Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-11-15
c. K. DEANS MRMoRIAI.

ton village:
C. X. DEANS MEMORIAL
To the Poard of Supervisors or Grant f,oyn,,.
The undersigned, nearly thirty years citjze,
OF Grant county, respectfully AYERS that neithe
/ by codined Injustice in the law nor in the adj
ministration OF the law, should there be any dis
, sh o. REIMBURSEMENT whatever put upon thos
II upon themselves to make complaint to hi
legal authorities, as against the criminal conduc
OF Iawiess persons. living in their midst. Sucl
complaining persons cannot otherwise be regard
ed than as public benefactors, and as the safe
! guards OF all that is good in society. They are
therefore, entitled to the special favor OF Iii,
| State. -
What then is the present situation relative /,
this mutual obligation. II needs but ene trial 7,
such complaint by any intelligent self.resriest
ca citizen TO make II clear to him. that the sam,
VIII inevitably ensure to him a multitude Of an
noyances; serious loss of valuable time and I
| pecnniary loss which, in most cases. cannot wei
ne spared while In no case win he gain augh
IN personal benefits. He but serves to fiji oar
In legal processes; and the law looks coldly on
INDIFFERENT almost. to the nobility OF his action
ana TO the debt due him from society, for his
sa,ianees' 80 educated by experience. obser
vatlon. IL must follow as matter Of course. thai
tnere VIII then ensne a growing discomfort
touching the social and legal affairs OF his county
WITH like depreciation touching the value Of
MS nome, ana estate, which must surely tend IL
less and less jealous regard for his rights Of
person, and of property or on the other hand
10 an oyerpowering inclination TO resort to vic
, r ana unlawful means his own protection
HIS oUIs protection, alone This is the SLIDING
scale OF lawessness. II works both WAYS. By
IL the criminal classes are encouraged nv the
growth OF the license given them in the pursuit
OF crime: and by ii the better classes are edn.
Gated in the school of unlawful conduct. Thei,
road leads only downward It's terminus Is
Anarchy.
Nor Is the situation of jurors and witnesses as
1t should be. 1t has been my misfortune to nave
served in both these capacities and ever since
then my experience has taught me thar by req
son OF their meager allowances which leave them
nothing, nearly, for their time: by the lurking
and but ill-disguised suspicion of the Bar which
is made TO envelope them in the matter OF thei,
integrity, OF which their general uneasy atti
tudes, and whipped dog carriage betrays thei,
consciousness of the situation-they are worthy
or comniisseratiOn. Why should self-esteemed
and highly respectable citizens be nut upon in
compulsory service. by such beggarly allowances
AS the world measures personal worth BY the
pecuniary income one receives these beGgarly
fees complained of can but serve TO impicate
the state in the studied assignment of its best
economy, alone, is the only end desired in this
adjustment, IL is clear enough without argument
that it can more largely and Justly be secured in
other court directions. Yet, Independent Of and
far above the question of economy, there will al
ways be the greatprinciple of democratic equality
10 be indicated.
This memorial wonld never have been written
but for a personal grievance; but the same has
case OF the state VS.. L. Jacobs lately
disposed OF. The facts of this case are,
that on the LIST day of June. 1882.
was brutally assaulted on my farm by said
Jacobs, while properly demonstrating with him
and his associate Ruka, for their repeated inso-
lent and defiant trespass, he an athletic young man
OF 20, and an old man of 81. As was my right as
well as duty, i brought suit before Justice Bald
win, OF Lancaster, the District Attorney Mr..
Orr consenting to conduct the prosecution. At
my third attendance, the case was tried and the
defendant found guilty and fined 81 and
costs. Defendants counsel took an appeal and
as Jacobs was not pecuniarily responsible, Geo.
w. Parker, Of Boscobel became his bondsman ]
attended the September term of the Circuit Court
following, but defendant did not appear and the
case was continued. Notwithstanding the ex-
IRENE severity of the weather and snow blockade
attending the February term of 1888 / was there,
ready for trial. Defendant was again absent
Case continued. Then, as Mr. Orr was wholly
engrossed in the care of very important State
cases, l thought it advisable to employ Mr. Provis
special counsel; and at the late September
term, under long deferred but eminently lust
ruling OF Judge Clementson, applicable to APP
peals in all minor cases presumably taken up for
the purpose of worry, expense and delay to APP
pellee, and thus in the end to secure mol. pros.
this case was then liked for speedy trial Then
IL was that defendants counsel, in the absence
of his client. proposed to enter mp judgment and
pay costs. So the case came to an end. of record.
But, as the matter now stands am the only suf-
ferer; a sufferer by the assault and greater suf
ferer by the prosecution.
The followingis a memorandum of my losses
in this case.