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Show AN I 1 P( 1 iT ANT M K ASL KK Congress Will Probably Pass Hill to Rrlieip the Supreme Court Judgr. ' JUDICIAL DESPOTISM DESTROYED. Circuit Court to Given Appellate Jurisdiction by Writs of Error or Appa!. Washington. 1m. April ll.-Kcprr scntaiive linger of Arkansas, from the) coniiiiillee on judiciary, h.is made a'l interesting report upon dm bill t regulate 1'ie juri-tlii ttoti of the I mt d Slates courts mi s In give relief t the supreme court. lb submit briefly the changes proposed in the existing ex-isting law by the bill, and prM-it.itinct of die adanl.igis which will tn m'-ciiiciI m'-ciiiciI by its pa,-ge The bill, lie av. wilbdiawsnll original Jurisdiction now veiled in (he circuit courts of lli.i Tinted Males and M M (he me exclusively exclu-sively in the district courts of tb I'nited Males, and ! provides that the circuit court of die I'niied Sljtrs . shall evrci-e mn li Jurisdiction by writ of error and appeal as they Iia under existing laws. In idiort, the rirmU court is made an appellate, court exclusively, exclu-sively, except (hat il lias powter Usmt nil remedial proces.se. Il S provided that the circuit eivur shall consist of the prewnl cliTiiil, Judge, nud two other In b appointed ! in each cill nil by (lie prrsideiit. Il requires re-quires three Judge to consilium a quo- j rum and in case either of (he Judge i absent, tit any term, the ai-nior rlrciiiti court judge may require any district j court judge of Ihe circuit to it In hl stead for the time being; bull (hero inu-t always I ou circuit' judge present. and no circuit district judge before, whom a ca-n it tried ill the district court can sit in th-same th-same case in the circuit court. All law requiring the chief jiniiin. and Bsoeiiiln Justice of tlifl allprcnvi-court allprcnvi-court lo xrfoi in duty a circuit justice) are repented. Circuit court are given appellate jurisdiction by writ of error or tipi.! lo review (ho Judgment mid decree! of supreme court of tlni several lerri- i lories, a I by (hi ail provided for the review of Judgment drvrw) of tin district court, and to facilitate facil-itate the exercise thereof. It I providi-I that Ihe several tenllorie sltiill lt a-signed a-signed to particular circuit) by order of the supremo, court of the I'mUnl Stale. This bill w ill at once transfer a very large mas of busbies from the snprcmn court to lh several circuit courts, chiefly couimeiclul busine-a and Hligl-lion Hligl-lion for bind between cllien and thrf-like, thrf-like, and al the name time provide for it determination in an appetlato court of equal dignity and vmr-ucter vmr-ucter with die supreme court of die several stale, and (Id otiervaliiMi lipplie Willi equal force In Ihe teriilo-l teriilo-l ii i anil Ihe disl riot of , 'iibiliibia,. H ib-slroy the "Judicial despotism" of lln present ny-lcni by rrcadug n interm--diate appellate court, with Ne r to reverse re-verse die linal judgment "f ibe district irt iu nil case civ il or crilnin al, except ex-cept iu Ihe lowest c!a of inindemrttu. or, w lu re the line Is not over .MXi und j dm- not Involve Imprisonment. It gi ant ' appeal on all capita! case direct l I lie tiirciiie court of die I lul.sl St,t, Ihe srni-.'d baling lirst had trial in dm district mint pn!bd over bra d Iricl mid i ireiill Judge. Itimplili' do vv bob- judicial estalibsbmeul by model lug the system l.irgely after thu yletn in Ibe several stale, making certain nud easily understood the qii tion relating re-lating l' jnil-db lion, and in niin important im-portant qui'iioti of pi, o l in; conforming, conform-ing, u far s may W. to Ihe practice In die several slat. , W lib which ll" tr ifl die several stale will b familiar. Finally; it unload itt only lb preme Couit docki I lo a Urge extent lent nt once, but it ali give immediate work to the Circuit Court i and at tho salii" time make the hole jniliri 4I j force of the Circuit and IH-lncl bencb available in holding or asst-iin din j district judge In preforming their t-lie- liereier ami whenever they ar.i ib-. I wilhiii tle ir re-iM-otive circuit, and Vi l sei lire the nl'-oblto linlepeml. .nee' of each oilier of die three claw , of couit, i-lri. I, Circuit and .. preme. |