The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-01
BENCH AND BAR
Plan of the Court Quarters in the
Dooly Block.
1T is A MODEL OF CONVENIENCE
This Aonth-The Commercial Record
General Notes

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record as a prosecutor this term. The
trial of criminal cases commenced on Oc-
tober and continued until October %, the
trials occupying fifteen days. During that
time forty-seven cases were disposed OF.
Twenty-one persons were tried and con-
victed, and nine pleaded guilty and were
sentenced. One trial resulted in dlsa-
greement while seven cases were dis
missed. Nearly all of the latter were old
cases that had been continued from term
to term for lack of evidence, and were
finally disposed of by dismissal. Nine
defendants were tried and acquitted, but
three of these cases came up on appeal
from Justices courts, while in the other
four verdicts of not guilty were found
under instructions Of the court.
Judge .Loofbourow is hard at work d.
costing the mass of evidence taken in the
proceeding held before him as master in
chancery to determine the purpose to
which the fund in the receivers hands
| shall be applied. 1t is not likely that he
will file his report before the latter part of
| December.
The convention of attorneys to adopt
memorial to Congress asking for the i'm
mediate appointment of two more district
judges for Utah, will be held in this city on
November Is. The committees appointed
to make the arrangements and to collect
data showing the urgent need for increas-
! ing our judiciary, are at work, and the in
dcations are that there will be large at
tendance Of lawyers from various parts Of
| the territory.
On Tuesday next the criminal business
will be taken up in Judge Zane's court, and
Fitzpatrick, charged with rape, and George
G. Whitmore, the Nephi banker, charged
with assault and battery will be tried.
| The time will then be devoted exclusively
| to civil business until December 2,
| when the trial of criminal cases will be re-
sumed.
Commissioner Norrell is getting his
affairs in shape so that he may take trip
to his old home at Jackson, Mississippi, for
the benefit of his health.
United States Commissioner Ed Pike,
of Beaver, who was formerly connected
with the press in this city, was in town
last week.
In putting up the new court room, Mr..
Dooly should not forget the reporters.
When the blind goddess removes her quar-
tiers to the magnificent Dooly building, the
reporters will expect to find suitable ac
coMmcdations for them. A large proper
tion of the business transacted there will
concern the general public quite as much
as the few persons in attendance, and the
public relies upon the press for its infOr-
nation, and it is the duty of the court to
see that proper accommodations are pro-
vided. The reporters have been wofully
handicapped in this respect in the past, but
Hl,o haff ~ thof ,,f,1
With It's usual enterprise, The HER AID
is the first to present the plans of the new
court rooms, offices of the clerk and mar
shall, and rooms of the librarian, juries and
justices in the Dooy building. The court
quarters will occupy the entire second
floor, and the arrangements viii be q
occupy the southeast corner of the build
ing, the room being 4415x22 feet. Adjoin-
ing this on the north are two rooms for the
} judges, both 2954 1889 feet. Then comes
the large courtroom at the northeast cor
= ner of the building. The clerks quarters,
facing on Second South, adioin this, the
office, exclusive of the hre-proof vaults
, ETC.. being 22x22 feet. Adjoining this ON
, the west are the marshaPs quarters con-
sisting of three offices and q cage for pris-
oners The northwest corner Of the floor
will be occupied by the United States at
torney, who will have two fine offices.
Across the broad corridor from the mar
shars Office will be a second court room,
with jury rooms, etc. To the east and
;, west are open courts furnishing plenty of
,, light and fresh air In the southwest
corner of the floor is the grand Jury room,
22x2115 feet, with two rooms ad-
joining for trial juries. The
building will soon be supplied with two
,, swift elevators and every modern conven-
u ian and imnr0Vamant If ia sai6 that tho
court quarters will be ready for occupancy
: by December Is, but court will probably
9 not be held there before January 1. The
a roof Of the building will be completed on
Tuesday night. Following is the plan OF
@ the second floor: