Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-30

- -'~ 49, N'NN- -N' Nc|'"r
to cover al the expense of the state.
One fourth OF the amount is appropria-
ted by law ~ school purposes. This
leaves L balance for all other purposes OF
$4,000. Last year the state paid out
a. costs tor crime. St5i.j27 2~5-Ieaviug
il. accordin. 10 tint estimate. S32 ,972,-
u II pay the salaries OF It's officers. the
Judiciary. the expenses Of It's eleemosyn-
arv institutions and other necessary out
lays. In q wear or two more il the
thing goes on - II Us il is now doing
nothing Will be left.
COST OF CRIME IN ANOTHER LIGHT
1t is a little strange that the cost OF
crime in Missouri has gone so long I'M
n~oticed.or comparatively so. We point
ont elsewhere. quite plainly. We think.
what it IL. and wc desire here To state
what. in our opinion. is one of the fla
grant causes at unnecessary costs. These
lie To a great extent in the leniencv and
carelcssneSs Of the judiciary in ~unneces-
strily granting continuaucos when trials
should be had, the defendants counsel
being oltenest the person directly ut
fault, bat the prosecuting attorneys being
quite often dere.ict in their duty. This
aud the clouds ot useless witnesses per-
mitted 10 claim attendance by unobser-
want Judges swell the aggregate OF costs
OF couvi ton tar beyond what they
should he. We appreciate the difficulty
OF remcdying this evil. but think it a
| duty to point il out. and to remind the
bench that it i its duty, in view of the
stress to which the commonwealth is
put. 10 sCrutlu ze carefully all matters
which involve the state IN costs. That
the bills are too large As compared with
the results nom wi. dispute. We know
that the Judges cannot remedy ali the
evils of criminal pract &c, nor prevent
criminal, from being protected 10y legsl
trchnica.tties when justice woul! often
demand that they should be promptly
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y 90" 'N'' u t
shall b. be ready tor trial when their
cases are called, by d~isalIowing fees to
al unnecessary witnesses. and by expe-
dIting the business 0i their courts.
We may illustrate our conclusions by
reference % Tue changes
u VENUE MI" coS's Oh 'F1a' !" 'no '0i'0"-
my c'''h'hai 'ase9'
WIN a i'en''eE was inu''!e" IN "en-
NY county ioE MURDER IN the hrst uegree'
'''eu III DeA"'o county an" a'4u''!eu'
@ '''" Vo"'e" l'o"f Ja
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CO.. al" co>' - '"e s'"'e "a @'0'
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41'',1 - 81"
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Il t''', vas ." 1891 - u III
=, ,
81 '"' ~ ''"' 80 "'s
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We MIGHT continue orr references I,
c,s.s ot this character mill a AGE n,
this paper was flied. but what further
,rnot nf ,bo u~,s;,inn ga essumad in III.
: article. snsa3.d Think
o, = red handed murderer renain,u
sevan wear, in county i,iIs awaiting
;,drm.r,-o, .ir,,r nro,.cu,ion cost
;ng 81 ooo-nf three ar four ASSASSIN.
,1.1.rri,y their trial. from form ,o farm
until tn. sca,fold il defrouded of it,
r;rb,o .nd I,w .hid;rg c;,,zsns ,ra rob
DcI OF TEt.Uyv LOT ticii cpn'lCtlOO. e
all these things have occurred and still
nccur in Missouri sanctioned nv tn,
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