| Show I NEEDLESS WITNESSES The complaint of Che grand jury in their report to the District Court that in many cases too many witnesses were sent before them from the police court is one that ought to be inquired Into and the evil should be corrected It appears that some of the witnesses are entirely unnecessary they can only repeat each others evidence or can give no evidence at all The grand jury express tlhe opinion thnq the fee is the great Incentive If this report is strictly correct the costs In criminal cases are made higher high-er than they need < be This expense comes out of the territorial treasury in cases prosecuted under the territorial territo-rial laws and the money to meet it comes out of the pocket of the tax rf J pasers tol f 1i i ieri ffZaJtfi i > itw c1ti S Mma Take Up18 > iti s om4ced paln f 0 faion 1t V < r 4 i < s 1J I > tphere abes tiie Steult UeTis tfte firsB tHz i to coneied n 1101 f e t iW 1 i it < l qi Y Im the great r incLflLIve lhat W imld YXt7 y r tt 5 V V iif i sew oto tnTorw the biame on 1 the jyitii jj a6es Tviid gefeel3utthey do5 ic1t lend their OWD ra4siprtc the 151 t rid ttornef Jrto antiJihy r v rft Ti1 Y app ar iOie the olie So lrlj 11 atd the justicm t 91 rmor IikIy te q Couit Attorney IP seiidin g up time papVrM Jeaaors4spn the cbmprant tiie tr s tJ the witriesses fore thcpq ifSr5JS t iK eea iJ ecuthig offi rnkilb nefS r ell yftiqh of hOse4 J1eetl ed and J1 j not 1 Of them ttrm subpoenatd aimdllr trn are entitled to feesw1Theri1imy aro r of any service intlit cnseoi ot f w bQyi been one doiurnebLft ds a pJ1bUc docuIDentOb wliiththe numes or twelve < wIt esset1n ttheam arms I endorsee i Three Or 1 rouraro2tbcmnameC 11 ofpniminit police officers itmmcem that they draw the ieescjust the same flu private citizens altihous h they also draw their regular pay as public officers offi-cers tlt would v seem that some off of-f thse twelve ineh wer imnefeessJirpr and also ithat some at leaStpf the P d licemeri s ere among that surplus But the fault is not Qreirsor It does not appear W Ee theirs It rests upon the official viho sgnfls up the papers from the police court If all the names of the witnesses before that court mustib given it would iseemitfiiab the essential witnesses should < b > l Sin I Si-n t d sb 1iat they cnjlyjmajr be subpoenaed sub-poenaed J before tile graitd jury There lies the rnedy for the evil which tine grand 3urj2onpkin of v < l It mayirgud that itjs better to have everK tvness named than to pmlb one who can give pertinent evidence That wlll bVadnTitted But it is the I nonesseritial witnesses about whom I the complaint is made and who In the Course of a couple of years create a needless expense which the taxpayers hive to meet This is increased by the extra time it takes to hear the case ihe STand ijurors fees Being1 augr merited aswellas the fees of the extra ex-tra witnesses Let their names be noted and thus one of the leaks in the public treasury which have become so numerous may be stopped and both time and money will be saved to the territory |
