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Show Inn'Mi Ovt:it. The continuation of l! rahaiii's examination was bud yes let-day morning, and ivsulled in his being bound over to tho 1'istriet Court in f .i,i'iH; and yesterday evening the mittimus was made out for his delivery to Marshal Patrick, tho suieties not being forilieoiiiing. Wo bavo lilllo to say of tho ease now, hut that little will bo pointed. While it i.s sad to think that, n young girl should place herself in such a painful, pain-ful, shameful and degrading position; and while such scoundrelly acts on the part of a man, in were revealed in evidence, but awaken indignation, we must say that tho character of tho examinations ex-aminations had on Thursday aud yesterday yes-terday mornings is most pernicious in its effects. A crowd of young men, some undoubtedly with prurient desires, de-sires, and a few half grown boys, to bo car and eyo wituesscs of tho mental torture, to which any woman, with hut even a limited degree of sensibility would bo subjected while so questioned and probed, is not calculated to increase in-crease and strengthen virtuous feelings feel-ings iu a community. If tho law justifies jus-tifies such aline of examination so pub licly held, and does not provide for it being had with only tho parties fairly interested iu attendance, tho sooner such a law is modified the better. But eveu with such a law existing, examinations exami-nations of this character could bo conducted con-ducted so as to elicit facts without dragging forth statements and essaying essay-ing remarks that shock even those who are not over fastidious. We aro glad that such occurrences are so rare in this Territory that wo do not remember one before in tho last ten years; but should such another distressing case require judicial investigation investi-gation and the interference of legal gentlemen, we submit that it be conducted con-ducted as much in private as possible, and in the manner most consistent with the requirements of common decency. |