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Show OUIJ COliltTS Tn'j! Court fok the Tliird Judicial jDij trial bjr (he. Xcrrliory adjourned ot thb ICth,. We Iwve given Jo another' cplomn ft pretty full syud(isb;of 'tho. proccetljngs' as-prepared by par repdrftr-' ' ,. . " lt taca source, ojf.gcimino-pleasure to aitend Jndgo. KinncyCourt. 'Xor tho firsV'timc inyeari'the bench wasdlgnified; Ills decisions wer'flJpjcpt ndvpbhiteul, dnlfes In'p'sjyjc thliad JiUh) liecn wqai tomeil tg.- Ju- former coartt tlicy wero ns'etl fbihliididgenCo pf scvtral v.ctks ifoc the trial , of tjio inost trivial, case. With Judgo ivfducy;'lhe ,comphu(itj the answer, theissnc, and lho,rgumeiit.trtre all but the matter of anjiour pr-twoj. And never yet ini greater general satisfaction satis-faction jken girciiUi jediciat proceedings iu .lituh. . Oor tcrritoriyl.pflfccrs wort sagtaiped In their nppotntmenfs-nnd ,pos .tions, and the fsight no novel of n jhry of real genn'mo iresftlent cltizcnl ;wos truly, gratlfyhig. s , ' IIbtlionor?s, comiiu'inenis' id. flie jnry: were cert'alniy'wcH: deserved. -Thcy. had labored hard and faithfiillund their,-verdicts werP Jn pvery ense, iiiipartlully oid Icgully reiidered. ' Tho only objection we. could Imyewas that tfirOngli tlieir foreman, friend Wbollcy, they pifchtil liitoih.c,bnr bccasionally abouthctrgai, Wellifwo were not .Individually concerned ii the matter, Wp might Incline to the ojiinlons. expressed by-Mr, Woolley;' foinaftcr long' and tedions examination and crosH pxanil-nat.ton pxanil-nat.ton of 'witnesses, ond prosy' argnmcnts,' uppit the admissnbijiiy or iuadmissabiii-;tyof iuadmissabiii-;tyof such and such evidence, 'it is not very .cruel to say that it Is patience-, trying to bo bored for hours by thoo gentlemen yclepcd lawtrs, however witty through their tUng, eloquent fn their loudness, Argumentative Ar-gumentative in their assertion or classic ih latin as mysterious to themselves as the jury. Tlio temporary valedictory, of his honor to the-bar wuSj exceedingly toucbiugj. nor do Re think that, there wits' bud present, who did; ftoL-wisli that Judge Kinney wcrgl permanently domiciled,, with' his interest., log rnmilyfn Utah. , 'We. regret that our reporter was not present at ilia Court liouso on Tuesday to report the- decision uwdo by Judge ECintiey on thp application of James Ora-ham Ora-ham to Jbo released fronj conCnement iu the. Penitentiary. The facts, and decision, wo understand, are tubstantially as followsr The prisoner obtained a writ of fialtat (orput upon peti-lion, peti-lion, alleging that ho was illegally restrained re-strained pf MS liberty by reason of a sentence sen-tence or the Probile Court of Weber Connty, before which le was convicted for larceny, and sentenced to imprisonment imprison-ment Jor one, year. For the prisoner U wa contended that the Probate Coiirt had no i Jurtsdtctrbu, and the proceeding, and judgment were void, 'The Court htld-First, U.at tho Oth Section of the Organlo Act rested alii judical power i the Supreme, District,! and Probate Courts, and in, Jo&tic, 0 the Peace. ; Sec(nd'- Thittheoulyrcstrictionpbccd OnhcsP court was, as trfJuccs of tuVPeaco, refnamg tliem jurisdiction to tryny fca)io Involflng the tllto or'bobbd-'nry.ip or'bobbd-'nry.ip janil, or uy jsutt where the; .claim or demand exceeded ouoi hundred dollars dol-lars ; ,; . Tldrd. That by virtue pf thai tUnse of the OrgMilc Acttrhleh prPvJdca that "the jtirlidiction of the several courts therein provided for," fnclodilig. tho Probate Court?, "tikll It ai timtitd ljf Aiic," thai the legTslaturo' had the right to. provide by Jaw for thb exerefso by .Oio I'rPhat.o t'ourtsof furiidlctlbn lpt;lvii and crifolnal s,- .- ' " yonrllu s Tjiat 'as tho, Orgnnic Act cPnferrcit cotnntph lawnnahanccly jurjsfj tliciioa ppori the Supremo, and -District: Courts respectively, that this jurisdiction belonged to Uiese cburtSj exclrtsively, find that tliel'robatfl. 'Coaf-W w-dfo con. fined to. the jurisdiction .conferred by statute and fuch, jurwdictiou might be exercised conenrrontiy. with tlie'liistrict Cottru to the. txtctit provided by statutei Fiftfy That as", the legislature "had passed a law conferring upon ,thp Probate Cotirta conenrrent jurisdiction ,wlth tho .District tjiiirts 'to hear; finddjjtcrnu'ne ;civ)i ns well as criminal cases withbi thclr' respective conntiesj and had. provided, the. manner in, which this jurisdiction should bu cxercfeeiU&a't the trial, conviction, anii Wiifenceof the prisoner were valid, and binding Inlaw niitil reversed by on appellate appel-late coatU . - Although Judgo Sha,vcr, ono of the best of Jurfits, tacitly nekftoiyledgcd the jurisdiction of Probate Courts, Judge; Kinney Is tho first wlio has dared assert hit .decision jadlcially. ' Wp lmv'e, often talked on thts'sulijeef.ahdtorb not now to lengtlieabutpurjeraarks;! It ..wonld beV hbwoveri aspnreo of pleasofo and gratiflr cation should jso'me kind gentleman, who lias been an abuser or 'the jurisdiction, of pur Probato.Courts, come forward, .spin Outhis;argonjcnfs iil! ,lnk, and giro Us 'A chaheo.for reply,- Ou that; subject It requires re-quires but little" labor to be armed cap-a-ple. i- ' ' "V . -. ' t The Supreme CoPrt which wilbe held to-day will.havq but a jsmalt thicket; the rcsultir of Investigations and triala. in the snbordinalo'cpiirt bearing topmttch legal justice to justify appeals. ' ' - |