The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-25
THE TAX PAYERS BURDEN.
what Judge Beall's 1ncOmpc.
tcncy Costs the People or
tho Tenth District.

reversed ten Of them, on account of
errors committed by Judge Beall on the
trial OF The cases. The Adams County
Democrat seems tn doubt the truthful
ness Of this statement, and last veek's
issue Of the Democrat contained the
following editorial;
"CosT " LITIGATION.
The Rcd Cloud CHEF, n republican
paper published Mt the home Of Hon,
James McNeny, makes some very start
linz disclosures In last weeks issue.
The Democrat hopes that the campaign
will be conducted with due regard for
the truth, and, while we cannot dispute
The statements made by The CHIEF,
they do appear improbable. 1t says:
"rhe published decisions OF the eu.
preme court To date show that fourteen
cases from Judge Beall's court have
been decided, out of which ten have
been reversed. In other words, the
, Judge has guessed correctly just about
one third Of the time; the balance OF
the time, costs have accumulated for
tax payers to pay"
We say il seems improbable that, out
NJ fourteen Of Judge Bealls cases de.
cided, ten should be reversed by the 81
prone court. II It is untrue. il 10 a re.
Election upon Judge Beall which should
not 60 undisputed."
In order to convince the Democrat
that the statement mnde by the CHIEF
was correct. and also for the benefit Of
the tax payers and litigants OF this ju.
dicial district, we below publish a list Of
the cases and the county in which they
wore tried:
venuum vs. Huston, Webster county,
reversed.
Nebraska Loan and Trust Co. vs.
Hamer, Phelps county, reversed.
Bartell va The State, Harlan county,
reversed.
Clark vs The State, Webster county.
reversed.
Blaine vs. Poyer. Webster county, re-
versed.
Snyder We Dangler, Adams county. re-
versed.
City Of Hastings vs Hansen, Adams
county, reversed.
Bali We Wicks. Harlan county. re.
versed.
G. B. 4 @. R. r. vs. Howard. Adams
county, reversed.
City Of Hastings W Foxworthy, Rear.
ney county, reversed.
The following cases were afhrmed:
Warrick We Latts, Adams county, al.
frmed.
Ball v. Nelson. Harlan county, at
frmed.
Powers vs. Body, Adams county. al
frmed.
Peterson We Skielver, Webster county
affirmed.
We think that this ought to convince
the Democrat that our statement wal
correct.
And we wish to further state that
not only were the ten cases out o.
the fourteen reversed on account o.
Beallis errors, but the supreme cour'
says that there vas error in the fouI
that were afirmedf but not such erroN
az was sufficient to reverse the case. q
that there was error on Judge Bealli
part In every one OF the cases tried. AL
! Of these cases were reversed because o
error committed by Judge Beall upol
the trial OF the case. either in his in
~structions to the Jury or in the admissl
bility of evidence. Such q record 70
= incompetency ia unparalleled In the biz
: tory Of the judiciary.
J One hundred and twenty-eight case
y tried before Judge Besll during th
. first three years OF his term have bee
Q , appealed TO the supreme court. Out
7" this number, the supreme court hi
reached the fourteen above. II th
= cases are reversed In tho same ratio
tho fourteen above, there will b ninet,
eight cases reversed, which means a
expense to the people Of this judicii
district Of at least e9,O00-that 10. It wi
! cost this district 5000 to try tho
cases which have boon reversed an
sent back for new trials. It will tai
- from q to two days to try each mi
= these cases, at an expense to the count
!" In which the case 10 tried OF from e75
= 800 per day for the jurors and 9th
court expenses. Few people arc ava
OF the fact that the county can on
"A collect from litigants the sum Of o (
the use Of the jury for trying the Cas-
m Section % ON page 5SS. Of Wheeler
"a statutes Of Nebraska. says: There sh,
be paid by the party against whom
~ verdict is rendered, in the district coul
In q jury fee Of five dollars, to be taxed
"A the bill Of costs, and, whom collected,
Il. be paid into the county treasury.
Nv Therefore. the tax payers Of II
~ judicial district will be compsue
he on account OF Judge Bealls |
uorauos OF the law, to pay o
Az about $1,000 and receive from q
iitigants only $500. This does q
include what II will cost tho litigsnts
he try the cases, but only what the distri
ut 10 obliged to pay for jurors. etc.
a. The CaIxS thinks that, In the face
auch n rAAopd fop in~comnakapcv n. N