The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1910-01-20
GOOD DISTRICT
COURT RECORD
Review of Cases Shows Bus
mess Like Conduct of
Trials by Officials.

A resume of the business of the
Second judicial District Court made
by Judge Steele shows that during
the year 1909 over five hundred case
were disposed of. Approximately $50
OF these were from Nez Perez coun-
ty, and the remainder from the coun
ties of Idaho and Latah, in about
equal numbers. The number of case
disposed of is larger than for any
preceding year.
Judge Steele states that the ex-
penses for holding district court in
the district will be less than any
year during the last six years. In
Latah county, the expenses exclusive
of fines and forfeitures collected will
be less than $500, and in Idaho
county the fines and forfeitures col
lected exceeds the expenses of the
court, and excluding such fines and
forfeitures the expense roll in court
in Idaho county for 1909 will not ex-
coed $1,000. In Nez Perez county.
excluding the case of the state
against Carr, which was a criminal
case brought over from the pre-
ceding year of 1908, the expenses
of holding the district courts over
and above the fines and forfeitures
collected will not exceed $4,000
Judge Steele gives great credit to
the members of the bar and to the
nf hn
counties for being able to so dis
patch all OF the business with so
small an expense to the taxpayers
In Idaho county, County Attorney
Gilmore has, by diligent effort, been
able to collect such an amount of
fines and forfeitures as to overcome
the expenses incurred, and the dis
trict court of Idaho county for the
year 1909 will be no expense what
ever to the taxpayers. In Nez Perez
county, Mr.. Hodge, the county at
torney, has been in entire sympathy
with the courts desire to properly
dispatch the business with as small
an expense as possible and has aid
ed to such an extent that the eX-
penses of trying the criminal calen-
have arisen since his term of office
began have been practically but one
third the expense that had been in
Cured for such work during either
one of the last preceding four years,
and in Nez Perez county, commenc-
ing with July l, 1909, and ending Jul
IL, 1910, Judge Steele expects, unless
something unforeseen occurs, to be
able to conduct the courts in that
county. for such period, which will in
clude the busy season of the court
for the year, at an expense of con-
siderably less than $4,000.
During the last term of court in
Nez Perez county, seven persons
were brought before the court
charged with crime, and six convic-
lions were obtained. In Latah coun
ty, the county attorney. Mr.. Suppiger
has had an unusual amount of Grim
inal business occur, but despite this
fact with the efficient aid of Mr..
Suppiger and the bar the courts of
the county for 1909 have been run
at a less expense than for any pre-
ceding year. Every criminal case
when called, was ready for trial. and
no unnecessary expense was made
by reason of any continuance or
postponement.
The records of the supreme court
show that since Sept. 1, 1909, the
date of the commencement of the
tall term, thiTty-one cases have
been disposed of in the state, and
of this number twenty have been
reversed and nineteen affirmed. From
the second district four cases were
reversed and four affirmed. OF the
cases reversed, one was by divid-
ed court, two upon questions of prac-
tice and procedure, and one only
upon the merits.
The calendars in the different
counties are at present as nearly
clear of work as it is possible to
make them. The spring terms or
court commence at Lewiston on the
18th of January and these terms ap-
pear to be lighter than they have
for any one year during the pre-
ceding several years.
The number of appeals taken to
the supreme court during the year
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