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Show ESPOItdXJ MWN. I'ifitors 11tu.i1 : A great de;d U fcaid by one and an-oilier an-oilier about enforcing the laws in Utah. Crime is aid to be rampant in our inuW, hot that the legnl court are powcr.'c.-3 to punish criminals and will ritinur! i'o until Coygress steps in to their relief by enacting fome such laws 3 the "ring"' hero will approve. Men are soiuttinjca areted, tried ltid convicted of crimes by the probate :;iurts, and would no doubt be punished if the judges of the district courts would ceas; 'o i"tcrpo-2 tix everlasting "hibeua corpus" veto. The question h-ja often cecarred tfj me a mere "iookei-on in'enice," hy these gentlemen of the spotless ermine do not take the necessary steps' to punish criminals themselves, or r.ei-mit r.ei-mit other courts to do so and 1 have frequently heard in reply to this question, ques-tion, a rcmnrk something like thin, "it is impossible as the la now stands, to obtain a jury that would convict." This objection is answered by a bare rclerenco to the simple fact, that in the probate courts juries do convict where crime ia proved. I have been struck with surprise within a lew days o seeing the announcement that the judge of the third district had ordered a venire for a petit jury to bo summoned sum-moned to attend a Mar:h term of said court; not surprised at the order for such jury, but because the order did not include a grand jury as well. I am unadvisod of the passage of any law disnensini? with eranrl inrifia ar,d had reason to believe that when tho district court should again convene, con-vene, it would he accompanied by the auxiliary lor the punishment of crimes as well as the adjudication of disputes oetween parties to civil eauses. II judgo McKcuncan order a legal petit jury, sureiy he cau legally order a srand juiy form regular term of his court. It occurs to me that tho people, peo-ple, for whose protection and convenience, conven-ience, courts of law are organized, have a right to expect that snch courts will oppose a legal barrier between them and the robber who would despoil them of their property and the murderer who seeks to, or has shed their blood ! Shall it he said of courts in Utah that they are open to decide disputes in regard re-gard to property; but closed against all attempts to punish the law breaking thief and the bloody murderer? Law. The last question in the above communication com-munication can easily bo answered by saying that such is precisely the object ob-ject that has been aimed at by the gentlemen who hold official positions here, with a view to work up the very i excitement that is now manifesting , itself in Waihingtcc. And to be sue- : cessful, grand juries have not been summoned, aud the law has been directly di-rectly violated by its sworn oonserva- i tors, all to carry out the idea that the j laws could not be enforced in Utah. ; If "Law" cannot see tho back of a j huge conspiracy sticking up at every move that has been made, the conspii- acy having for its object the securing ' such special legislation as will give a very unscrupulous and not astonishingly astonish-ingly honest " ring " the power by which they cm thoroughly fleece the Territory, before they can be pic-vented, pic-vented, then he had better hold a conversation con-versation with seme perscn frho has been here and has watched proceedings proceed-ings carefully for the last two years. Were he an old resident instead of a "looker on in Venice," he would understand un-derstand fuily that the laws can be enforced en-forced aa easily in Utah as in any part of tho Union, and a great dea' easier than in many parts. |