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Show . SUPPORT OP PRISOKEUa, -. . COUKCtfe Chambeb, , Great.Salt lake CityJaii. 10, i860. , ,$ Editors 6s1 THE'MouNTAf NtEiu '" , By a unanimous i-ote of the Legislative. Council of Utah Terrltory,you are respectfully requested to publish; in the MoUKTiKecathe enclosed "MetnoTlal from th County Court ot Great Salt Lake county,'! as a matter of Irifur-mation Irifur-mation l thf "community at large. . -y . Keapectfully, . ; " '"' V M "' DAWEt JL X$EW& v 4,'''.y-?..-a'- c;- -. President of Council, -jpitrtX'CAlNei Sacrctary. ., 'f ,'. Tq tht TIanQTabU.pttVo)tMil,aiM ,The undersigned, .jrour-njemorlallstsV rncrnl bers of the CouHty Court of Great Salt Lake countyi'mostreapeclf oily represent. ' , That after the: arrival of the; Judges, ot, the Supreme Court of the. United States,, tor' the Territory of Utah, iri,tlie summer of .1858, ft" Sessioh of the district court, for. the third judicial ju-dicial district of this" Territory was appointed to beholden at Great Salt Lake City in the county of Great Salt . Lake, on the-first Monday Mon-day in October, 1858, which commenced at the above time and placej and continued in session ses-sion by adjourning; from time to, time, until the 18th day of January, 1859:, V " '$. y That heforand, during, tfie.'eald (session of the said district court; In consequence of its claiming exclusive jurisdiction in criminal cases, cas-es, some ten. or"' twclvft-,- persons accused'of crime, were, committed to.,,tlieTcustody.;o the sheriirbf thtsounty; to ajVait their , trial before be-fore saidcourt: '"!; ... -..That the said court adjourned, on the ,18th iday pf. JanuaryiasiafdreBaid,.. without trying isafdprisboers, or.maklngsany orderafor,their detention. AVheretpcin",Uliey were discharged from custody, on writs' of, AuArat corpu; sued ' out before the probate court of Great Salt Lake ! county, 6u.the Jllth day otJonuarylSS'Ji, ;That the .expenses of boarding,guardinp;and taVlrip care tit ' eattl prlaonera during Uie term of "iald dlstrlctcourtj and until, they, were discharged, dis-charged, which necessarily hadtO'be-iald,by Great. Salt .Lake cdnrityy amounted; to .somei thing near one thousand dollars; ; " Your inemoriallsis Would further represent: ' That another term of said dist rict court was : held at the city andcounty aforesaid, commencing com-mencing on the25th;day.of July, 1859. which was not.; finally adjourncditill the. '23d day. of SejfAemberiollowilig:vrX"' SUl- '--s'''i-" That, as at the foimertcrm of sard ,cqurt,'all persons, arrested the district, accused of crime-and1 committed for trial "before said court.wer ordered, either by thermagistrateS committing said prisoners; or thejudge of said courts into tho cifstadyfof, .the'sheriil -.of this county; said judgehavlnff Jccided' that the sberltw'as the cWmoh. jailor;,; ;;."' " , -That, theexpelises which nccriied, for.the f" ;UaWihg and boarding of .theseprisohcrs; dur-itg dur-itg therattSr sessio'n of 'said' court,'- whfcU'of nee'essityhad to be. p"aid.'by:.thSslcounty (no other provision Uavingbeenwadefo: the pay-ment pay-ment thereof ) amounted to something wcr 0110 thousand dollars, : and. th!ryct, remains one prisoner in the county jail, by orilfcr. of said court, at a dally Vexpense. to .thje county' at about three dollars, without .any sJrpspect of bis being tried.., v The entire expense which has thus accrued and been paid by, Great Salt Lake -county up, to the close of the.year l85S, amounts, as per accompanying bill, tothijum ot two thousand two hundred and sixty;scven dollars and ninety nine-ty nlnVceiits. " '" Wei would; further.representj. f t That; Inaddlflon Jio tho , expenses paid, by ihe county, on, account; vofcrimlnai5prosecu-tlons vofcrimlnai5prosecu-tlons ln the district court! the'-, other criminal crimin-al and pauper expenses that" have -accrued to the county, on account. ot the peculiar state of things durlng.the past yearamounts to n, sum nearly equaj. tct'the .foregoing.; ' . l.. ' n In; making this statement for your consideration, consider-ation, we"do SoV"s,wlsh"to be" understood as complaining orliavlng the least desire to avoid any respdnsibiUty that Justly and Tightly belongs be-longs to GreatSalt Lake .county. Wc wlsh to bear .our part of .the burden, but do. not consider con-sider that the expenses pf a district court of the United States, nor any partthcrcof aliould be paid exclusively by the. county ini'whlch Bald court Is held, unless it be, held by the expressed ex-pressed desire ot the inhabitants ot such county coun-ty ior the transaction of business appertaining appertain-ing thereto; as provided.for in chap;.3jvsec. 14 of the laws ot 1858-9. Wewould further represent; Thatmany other bilfs ot 'expense's that accrued ac-crued by Ihcholdihg of the said district courts have been presented to tthe county court of this connty for payment;' to a large amount, which have not been allowed,' none having been paid excepting such as accrued -In the commitment of, and boarding and guarding the prisoners, and necessary articles furnished furnish-ed themdurlng their confinement: In the Coun-ty'prlson: Coun-ty'prlson: Tberefore;'We. your memorialists, considering consider-ing it a duty which we owe to the citizens of Great Salt Lake County, Have presented the foregoing statement for the consideration.! your Honorable body, being .confident -that Bhould you consider that this county has born? a greater share of vthe,expehse ot those mat teis than legitimately belongs to. itryou Will make such an appropriation for the relief of this colirity as your superior wisdom will dictate dic-tate and which, we doubt not, will be just and light In the premise... ' SMITH, Judge of Probate, S. J). HUFFAKEIt, ..E.F. SHEETS, -, , REUBEN MILLER,, Great Salt Lake City, Selectmen. . January 3d, I860- J r |