Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-03


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alike,
Court dockciS are - crowded 81
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IN <" '"'N'H '''"S'''' 'S'S f''.'-
inc and uadiSposcd % n late as July
lrrla YEAR. IN other districts prs
~ 80 h,ll 90 ,r,,, . ,,..-;.r
80.
witnesses "'c"'u u! INC eminent
who cannot give bail, arc held For
months before discharged by courts
or san, ~ ,,risor
i"e "c"'E ""'N ''S''"s ""'" M
'uu'e'"' "'""'" VI ''c "'''e"''
and this includes, OF course. United
S,ntcs district attorneys. begins with
90 The United states commissioners be-
fore whom those charged with Of
fenscs arc brought first. either for
discharge or TO he held for grand
Jury investigation.
commissioners in almost every ju-
Worked, and their fees In many cases
are held up Tor months on account
OF the difficulty in handling them
AT the department or justice. Ihen.
too, the trial or district judges are
even more oVerworked. The trial
courts are in worse snap. than any
other branch Of the judiciary They
are, in effect, tho neck OF the bottle,
and their dockets show the greatest
lA fu-,
The appellate courts are not so
5ad on ne c!rcu'. courts "' hrpea!
nave much 20 40 OF course nu' ,i"9
are oet,c' ap'c 10 cNpeu''e ~
'nh" ,hS io"cr o"',s. '"S. @
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'"p. err ms '.'"'','t -"
hchiho WIN us WORK o"' !, mas pecn
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az e''io"'
The facts rccited are matter OF
.9iiicial record and Of official COM
mcnt by the Attorney-Gencral. lie
has laid them all before Congress in
connection with his recommendation
iar reneo,al measures Mn'JH n" re-
RaTos n "ishiy ,','o' an - !"S''e
- TO De zone oE me SSs'e'" %
FederaI courts.
vinced that at least thirty addi-
iionaI Federal judges would hc
needed 10 meet the emergency II per
lhancnt assignments wcr" given
hem, hut II is Nh" departments
.ndfmcnt mat "'Sh'eSh 1nafeS ~
laser. az "' WIN, .n"." W VS.,
""ere hl"s' hc'"." "ou,. - -"
S,Gg""fh mems t't VIZ
connection WIN VIC l"u..."i SI'"" "'
IS IL no" cA'S's' '"c N'''' my -'''''
'ra' says
Congestion in the Federal courts
due TO the ordinary increase OF pop
"!aNon ana the oeVc!op'nch' "l Gem
inerS'a! an" 'h"us'r'"' HN'e' wa IL"
!erh an ever me! raSl"S "'"hn MSS u
me h'"S''h'iE % '"tr"l 'uS'.c
- no u"to"I'h"" '"''s i"' "'s,''s
our noNNc' 10 u" lr'''I SIN M ''i'.
10. 20 Tvs" years IN arrears MS, 81
'nurS'. means loss o' et'n.n.S' 49,
-. witnesses "ric"' u, Ju9'''c an
'AI'chS" /" l"NPiE'is, N"ns - ' nm,
'"S"N San ""Nc' ~ u t.'' = -
u.s. "'"F''F '"' -"
"''aE
with suggestions by the 'hir
Justice Of the United states ant
others, decided upon plan wh'ci
was *uhmitted To congress re
pH!NtH ''''' 1919 - a. $50 '.''E N"''
scsted condition IN tNH Fc2:tml dock
. els throughout the tn!eed states ina
there were AS many as "'uoO 10 20
600 cases pending and undisposed o
in single district on July l. 1871
while this congestion is due I,
the natural growth OF the country !
IS temporarily aggravated by legis "a
o Won OF CONGRESS increasing inc )"riS
o'crGh "' fed'fa' courts NY wa
lte'S'a ''oh - rP'hF ana 'ai'r""
oHeratohs on the 'lN'! uoe"e'' an
proh'p,''on' s''tc,'V' s'r'Irt ana III
ha1cou9 III" on 'he 'f''h'h"i oo'N'''
Congress has taken serious motto
ot the unfortunate conditions in tn
~, judiciary. as pointed out by the a;
vas 'toTncy-Geueral, ana a hi! is nov
''DsndinE creating number OF addl
,ional district and circuit judresh!p:
hut no cgi,lat.on h. been pro
posed for relieving the varioU
UrItcd states district attorneys an
the United states commissioners.
= suggestion had been made to IN
Judiciary Committee ~ the iloUs
and was debated Cor some time. prs
o. given r4al jurisdiction over m'n'
,.DI'S 80.