Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-27
UTAH DIVORCE MILE
Report Of the Grand I'm
of Salt Lake.
THE LITTLE GAME or JUDGE
ELIAS SMITH.
No Wonder he Refused to
Show the Records.
DISSOLUTION OF ruE MARRIAGE
TIE MADE EAsY.
Divorces Granted In One Day from
the Application.
HOW MOTHERS WERE CAST on
THE WORLD WITHOUT
HEARING.
Some Divorces which the Mormon
MIL Ground Out.
some Divorces which the Mormon
Mill Ground Out.
lsrKciAL DIsrArca TO II Coin Hill
DAILr Naval

DALI 1hhtt NepsohioNt N~NN
mitiee appointed by tho Grand Jury to In.
spect the records Of the Probate Court Of
Salt Lake county finished their labors and
made q report TO tho Grand Jury at 2
o'clock this afternoon. The business Of
the Grand Jury having been finished. that
body appeared In court q 4 O'Clock, and
were discharged from further attendance.
The utter r~ottonness Of tho Probate Court
Of Salt Lake county has been established.
and shown M by the Investigations Of the
committee, and the reason Of tho Probate
Judge for resisting the order Of tho Dis
trict Judge for n inspection OF his re-
cords by the committee Of the Grand Jury
is apparent. The following Is tho report
OF the committee filed with the District
Court:
REPORT.
To NJ. X. Harkness. Foreman. and tho
Grand Jury Of the Third Judicial Dis
trict Court, April term. 1s77-Gentlemen:
Your committee, appointed to examine and
report upon the conduct Of affairs In the
Probate Court Of the county. leg leave TO
offer the following as the result Of their
Investigations. Your committee have con.
fined themselves more particularly In their
investigation 10 tho branch OF divorce
business As carried on In that court, aud
We would here say that IL Is beyond the
limit and power Of this committee 10 give
In detail every case 81 divorce NJ Il appears
on the records Of the court, but we believe
that tho showing Of such cases as w pre-
sent are q fair representation OF tho prac-
tice Of granting divorces In this court, and
We think will fully convince this jury that
the system Of granting divorces In said
court Is such an outrage on Justice and
law that measures should DO taken that
would at once stay such proceedings. A
an example Of the practice In said court.
we would state that from tho beginning Of
September, 1876. tn september, 1877. there
have been
rPwARD OF THREE DIVORCE
GRANTED,
And at least so per cent. Of that number
were applied for when both parties 10 the
suit were non.rcsidents Of the Territory
and beyond the Jurisdiction Of the court.
Under this practice II Is quito evident that
great injustice must be done and Q mock.
cry made Of judicial proceedings, which IL
supposed to be the most sacred truA Of
any court. We find that II Ia the general
rule OF practice In this court. whore the
parties are non.residents aud where the
complaining party prays for relief from
his or her matrimonial obligations, 10 EN-
ploy some not over.sensitiye or s~crupulous
attorney. whose name IL very seldom at
tached to the complaint. to forward the
names to tho Probate Court. where the
complaint il filed. Accompanying this
document Is an affidavit from the party
complaining, 10 tho effect that the griey.
ances alleged in the complaint are all
made In good faith, aud that no or she. a.
the case may be, intends 10 become . resi-.
dent OF Utah. but at present II 10 out OF
the power Of the applicant, n that the
last known place OF residenoe OF the de-
PENDANT Is 40 and so manning tho PLACED.
Upon the showing OF these valuable single
handed documsnls made by tho plaintin,
his honor'
'Vp"t tLi's SMITH,
Issues q summons. to 10 addressed and
mailed TO the last known place OF resi-.
dence a. sworn TO by the plaintiff. and
citing the defendant 10 appear before his
court In from twelve To sixteen days and
show cause why such relief should not be
granted a. prayed for In the complaint.
Now. tho plaintiff In this case. for In.
stance. lives In New York, which gives five
days to 30 aud five days 10 return, and
which leaves a margin Of only . fow days
for the defendant 10 consider whether he
or she shall. appear IN. the case In This