The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-11-28
THE JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.

a few days ago there appeared in
the Metropolis under the head, "Wil-
sons New Circuit" what is stated TO
De the division of the state into ju-
dicial circuits according to the view
of Senator c. c. Wilson. We are OF
the opinion that the Senator has not
dealt fairly with the other circuits in
the state aud beg leave to briefly re-
view the several divisions, commenc-
ing, as he did, with the fifth circuit.
1t would be borne in mind that the
first circuit is next largest in popu-
lation 10 the fifth circuit and then the
fourth circuit, neither OF which the
Senator gives any relief to whatever,
but for the present We will contne
our discussions to the division as
proposed by Senator Wilson.
Senator Wilson's PROPOSED Judicial
Circuits Considered
The population Of the differen,
counties constituting the circuits a.
proposed by Senator Wilson is taken
from the CENSUS report Of 1900. Ac-
cordiug to the Senator's division they
would stand in population:
+, Fifth Circuit.-Alachus county, &c.
PAS; Lafayette county, 1887; Levy
F. county, 8,605; Marion county. "a, +O3;
Putnam county, II, 64l; total 81 ,s79
sixth Circuit.-Lee county, SOIL;
DeSoto county, S,+O7; Polk county,
l2,472, and county court; Hillsboro
( county, 36,0l3, and criminal court;
Manstee county. 1858; total, 81 .266.
Seventh Circuit.-Monros county,
lS,036, criminal court Of record; Dade
county, 1895; Brevsrd county, 5,l5s,
county court; VoIusis county, 10, o03,
criminal court Of record; Orange
county, IL ,3T4, criminal court OF rec
ord total, 80. 400.
Eigth Circuit.-Pasco county, $3.50;
fernando county, 1888; Citrus coun-
", 1891 O-ceola county, 3, IA; SUM
ter county, 6,lS7; Lake county, 7,467
total, 81, ISL.
I. If the labor is prodortiOned accord
ing to population, and there seems no
more just and fair method, let US see
how il would stand measured in this
manner,
Fifth Compared with the Sixth Circuit.
The Fifth has 1888 more Of popu-
lstiou than the Sixth circuit has. /
There are no other courts in the .
Fifth Circuit to aid it.
In the Sixth circuit we have a
county court in Polk county and
criminal court of record in HiIlsboro
county. With 1888 population more
in the Fifth circuit than in the Sixth,
with two courts to aid the Sixth and
no aid at all in the Fifth, The sena-
tors division as tn these two circuits
is mite unfair aud unjust, it seems
to Us.
Fifth Compared With the Seventh
Circuit.
The fifth circuit has 1888 more
than the seventh has.
There are no other courts in the fifth
circuit TO relieve it at all. The seventh
circuit has four courts to relieve il.
1t has q criminal court in Brevsrd
county, criminal court Of record in
Orange county and criminal court Of
record In Nulusia county. Now, with
3 population of p 3S3 more in the ,
fifth circuit than in the seventh cir
cult, and no courts to aid it, while the
seventh circuit has four courts TO aid
il, We think the senator is little off ,
from that which is fair I'D just in 8
division with this circu [
Fifth Compared With the Eighth
Circuit
The fifth circuit has ~, 699 more
population than the eighth circuit |
nas. There are no other courts in [
either Of these two circuits to aid the d
circuit court.
The population in the fifth circuit I
S twice as large as that OF the eighth
circuit and 1879 to spare. In other
words, there would be two and and
half times the population In the fifth