The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-11-24
Legislation Needed.

court Tor DouSlas county Wall 70 Iciu
next January. It SO happens that the
terms of court appointed by the statute
for this county, are so arranged that it
becomes necessary for the Judge of the
court to hold from one to two ad-
iourned terms every year, for the trans
action of special business, or the trial
of special causes, which are passed to
these adjourded sessions. These special
terms are attended with as much ex-
pense and as full bill Ct costs for the
taxpayers of the county to foot, as a
regular term of court, and are are of no
special advantage to any one, except
the particular persons for whose benefit
they are called. No other business is
transacted at these special sittings.
We have but two regular terms per
pear for this county. This was, per-
haps, sufficient when the law was first
passed, but now large amount of bus
mess accumulates from one term to an
other, which has to be rashed through
| by the Judge in the limited time which
he has for holding these regular terms,
or passed over to an adjourned session.
There is no opportunity for law day
for setting the trial Of cause for day
certain. A party to an action is re-
/ quired to be in attendance with his
witnesses from the first day of the term
until his cause is tried, and then per-
haps at the very last will be crowded
over to a special term, at which time he
will be compelled to 60 to all the cost
again. The expense thus entailed upon
litigants amounts to an absolute denial
of justice, and the cost to the county
much larger than it would be under
properly arranged judicial system. A
large amount of the costs to the county
IS caused by keeping numbers of wit
nesses on hand before the court, wait
ing on the finding of indictments and
the trial of criminal actions These de-
lays can all be remedied by proper leg
islative action The want of change
in this respect has long been felt, but
our county has been unfortunate in
sending persons to the legislature
whose time has been engrossed In po-
litical wire pulling, to the utter neglect
of needed local legislation.
, Portland has legal conundrum. A
man gets in debt and his creditor gets
a Judgment. The debtor gets married
and goes to work. The creditor gets
| out an execution and garnishees his
, wages. The debtor claims that his
, wages are necessary for the support OF
his family and are exempt from execu-
ton. Query. Did he get married to
{ defraud his creditor. Does it not have
that effect, and if SO, are his wages ex-
empt2 Will some of our legal lumina-
. ries solve the conundrum.
The war between Wells, Fargo 4
: Co. and the Q. r. l. n. company, and
the O. & c. railroad company, coatin-
oes Some time ago Judge Deadly
4 granted an injunction restraining the
railroad and navigation companies from
ejecting the express company from the
train and steamers, and ordered that
all the facilities heretofore enjoyed by
the express company for the transac-
tion of their business be extended te
; them until the matter is settled by the
courts. The railroad and navigation
> company now complain that the ex-
I press company is taking package,
cheaper than they carry freight, ane
d the express company complains tha
8 they have violated the order Of th
a court in refusing to take their treasur,
u box, and asks that they be punishe'
Z for contempt.