Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-16

The state; but that cat tho organization
Of the county 10 1885 the board Of
supervision acted 10 the dual capacity
OF judge aud jury, hni assisted ny sew.
otal magistrates they jispeu5el what
over Justice there was 20 be- hal 10
those unyt, ihr manner IN which they
ran things was very interesting end
can 10 econ In Tie nrsi record u Pot'a-
wallamie county now 90 tbs nuiit3ps
unico" The institution Of O diiIrlc,
rJuIt Is ,hou tsU.untoJ aa follows
In 1-5t tho sixth judicial district Of
| Iowa wHa FORMED In southwestern Iowa.
] p0uANatHuIo cUuu " was uy far sue
! most important pirl OF the now lisUigg
/ aud court wa IupueI Iu l,au0syIlll May
I %. l-ll Jamlt Sloan was UID1.ud lut4U
| ami took bis scat on tina. day. Tho Other
] 'uuelIonuuBs uI tue r1ur. WCfI Al9x.
! Molilo thUrW and Evan ~. Greene
ciors. Previous 90 Judge slUan's oIeva.
/ iiuu 100 Tho bench loo bad served .ur three
wears as county cIufk. iIs made Au
! excellent record iu tho la.tUr office
aud had an yasy thing N ltut Che hfst
/ election Tor district Judge hold iu tnc
county. Tho original formation OF the
tDuTt iurm Nu iufHrOsilIE Cuau.ur 600 thu
nfs. record knpt by Che cIufE. ltlHuJw
In possession % tho present incumbent
~ Chat uulra aud Us highly prz 4 both
o. "a work 20 technical sLNl ont h'Hiori.
cal importance. There wOra ouly four
attorneys pIACicing before tho "honor-
abIo CONT OF PottwAtam. county, a.
tuHt early day, and tho quartet oi legal
Euts hal "a monopoly uu tno fetut prt1-
Ucg WllHI they conducted ul yluuJctuu
with iuUl usher husIu0HF. They Wefc
William 81. I.uEumrtH, l.sg. tHJrgU r.
stiles, EsVy lluIuy NJ. johnson, EflY
aud uu0u Hyde, D. ~. 10 va. question
how they fhYuHd hH udmi toll, and nH
there vas 600 regularly admitted nror'
noy belonging 20 Tho now cour
be became nnUHH airy 90 whiNU
ceremony and make start George
T.. STILES, Esq. presented Wil-
lam NJ. LHCompt0. Esq, hnu uu woI0n
Doc was udmIued tu tH1 uur, LHDumpiC
l.,Q.. thUu performed iho same C7tugIuuy
Tor Mr.. stiles and tho utnor tWu tspirluE
laws nr.. IlIt not reported Boo Ihu f0U1fIH
WHO hCr th'y a. once formed o. ulr nsHp-
citation, bus tIHs ihry wore hold boz high
vs com is evident fum Che lgfupuIuuH
caro- with which Che surlv "Lsq,' lH
placed uIfHl ,irIf uaIurf whenever thrY
appear iu tu0 court records AZ or ihn
bar admission CuremuuIof had been
rumplo.uI Judge Sloan upplin I'd
william ~. LHClmpte, Ed, prosecuting
attorney, aud the court proceeded 10
business.
Tue reclrd Of cases tho frit day Of
court shows that number one on the
lisi heard was entitled "rhO Stale Of
lows vs. Ia. o. Bsebe, assault aud
bat,sry,appshlot by defendant from Tho
decision Of Jacob Mcduw, Justice "
,uu peace" In this the dsolsiou Of the
Justice was overturned, No It aho
was In the t5o5nd ease heard,
where Alphsul p. Haus bad
uesu convicted Of assault anu
battery IN Justice McGraw'd court
Mos! OF tho carg5 heard by ia ike
sloan grew OUT ,f personal ouoguutvfs
between tue wg0lly citizens " the
Uuslllng youtg vrslsru town; uEd this
general statement Of a1Aifs ny the
NoupartH will recall W old settlers
vivid memories Of scenes Ia which,
fortunately. Utah was not n participation
TO auy uToat CXteuli
when the gold excitement Of 1870 com-
monced this point became iayurito |
crossing Tor tho tile OF immigration.
From 1850 TO 1853 \ stream OF prUspeCtur.
crowded all the ferries aud tho City pro-
fuuiod th0 appearance ~ a vast ouoamp- |
m-nL 10 also brought 10 ,hn frontier |
thousands N people % mo- credit 20 any |
community, and this locality passed |
through those tragic scnns- 0ommon 10 |
al western cities just taking shape. This !
brought much business 10 tho young /
court, although Judge Lynch NAs also |
active iu those days.