Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31

state who serves as justice OF the
1900 in his county and a Legislator,
Tepresentiug his county in the last Gene
raj Assembly of North Carolina, anu my
All inform me that in that State theI9
may be. any number OF 9u d,ay b 5e' Kent in
attendance of the court Tor TWO OF lui GO
days but not one Is paid or aHoWeu o.
cent of compensation unless h' .ha
sworn and actually serves III nnt
informed whether the same RUE pre-
walls as to witnesses. but l am lhIorIilen
that in every case in which the pIisotuIGa
proves insolvent ana tue Sti.e $500 - ,,,tth
which to pay the costs, every lee dn d
everv item of cost in that case Is apaIsu
one half. If this is their system,
and / presume 1t 49,, &C. thrnyy.
inc unon the witnesses and ofhcers, WIZ
NAV have only an incidental inteIeSt n 40
The good government of the STATE, otio
half of the cost of every Plont .
which the prisoner Is lhsol'eh''
THE TWO METHODS.
In comparing the criminal expenses a Vi
| the two States 1t is important W ,.oti,,e
Stotes in the payment OF these costs;
| Tn Virginia every facility Is aIoluSu
| ,gitnesses Jurors. and other ofhcer5 III
the collection of their fees; they hare
| 0F The court and present 1t to the Ireas-
( Irer. and they are paid. In North S So
/ lima II Is entirely different. III tne So
collects the costs from the prlsole,,
/ r. navs fun fees therefore the STATE IN
! ,iaTtSlxes TO collect the cDSts OF the
| prisoners before it will pay any Sosts'
| If the prisoner Is apparently llsoNen.'
| the state will not pay even nan ices , un.
ill it has taken time 10 w aii9 U roiins
| the costs A gentleman of North Carohna
| told me ne had been trying Tor three vi
foiIr wears TO collect fees Que
| some of his neighbors, but t,e
state refused to pay them Wa anIiasete a
| from the prisoner. BY this plan, douDtI
! less in many cases people are deferred
| from claiming their iees, ana III many
| others the State avoids the payment Oh
After obtaining this information know
ing the amount Of Virginia's crunlhdl en-
! nenses and the amount OF costs cohcSteul
| ! made a mental calculation, ana sd" AZ
| once that should we adopt the same piah
| il would not reduce our expenses as lom
| as North Cardinals, ana askeu no" "ao
II accomplished, and was tcld thdt niauy
! criminal cases would arise n Will ia
nrisnner should be sent on 10 court anu
| furnished. but a justice would nave tne
| accused arrested and release MN, pio-
| vided ne and his friends would raise tue
| money and pay me H., .to ,udoe
| My informant said that When me Juusss
| and solicitor, who generally llyed our OF
80 conntv comes around to hold court
and heard Of such measures, they WOui y,
| call up the justice and denouhee nm ~
| the most abusive terms; Dut when the
! court was over both judge ana sohcitVl
| LEFT the county They could not possibly
know what was being done, ana cOnss'
ouently the justice continued 70 diIe5 3
fine. and release criminals. VIII Hia i.s,i
u Comment on these methods but VIII
leave il for the people Of virginia 70 say
whether they want such an ADMINISTERS
tio1 OF justice i'm this state.
COST OF JURORS.
while 7 do not approve OF the Nortf
Carolina law in regard 10 the pap y,
iurors-that Is, paying them hotnins w. -
they do not serve; though tnsSy e aven !,
ouiyed 10 attend the court, ana, even a. !,
o tbev serve. requiring them TO agate tnes,
fees one half II the prisoner rs ~ ~ ~,
snd the costs cannot be collected Oh NM
:, the laws of Virginia are equs aryy,r &c m,
/. yo,her way | do not mean 10 cite heteli
II syary statutory amendment as 20 tne pa,
I, ~ Jurors. but upon a cursory eAai ia.i "a
: ton OF the subject IL appears Una, aiie :, :
L he code OF 1873 the pay OF Juror &C
: .,,ouv serving as such was 81 & day, IN
80 ~ a Juror summoned and attendlnl
he court. but not serving, was 90 cent
| a day. -. ,oo,, Tho law unit
n rrsbrnary p. 1884 (See Acts lss-Si, pag
I, 9i1 when IL was enacted that, IN aoul
- ION 10 the compensation then Above
2 Jurors, they should be paid mileage age no no
D NIL January. 1883 (see Acts 1851 pag
:; i p,'' when our LEGISLATURE made dis
u tjnction between the pay or Jurors !
- felony and in rnisdfmeanor cases y
p his that Jurors summoned In felon
e casss were paid 81 a day and inileagl
Al while Jurors summoned in misde meano
~ cases were paid only 80 cents day an
n ..,tIeage unless they actually served. III
Is ,cnntiiIued 20 be the pay OF Jurors uni
X March 4 1896, when our Lesislatai
passed an act (see Acts 1905. page -.
he which they made the pay OF ever
sxson snumoned as Juror 81 q day an
q wmiieage. not TO exceed 81 day. Ey the
I. various legislative enaetmenss me CO
5 OF Jurors 10 the state OF SirSln,la y ?,
p Lee, Increased two or threeioil.
!, crSyninal expenses have been inereas'
4 thousands and thousands OF dollars. u