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Show i WHY NOT ? Salt Lake Citt, May 2S:h, '79. Editors Herald: Is appears that Cuief JuBtice Schaefier, at Provo, has sentenced Mr. D. Candland, of Mount Pieasant, Sanpete County, to fine or imprisonment imprison-ment for aa act of judicial usurpation. usurpa-tion. Now, it Mr. Candland has exceeded ex-ceeded his legitimate authority as justice of tue peace, or whatever judicial judi-cial office be may hold, I consider it right that be be made to answer for it in a Legitimate and proper manner. At ths eime time the thought arises that a minor local functionary may not be the oniy official who baa exceeded ex-ceeded his legitimate authority. Have not some of the federal occupanU of the bench committed theca-tselvea theca-tselvea in like manner in tne history of this territory ? Have tney not wielded taeir power extrajudicially? extra-judicially? Have not they and other tederal officials sometimes perpe trated acts of usurpation? Did not a judge in a noted case yet pending, j sentence a man to nard labor when! tbe law did not authorize any euch sentence? Waa that judee fined or imprisoned for that act? If not, why not? Has there been one solitary instance, out of all the cases of acts of usurpation by federal judges, governors, gov-ernors, secretaries, district attorneys, marshals, deputy marshals, elo., of or for thia territory, where the offending official has been punished by fine or imprisonment? Aud if not, then, why not? Is it minor officials only that are liable to fine or imprisonment imprison-ment for exceeding their duty? Justice. |