The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-31
NEEDS ANOTHER JUDGE
Court Business Has Increased at
a Tremendous Rate.
FIGURES THAT PROVE 1T
Summary for the Year Shows an In
crease OF One-Third Over the Pre-
v1ous Twelve Months = An
Interesting Recaptulation.

Ihe close of the calendar year is
perhaps an opportune time on which
to call attention again to the great
need of another district judge for Sill
yer Bow county by printing few fig
ures to show the tremendous amount of
litigation which the present two judges
are required to attend to. In some
respects court business has increased
about one-third over last year, partic-
ularly in civil actions, justice court
appeals and probate matters, and as
Judge Clancy's time is almost exclu-
sively taken up with criminal matters
the civil business disposed Of has been
nearly all attended to by Judge Lind
say. Probably not more than Is or
20 civil cases have been tried in De-
partment H., that number, however,
including the famous Pennsylvania
mining case, which took up about II
weeks of Judge Clancy's time. During
the year 610 new civil cases were in
stituted in the district court, and un-
der the rule Of division 3O5 of that
number went to Judge Lindsay's de-
partment in addition to 148 justice
court appeal cases, a total of 453 cases
to be tried, in addition to sufficient
probate matters to keep one judge busy
tIle greater part or the Time.
An interesting item of court statistics
for the year is that which shows that
514 marriage licenses were issued and
l3I divorce suits filed. The first Ii
cense of the year was issued to Glenn
ent ]. Zell and Josie F. Tilden. and
the last to William P. McCarty and
Amelia A. Pryor
The figures relating to the business
of Judge Lindsays department of the
district court alone give very good
idea of the work of the courts The
following items are among the princi
pal ones
Whole number of cases disposed of. .377
Tried without jury 80. ...... SO
Divorces granted ..4 4S
Cases dismissed for various reasons,
Nfor want of prosecution, as set
tied, ETC.. ........ .............. 100
Stricken from the calendar ... 10
Transferred to the United States and
poeL oensi eouits .,.t .','.''.............
Re1efred TO referee .'................ 16
insanity cases disposed of ..... q
In three cases the parties tried for
insanity were discharged on examin-
alton. HE
The number of motions and demur-
rers heard and passed upon was 9S9.
I This number does not include orders
made in setting cases for trial, mo-
tioiln "a lelS rlOI IGdTlflS, OF
ders Vacating or continuing cases and
motions, etc, for hearing.
In probate matters, S93 cases We're
heard and passed upon. However, this
does not include,1petitions for letters
set for hearing, orders directing the
posting of notices. Che approval or re-
lection of claims against the estate
If the orders made approving claims
We're enumerated the number disposed
| of would reach the thousands
| There were 122 new estates filed dur
ing the year. an increase over last year
of 40.
| During the year Clerk Robert f.
Leonard wrote $40 pages of minutes.
| Three hundred and sixty men were
| summoned during the year for Jury
| duty though not all of that number
| served as regular jurors The actual
| time served was 169 days. Besides the
| regular business of each week Judge
Lindsay every Saturday hears at least
| 40 matters on his motion calendar, in
addition to devoting an hour or two
| to eX parte matters.
Clerk Leonard is at present at work
! getting out a new, trial calendar 1t
| will make the third for the year and
will contain all the cases that are now
| at issue. The last calendar contained
all cases at issue up to May %. 1899
During the year IS persons have be-
come naturaliZed and IA have declar-
| ed their intention of becoming citizens.
The latter are divided as to nativity
as follows:
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