The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17

The committee of the grand jury
appointed to investigate the City
Court made the following report to
that body:
To the Grand Jury of Terrell COun-
ty: We, your committee appointed to
Investigate the City Court of Dawson
beg leave to submit herewith the fol-
lowing report:
We have examined carefully into
the workings of the City Court for
the years 1905, 1906 and 1907 in or
der to ascertain the exact relation
ship which the City Court of Dawson
BEARS to the economical disposition
of6the civil and criminal cases aris-
ing in Terrell county.
rWe find that the City Court of
Dawson during the year 1905 was in
session with jury January IL; April
III. July II, IS, 10, 20, 21; October
10. December II, IL, 10, IA, 49, a
total of Is days.
Under the law the fees received
by the solicitor are paid into the
county treasury, and during this year
$1s721.50 in cash was thus paid into
the county treasury from this source
In addition 312 months of convict
LABOR were furnished to the county
Of Terrell to improve the public
roads of the county.
During this year there were bound
over to the City Court of Dawson by
the"various justices of the peace 1913
criminal cases. These were disposed
oftas follows:
Convicted ,'......'. ..............78
Dismissed by order .........48
Acquitted ......... ...........20
Se4uled upon payment Of costs. 49,. 10
NO1prosSed ."...,.. ........28
Jfotal .y.-r... ................ 1913
During the year 1905 there were
returned to the City Court of Dawson
for disposition 20 civil cases, making
a total of 213. cases, criminal and
civil, for the year 1905.
We made a careful examination
into the costs of the court. and find
for. the year 1905 the cost of the
court was as follows
Salary of Solicitor. 100000
Salary of Judge. 100000
JuTies, Sheriff, Clerk and Bail
ms ........... $4,000. $500
Total ...............$2,785.OO
Less amount paid into the
county treasury ....... 1,721.5O
Net@cost of the court 81, 063. SO
Dividing the number of cases dis
posed of by the net cost of the court
we. find that it cost to dispose of a
case in the City Court for the year
1905 $4.99.
During the year 1905 the Superior
Court was in session 10 days, at a
minimum approximate cost of $4,000.
1t disposed of. during the year 60
criminal and 90 civil cases, total
of SO cases.
This was done at cost of $24.O8,
as compared with a cost of $4.99 for
the City Court.
During the year 1906 the Superior
Court furnished 60 months of con-
Wet labor to the public roads of Ter
rell county. This labor was worth
then $25 per month net, or a total
of 81 800. leaving the net cost of the
Superior Court of the year 1905
$500. The City Court furnished, as
stated above, 312 months of convict
labor, which was worth then $25 per
month net, or total of $3.50. If
we deduct S1.063.50. the net cost of
the City Court in money, from this
amount it leaves a balance Of Sc
$3.50 in favor of the City Court for
the year 1905.
1906.
During the year 1906 the City
Court was in session with juries Jan
uary Is; April 10. II; July 16, II,
10, 19; October 10, 10, 10, 20, 23,
"a; December 10; a total of IA days,
at total cost of S2.830.00. -
There was paid into the county
treasury in cash $1.217.3O, leaving
net cost of the court in money
$1,612.7O. During the year 1905 it
disposed OF SO criminal cases as fol-
lows:
ConNlcIeu 1900 ....''.... %
1NoIpIoSSeu ......'... e., ........... / D
acquitted ............... ........... FL
Settled upon payment of cost e.. 5
Dismissed by order. ..........32
IOCal ............ ........,.r., 133
1t also disposed of 40 civil cases,
a total of 173 cases for the year
1906, a net cost per case of 1882,
not taking into account the convict
labor furnished to work upon the
public roads of Terrell county.
During the year 1906 the Superior
Court was in session with juries j 5
days, at a total cost of $4,000 II
disposed of during that year GA Grim
inal cases and % civil cases, a total
of 81 cases, and this was done at a
cOstof $34.47 per case.
During the year 1906 the City
Court furnished 22S months of con
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