The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-22

years, retiring on the second
Tuesday of this month. The
January term of the district
court for Logan county convened
at Sterling on that date, and,the
attorneys, aided and abetted by
Judge Burke, handed" Judge
Pound the following:
Sterling, Colorado.
Tuesday. January IL. 1909.
10 o'clock a. IN.
First Day of the January, A. D.. 1909.
Term Of the District Court.
JUDGE H. P. BURKE, Presiding.
THE COURT: Are there any pre-
liminary matters this morning before
We proceed to the call of the dock
ct?
JUDGE E. E. ARMOUR: Before
proceeding with the regular work I
4 desire to ask leave of Court to file
an information against the outgoing
Prosecuting Attorney, and before get
ting this leave | ask the privilege of
reading this information to the bar
and those present.
Whereas. Hon. w. II. Pound is
about to terminate his long and USE
full service as prosecuting attorney,
it is fitting on this occasion that his
associates should give special express
sion to their estimate of his work
and worth. The members of the bar
in this county and district unite in
feelings of sincere regret at this
closing of his official relationship
with them. They will miss him from
the circuit. His comings have always.
brought cheer, good will and pleasant
companionship. Nor has this been
confined to their number. The people
have shared with them the pleasure
and benefit of his presence. his coun-
SCI. his example and delightful asso-
citation.
By his merits and sterling qualities
he has won and firmly holds the at
fection, and confidence and high re.
gard of all. In the discharge of the
trying duties of prosecution he has
been uncompromisingly faithful to
the trust. Evil doers have found only
dark Encouragement in his work and
its results. Patient, courteous, fair,
and kind, yet diligent and relentless
as justice in the pursuit of the gull
ty, describes him and his career as
Protector of the people in the pre-
servation of law and order-and he
has succeeded. This is the universal
verdict.
Judge Pound possesses in mark
ed degree, the most essential attri-
butes Of the ideal prosecutor. His
scent for evidence is marvellous and
his persistence in it's pursuit and sue
cess in its discovery have been fate
full to the criminal. His ability to get
it before the Jury, and effective mar
shaling threof, enforced by clear and
telling analysis in argument, have of
ten been remarked upon by exper-
fenced judges of such matters and
account in large measure for his high
per cent of convictions in difficult
cases.
Those of the bar who have met him
in their defence of the guilty-inno- |
cent most strongly attest his clever
ness and success in subjecting their |
clients to the embarrassment of ex- /
planning to the court why sentence /
should not now be pronounced He
has acted on the theory that SO men
are guilty where one is iRnocent; and
fearing the one might have become
corrupted, and consequently parti
ceps criminis, by association with
such evil companions ,he struggled
manfully to make it unanimous.
Judge Pound has a clear and ac-
curate conception of prosecutors
province and duty. Without variable
ness, neither shadow of turning, no
matter who nor what interest might
be involved, he has gone straight
through from the first hint of crime
brought to his notice, to the trial,
conviction and sentence. Nor has
he even stopped there. His view OF
the prosecutors work has been-and
it is eminently sound-that the labor
and expense and fruits of trials and
convictions should not be lost
through soft sentiments nor the in
discriminate exercise of executive
clemency. He has never encouraged
nor aided the defeat of Justice in
this way, but has held firmly to the
wise position that the trial court
knows best what punishment should
be imposed on the guilty, and that
its sentence should be executed. And
yet, withal. he is a most gentle and
kindly man and while we regret his
official parting as prosecutor of the