURT.

where the property of nonresident de- fendEnf attarhetl @witl1ins che District, and of all appeals from justice civil judg- ments rendered within the District. Plain tiffs residing out of the District may, at their option, sue defendants residing Nithinit tefeEe-ihis.eanEt.s The court is to hold three atesps each, in Winsted, Falls Village and New Milford, and there shall not be less than three jury terms in each year. It is not to grant divorces' naturalize foreigners, or try appeals from probate. The court is. to have one judge at salaryiof $a, 900 year, one or more clerks. .a sheriff or deputy in attendance, d and such other officers as are found neces- sary, and the rent of it's court rooms is to be paid by the towns where it is held! This act must be submitted to the people of the District on the first Monday in Oc- tober. and does not take. effect unless ap- proved by a majority of all the votes cast, and also by majorities in at least ten of the fonrteen towns within the District.
 That such 3 court as the one proposed is aeeded in order to afopd parties speedy trial of small causes cannot be fairly claimed. If cases do not reach trial be- fore our Superior Court in g reasonable time it is not owing to any press of busi- ness, but because counsel or, clients are themselves dilatory,3i The establishment of Common Pleas cotrts in counties hay ing double the population and treble. the legal business, Of Iitchfeld county be- came a necessity to expedite business.
 Here, the alleged difficulties of transit to and from the county seat occasioned the demand afor this court, and gave it it's peculiar circhit Character, The real quesT ton at issue before the people of the Dis trict, therefore, will be whether. the con venience of attendance it gives parties and witnesses is worth on a reasonable esti- mate, what it must cost the taxpayers of the District and State. In orderto enable voters to act intelligently, on this point we have obtained from the files and accounts of. the Superior Court the fol- lowing facts regarding the probable bnsi- ness and probable expense of the proposed ,s5 hlss ,l5 PRoaABLF ExfpEssEs. as5 35i5 '3 The ,d judge ss is salary is fixed at ooo
 There will probably be two i,irieso sum moned annually at, each of the, places of trial, since, if but one one vas called in. de- fendants could greatly delay trials by closing issue to the jury ,Hhe expenses of .juries in the Superior Court average about $5504 per term. lu There. being no criminal business before the District court their bRsiaess viii probably mot average over one case. per term, and we can esti- mate the expensel with considerable accu- racy: Eighteen is, the usual panel sum moned. s The expense of summoning each jury is about sfS oO They have $2,5Oaday from the time they leave home, and six cents a mile travel, each way.oaWel esti71 mate that about four f m days would be con. stunned incoming to court, trying a single ease. and and hing! The arnral lsiury jury ex-
 penses would on that estimate be as fol- 1.l5L assd asEa iiAas aIofi bais144L id5ta Ebtl Aows;uq saisig ao taiai>ib fIalbal bias .'i L5 sumoningg i g six six jnries 5 sae. .. :. :ue $eoo oo Their travel to and from court 15 miles) 194. 40 Attendance, six panels days each, ,QSO OO
 Total jury expenses. s. i.,.J .$1, ,364 40
 The officers $ qiasnally, in attendance, on the Superior Court are the sheriff one deputy, ,s a.i constable aud a messenger; Estimating the; attsndancel of deputy and messenger sufficient (with con- stable in attendance ''ocnH on "jjrtries) and that each courtsvil average week in length, we have the f4' vi s'5a s'ldiis34 3a l'35 I
 Dep Sheriff weeks, S per day yl..: 1T! s1e2oo Messenger C S250 .t!... 135OO Constable with 'aS saeh lflys days s6!O0
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 The rent of court rooms could hardly be less than S200 ,auyears smFneI and lights could not we'll cost less less than Ian $i5O per per an mum. There are also ,lconsiderable, mis- cellaneous expenses for ipriinntiing, station cry, record books, &c.l,s which m the Su-
 perior Court usually exceed by Q trife the court fees paid the clerk on account of the Statesby1 y1parties for defaults, jury and court trials. sqna 9di U saa49 ii s.iiasa-ll14 4
 Bringing all these items, together we have the following as about the least pos sible annual expenseof the new court: '.
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