Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-11-15
JUDGE PENNEY.
Some of the Facts About the Attempt For His Removal-A Hard Working
 and Capable OnieiaI.
TOMBSTONE, Arizona,


 TOMBSTONE, Arizona, Nov. 12, 1881.
 EDITOR CITIZEN: The District Court or this county has been Tn session for a week, and business in and about the court house has been very lively. Judge Piansy is tireless worker and sessions of court from 9 o'clock in the morning until , o'clock in the afternoon, with an occasional evening session thrown in, tend to make 1t interesting for the clerks while attorneys are kept active in tine management of their cases through the rapid course of justice. The adags Justice Is slow but sure," scarcely sp- plies to the Cochise county court; it should read Justice IS swift and sure."
 The pc pie of the county are in- debted to Jadge Pinney for the un- weaiied efforts which he has made to bring long pending controversies to issue and the energy with which he has settled matters of litigation that have been brought before him. At the tune Judge Pinney first came to Tombstone there were 400 cases on the calendar most of which was old mat CT that had been accumulatIng through the nesli- gence and delay of attorneys aud the previous presiding judges, yet after great labor this large docket contain ing many important civl cases and much criminal matter was duly cleaned up so that the calendar for the present term contains but little that Is not of recent date. and It may be safely as- serted that before an adjournment is had, the entire business will have been finished, and that thoroughly and we'll.
 The people of Cochise county and the attorneys at the bar, with an exception Of perhaps two, are DOt only satisfied, but greatly pleased with the admInlsIrs- ton of justice by under Judge Pinney. The large" petition for hls removal, of which something has been heard, and which was Durdened with a long list of names to the number of three, originated with the gentlemen of tOwnsite fame in this city and IL Is fair to presume that those gentlemen feel themselves aggrieyed because the decisions of the court have been adverse to their interests; they have found out that the judgments of the court cannot be bought, and they therefore trump up groundless charges and ask for the judges removal The grounds for removal, as alleged in tue petition, ars that the business of the term was not finished and that the mln- utes of the court were not read. The readers of the CITIZEN should under stand that both assertions are without foundation; the business of the term Tn question was completed, and the court rllered to sit longer If any business was presented; the court also expressed its willingness to have the minutes read If counsel desired, and on both these occa- sions the attorney who Is now most act i've in bringing about this removal was present in court and did not request the court to sit longer, neither did he ask for the reading of the minutes, which were read according to law.
 It should, however, be distinctly un- derstOOi that the court is fearless m the discharge of its duties; that law and justice are tho only motives that act1ate the iudicial mind, and that Judge Pin ne. $ rulings and decisions Will be made Tn conformity thereto.
 One O'Neil, at present connected with the Prescott Miner, Is another injured party, who loses no opportunity to make petty tLrusts at the judge, and winch may mIslead the public unless they have the facts, which are as fOllOSs: The gentl-m n aforesaid was court r, porter at Globe under Judge Porter and Judge Plnuey, upon suggestions made by the bar a; that place, refused tO re-appOint saId O'Nel Cn the ground of di>sipa- tiou. Some time after this O'Neil ap- plied to the court for permission to do whatever reporting might be Ou hand at the session of the court then being held. ONeil was employed d day and half or two days and rendered his bill for "half salary''-Sj00. The court re- piled, "Young maDl do you think am lere us a leech upon the countyg and allowed hIm S75, which the reporter refused to accept. And thus We have the cause of the Miners grievances.
 The people of thIs district and of the Territory are to be congratulated that they have such an honest, upright, energetic and fearless man upon the | bench and they may feel assured that SO far as Judge Pinney IS concerned he will see to 1t that law and order, truth and justIce prevail throughout the jurisdic- ton of his court. K.C.