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Show THE GRAND JOEY'S LKQALll Y. As cur re at. era are aware, amoug tbe "true bilia" U'.ely presented by the grand jury of this district, was one agaiusi John Fowler, of 0dn, charging hiai with bigamy, or polygamy. polyg-amy. The accused, by bia attorneys, Richard & Wiliiarua, has prepared a moiioo lo set a.ido the indictment, b-iaiag it upoa various reaaons, ail aiitgicg the illegality ot the jury. He tint setd fe;th that the uotire ol the drawirg of the inquiditors was cot giveo iQ the mancer provided by lew, it oot appearing that the jurori were to be for toa Tnird district, tbe coun'-y in which the notice wa given does not appear, nor is 't shown that tbe judge signing the notice waa the judge ol the district; further, eigoteen uames were trsi drawn from the jury box, waerew only fitteen could be Itgaiiy drawn; and tine of the named of tha jurors on the panel were drawn from the box witcout any notice. He alleged that rideen the cumber recjuiiita for the panel ot the eiht i een jurors n.-at drawn were eiib.e and competent to asrve &s g and juror, but they were nut iipa:th:.d; tea: the e:gt-.-ea cou.J n--t Itaiy coQ-ii:(e the panel, aUnu'a every one of tbecn bid been legally qualified to act ad sraad jircr; that eiht ut the juror., pleading all iLe statutory qjai.ficalious, were nl-ihy deluded from the panel, oe b-ing excused at hli on request, because be was tne superintendent of a mine and in. 11, and seven beicg ch:kcged by the prjeecuung officers, "bat not Lt any cause known to the ata'.uLee cf the L'nued tu'.ea, or the Territory c; 1 :ab, acid end c ..-.n;.-3 were cot -u:or!id by law, yet l.ey were sus:a;nd by the ccurt," and the jur.-rs i tx.iuJ.d fr;n the picel. Anat-er ground ;'or tci motion mo-tion id teat 'Thompson K.ttjr" aa accep'.ti ad a juror instead cf "IuctrDktna R:Ki--r" w" rxma ww on the jury hit, acd drawn f;uQQ Ice box, but no iuca name aa Them p-co p-co E.:ter wia en the kit or in tne bcx. Farther, aftr six jurori hid been accepted, acd ail ihe ot.cra of toe eigiteen cn the or -.; i i.jt re jcCUd, toe ccurt c:r.erd t..e urasci-g o twen:y ad.-.ii; : cl ia;-.j, w.e.-r-i cn'y nice were r?'Viir?d to L.l !.,e panel. E'-g't cf ;Le twer.'.y j drawn were r?;-c:d cn coi'.-:n;-i "uw kocwa to acd uLautt.:r i-d ty law," otw.tr. jtacd i i. each w Uai y qu.'jced atd el.glbia to servs. A!:-:r four of the jurori frcm (r.t tecfj were a cepud, tne o'.nen be-.ng rejected, re-jected, nine nmea were drawn Uz.cn tne bcx, wheT-:a3 ooly fite jcrcn were I wn.:c? to fl-1 tr.epn-:; acd on the game d, a:'tr the tine were sum mcned or enmir.td cn the;r cur dirt, fi'.K additional na.. next drawn, and from tne aev.n'ren the pioei waa fi;:ed. Tee tcc'-.cn procerus: pro-cerus: B" iii ..;..-;-; r. n -i-1 i.r.,., t----;;: J ,cn f- r..,n , i. li. i.-r. .. ... ri. bmi A. Vi sn.7, Li-i. : K. i;r ,--,. i -g, i.w. '.V. A. I., r . t, r'--:- 0 . i, V, m. . I. 1; , Fair ;.-k, Aa..K,;.M tJ.-i . .-.t. r.. (j.nri' Co,...-.., ki. ' , H v..-., . ;i ' Wra P A?.-ik ar. 1 J. Ji 7 ". n . -n w--e wii ar.d .1 ( ' r-, -rv. in.. ;--.i ':f .J -ar. 1 , .Vy . .. t . a tr.-7 . i,;-7M ,-,v. p., .rr.y aj .4'.r..if-U-'I 07 ir,.'liiir.. .w.ro-vl.i,',: Im; j'j'"! 0-1 ir.-Mr fir iirr r.i w ..on ..-.o ?-r-l j-i-7, jrj, t. m.',i ur..-J.r ti, L-iiL'l air,.t f.,r?rn7 or b f.tr.j, if t(-, - i-ci-.Cfl ' !'.-. thfm in.. tf.it r,7pr. on r.Ai ti.;-i 4,...,jj ttr,l wt4 hade to pr'y.B--j'.,or, ur,.r it. The motion sola forth toat Alexander Alexan-der M;or., a member of the jnry, : not an e::i:.: yitsT. D'A h t.:,h rj :ded in tig Out rid ;x mon.h-t r,xt precerlinjf I bo li.x. wh?n I'-t ijfr. w placed on the because h; m not a t4xp7r in the territory, ar.-. baiio9, nd fcrtrd m a pt.t juror in this court witnin two yor. n-xt pre-cidic? pre-cidic? the impanelling of the grand jury; that C. M. f,irr.on, ftnoth-r juror, is not an eligible juror, having :o -erved a. a petit j ror within two years. r:'je fl'-liv-r K'.l.-Tt.-, .., vf i;1r- 1 low L i. H. ..U-,.,,n arM 1 J. Hra-Ily w-,r-. r..--iU..T :f ln r, Ht. ' th-? tirn grar. rj j Jr7 VM Brn pr,i' Ifj . whi'.h f,-,r.rj ,,J pr.-ont'. ,. ir-l.a , m-r,t, r,',r u-.-.-i i;'l tnrj.-rr-r, J f. liZi-, j ,rn- n f.ff,-, -J. ',7 kw, , '"'''i tf.-ir r..m'i hid b-n dnn ff.rn tr.n j.,r7 h.,x -J-jirg th.A;,ni rrn, l-,7 1. -f -l.li ro-.rt, -. n .r"-r f.-,m l.i-i T'-f.r'l '.narv.f, an-1 ti."7 w-,ri ',m-rno',. ',m-rno',. '. wr?-i 4 f.-vtit ,r-,r it i;. lrro, ar.'l T.rn in mrUi,- .) u-, ,n th. f .'I. lifr,t t,., ( h n I P nir.,n. WTI illfV gi 7 ''. ,.-,1 j.iry Ur nr.d w-rt ur. rr, t-.r.fr'jrn na g-ar.'l j irora ''' ''Wm, J7 . ar.'f lh. 7 -f Uh (t.-ir,-J ') try tr.nt From the mowing made it i'rn el"-r tr-.At the pfinnt grand jury ia n iil'yal h-Aj, a fi.jrr.ir 0f thi(((J1 vok!,.,: i' 'pg-iiry. ( m.,7 ,e d ,'ir,tffj ;( r Kowlr r will tecum a f-v,MMe rulir-it :u hi. rrr.ion in tlift dMtr.otc-t, r,r ,t ne w,il he nurjflM-f'-l in ti.-. .Mn-r I'-rritori-tl rourt, iivild r.,-o gfi ,() f,r; bt inif) he ti.e ir.iir; .(K,n and rMli'.y V, Carry tr, ;K,ir. Uj t',e Virorne (! ,rl of the L'hi'.j Hut, ih,Hn l(t) rr( 'jutir n ft. to the r.,!t. n ,nnjr tnxiet lo pick Hrid (rk j1fj.( for pril pui-p'.-, tl.o c',rlrt, of thia territory iva alrn'mt invariably g',r,e U,o far. fn tlir biind fnt,-.i tt,.,y ntrin tn trU,t trr.t idnre it U-, br-ynnd wni- U it 1. unU-vfxl to (,'. 'J nil, ;. why w, ma.iy of th"irrl-r,m r,rlltlirr, ovorturrKfl r7 t ki l.ii,.r ro-irt, ,l(rll f(f th-ir work n..litr,M; wl,, i.y f,,, ao little pronr. in tno 'If - ,u,n tl.ry are Iravnhrtg, Thj wonM (.r,t al.,n rmnh fl-7 if H1P7 w'cdj of(nJ'if,t l.iornael'M lo thq tri'.t pith oftl.r, law, d-v rifi.or t'- th r;Kh'. f,-ir to trie dw- ver jfr.Mt rt 7 he their ifMiM to do ' in or I'-r lo ac- ' I complidb a purptwa. lu their opinion tho law may be defco-tiva defco-tiva or fall ehort of what thoy think it should reach; but tbe remedy is not iu the power of courU aud prosecuting ctliiiera Lo achieve. IhOee inatituliond and persona are not law-nidkerd, aud when they assume (0 act a. if the laws were what they want theui iLa'.ead of wh.it they are, the) make a grand m u.t like. If oar pnauiit courts and law officers think they can override the law in their struyL toaccotuplish jomethiug they err Abler judt-n than any of IhOod now on the territorial terri-torial bench, and proecculiug officer by tne ttide of whom thoue at preneut otficiatiug are mere legal pigmies, have been here, and aa earnestly worked to do juit what is now sought to be done; ! but they have failed, though through no fault of theirs. They could not do, uece.iarily and lastingly, what the statutes !orhid, or at least did not allow. Our preseul judiciary, if it were wise, would be w,rntd from the recti upon which so many nave spht. There is a plain rule which every court will he riht in following, atd all will be wrong in straying from it, and that rule is to pursue the course marked cut by the law. II it dees not lead where the court would like it to go, the court will havo to proceed against ita iuclioiiijn or run afoul of snas. |