, 1873-02-13
expenses Of tho Bovoral Courts, OIL
the :, basis named, would be about
as followa: For tho Circuit Court, 10000; for


as foows For ' %o Circuit t0a ooar sSooo e. GDfs }or
tho Superior Court, $4,000; for tho Criminal
Court, e25oo, ,natng an aggregate Of $4,000
oetimato Is undoubtedly too Bmall, rs thoro Ia
little Doubt TINT In that tino $3.50, ,010 will ho OK
pended ut tho presont rntos for that which haB
thus far cost tho county and State = compara-
bcen paid by litlgantu.
Whom tho sllorifr first vent into the country
to Look for jurynlon, that judicial doat-loelt
might bo prevented, ho found the rural gentle
selves on tic altar Of Justice without question.
It soon became unnecessary to 60 in search OF
lhom. Having onco learned tho pleasant ways
of city lifo, having once looked into tho 1nys-
torfcB Of Chicago, and troddon in by and forbid
They camo in crowds, bcsiogcd tho of}co Of tho
shorifr, and boaought lawyers aud Journalistic,
with whom chnnco had made thom acquainted,
to got them on to aomo jury; What was at first
Is rapidly becoming settled passion. Tho pro.
fonsional turyman bogina to ,dovolop himself
pleasures. It ia oad TINT Idle pcoplo
IL tho city Affect as tho e,r so i. % and don a R 5y
may bo onablod to sit on turioH and draw tho
mileage. Young mon living almost within d
stones throw Of tho tenpfo Of Justice find homes
In tho country to whlcl, they 80, Or profess to
snort. Not long ago journalist vas appealed
to to get . man jury aorvico, whom tho reporter
knew to live not 1ar from tho Court House.
The man showed check for $50 1nilcsgo,
er-in.law at a village many miles from Chicago.
Multiply this eaae by big figure, and you have
alarge and increasing aggregate. It may bo Or.
gued that, when the spring. comos, the farmer
will rctarn to hfH plow, and loayo the Courts to
money oasily llaying boon learned, tho country
hummer will supply tho place Of tho
farmer, and an ora worse than that Of
the raid aud professional itlrymnn will re-
comp Comparison @S Wh se od rp dess and tho se ends Is
Of Justice seem to bo no bettor served.
The spocial ucnira iB in itself q thing OF OWL.
It throws dangerous power into tho hnnds ct
single individual. a Judge wants . full panel
Clerk, to his Dailir or Uudor-shorfr, to procure
thom. He gives him no naulcs, he does not tell
him where to find tho mon, but only to bring
tho roaa1hEG;;a number " m into eourt M
| to the most ordinary observer. II q large
amount Of money is at stake In pending caHo
If tho lifo or personal lborty Of wealthy crimi'
mi Is involved, It only becomes necessary to ap'
the proper. manner, ind tho ends, Of Justice art
| as surely thwarted aB the caso fB called. Tit
| Bai1iH Is tho point Of friction, whore tho 1nan
cial oil must bo applied Wo cannot presume tim
AH BallluH 1fo u0HeBJt tuut Ii L0o great q IL,
| upon our crodulity. II ho can be purchased be
| decides the case in favor Of his purchaser, ant
lawyera und Judges would find It hard work tt
prevent such contamination. As ho Bunl
mona his full panol of twonty-four mon, go mus
| 20 tho case, whether it bo ono involving mono,
or life. Wo do not say that tAero has boo1
any caso Of dishonesty, thus far, but i
| throws too much power into the hands o
q, class of mon who may DO purchase
ab1o. It has not, however, been 30 mucl
the design Of this article to Bhow whore ther,
might possibly bo knavory, as to provo tho in
| convenience and tnr1inegH Of the present law
aud the expenses incurred by the Courts undo
| It. It is tho province OF others to inquire hoy
! theao objections may DO obvihtod. Tho anyint
| Of S1b0, 900 year to tho county and State In
agos," is question to bo thonght Of by ou
oitizons, and discussed and decided by thos
having authority. It is plain that wo arc havin
tho professional juryman in On aggravated form
| and tho nuieanco must speedily bo nbntod.
In regard to tho present status Of affairs,
may DO added that the County Commissioner
wiu soon send to the County Clerk 1000 NOR
names taken from tho poll-book as tho law n
quiros. Whether tho street md number will b
attached to each VIC do not know. To those til
| registration books would assist tho Board il tho
caro- to render 80 much assistance to Bailiffs wh
are no mora in love with hard work than til
Commissioners themselves. It IL probable
however, that the troubles Of the Judges nh
their officers will ueasurably continue until th
Gonernl Assembly interferes with some just IN
| adequate LEGISLATION.