The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-05-23
MUCH BUSINESS
WAS TRANSACTED
JUDGE STEELE HAS DISPOSED OF
613 CASES IN SECOND JUDICIAL
DISTRICT THIS YEAR.
Remarkable Showing Made by the
Court In the Past Year-Reversals
Have Been Held to Minimum.

/
| A recapitulation of the work done
by the district court during the yeal
| 1913 shows that there were filed il
the district court, presided over by
Judge Steele, 43S civil cases, and ap-
proximately 1875 criminal cases, anG
SO appeals from justice of the peace
courts, making total of 613 cases
There are eleven other judges in the
state, and the records show there were
filed in the district courts presided
over by the said eleven other JUICES
29S7 cases, or an average of 271 cases
for each district judge, with criminal
and appeals of justices courts, OF
which there is no record at hand.
Handled Many Cases.
1t will thus be seen that Judge Steele
and Court Reporter Hodge lave han
died 43S cases, and that the average
number of cases handled by the other
district judges was 271 for each Judge,
and in each district would be the
criminal cases and the appeals from
Justice courts. The number of cases
filed in the district courts
of the state has been determined ac-
curately by obtaining from the state
treasurer the amount of stenographer's
fees paid into the state treasury, the
fee shall be paid for each Ease filed
Originally in the district court, and
he above figures are taken from the
report Of the state treasurer for the
year 1918. There is no stenographer
zee required for criminal cases nor for
cases appealed from the justices
courts, and therefore there is no rec
,rd in the state treasurer's office as to
hese items.
Had Full Share.
The second judicial district however,
With five counties, may be presumed |
o have had it's share and more of the |
riminal business and justice appeals, |
md can be fairly presumed to have |
lad as much more in proportion as |
here is of civil cases filed in the diff |
erent districts.
The calendars of the district court |
t this time are practically clear of |
There are approximately
25 cases pending in the district
ourt, or an average of c5 to the
ounty ,and this is as nearly the clear
lg of the calendar as is practicable
r possible to make it.
Only One Reversal
The last two published reports of
le supreme court Of the state of Ida
o, Vols. 90 and "a, and which coye-
period If Is months, from August
1912, to November j 1913, show
lat there was appealed from the sec
nd judicial district. presided over by
ldge Steele, and decided by the SUI
rene court, 10 cases, of which nine
ere affirmed, and one reversed.
The records of these two reports
so shows that in the other districts,
ltside of the second judicial district.
ppeals were taken and decisions
'ndered in ia cases. out of which I
lmber SO were affirmed, and 81 re-
rsed; the percentage of affirm
ices of the decisions rendered by l
ldge Steele was 80 per cent, and the 9
versals 10 per cent. The average 9
Of reversals of the other $
district judges would be therefore 7
'out II per cent, and affirmances 4
out 73 per cent. d
Next Report Out Soon.
The Esd and Gath Idaho Reports T
ose on the 1st of November. 1918, i
d the next number of the report will n
the 25th Idaho, which will contain Il
2 decisions rendered by the supreme {,
urt from the 1st of November, 1913 o.
to about the present date 1t is q,
pected that the 25th Idaho will be te
ued In a short time. n
The term commencing in Idaho hi
lnty On Monday, the 25th of May, h,
i probably close the open court ses- n,
ms of the district court until the w
sning of the fall terms in August, r.
the close of the Grangeville term or
| leave the calendars Of tile dis dc
u III as sood condltlon as tney nave R;
n at any time during the 10 years or
more that Judge Steele has pre- he
ed as judge of the second judicial te
.rict. Judge Steele left today for so
ho county. of1