The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
Want an Additional Judge.

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Among the amendments Ito the const.-
tuition to he voted on at the election this
spring Is on authorizing the election OF
an additional Judge in the Thirtleth
Circuit. composed Of Ingham and Living
ston counties.
There Is urgent necessity for this
the fact that Ingham. being the capital
| county, has thrust upon it q very large
share OF the State litigation. Some
years ago statate wa. lpassed authoriz-
Ing the Attorney General to commence
any proceedings In chancery on the part
or behalf OF tae State In the Circuit
Court for Iugham county, without
| reference 20 the location OF the subject
matter Of the controversy. This has re-
! suited in bringing to lnghan county a
large amount Of important litigation,
ard has been great saving and great
convenience TO the State. This class of
cases and the important criminal trials
! growing out Of election frauds and de-
falcatIons of State officers have, for the
past three years, largely occupied the
attention OF the Court TO the exclusion
Of private business.
Judge Person actually held court
every working day except fourteen dur
ing the year 1894 and has been ON the
bench every working day SO far this
year. No man can long endure the
physical and mcusa! strain in
volved In such labor, and the people OF
the State should not, and we bsieve Go
not, expect it. notwithstanding this
Jealous attention to duty hr has been
unable 10 keep mp with the business Of
the circuit. The calendar for the pres
eDt March term contains twelve Grim
inal cases, one of which is the ease of
the people VS.. Lindeholn, late Depaty
Secretary of State, charged with cmb q
element OF state funds. ar important
case, the trial OF Which viii occupy
several days. There are in addition, one
hundred aud twenty-five civil cases for
trial by jury; two of these, Auditor gen.
eral vs.. Bay County and Auditor General
VS.. Wisconsin Central Railroad Company,
are important State tax cases, in which
the state seeks the recovery OF large
amount " money. The FIRST il set for
trial on the 23th instant, Gnd it is said
will oceupy not less than three aud
probably four weeks. Ii this should
prove true I'll tho time set aside fer the
important March term of court will be
the hundred and twenty-five law cases
aad the chancerv cases of whlch there
are upwards Of fifty on the calendar,
many OF them involving important pri-
vato interests that are suffering from
delay.
Steady continuous work by one Judge
fol an entire year would not dispose of
pending delayed business in Ingham
Couuty. "he business OF Livingston
County is not so large, but is equally
delayed.
bO bN"IS hao uudOGUttu Tlknb w
use the lngham Circuit Court for the
trial Of It's cases, but II IL claims aud is
given priority for It's business over pri-
yate parties, il ought TO provide judges
enough to do the business.
1t is one of the anomalies of our state
Constitution that this very simple right
canaot De given without amendment
mentS have been adopted by the people
Tor tho relief OF Wayne, Kent and Sagi-
nav Counties, ana there shonld be no
hesitation absnt voting for this. All
classe, OF citizens in the locality affected
aud where these facts are known, appeal
to the voters for this relief.