Show 2 2834 COMPLAINTS ISSUED BY RICES RICE'S OFFICE IN YEAR County Attorney Reports Report 1000 Opinions Given on Legal Matters A total pf ot 2834 criminal complaints com come plaints was Issued at County Attorney Attorney At At- At torney John D. D Rices Rice's office during 1929 in Iii addition to rendition oC ot more than 1000 written and verbal opinions given i en for tho the le legal al guidance guidance guidance guid guid- ance of or other county departments according to an annual report completed completed com Saturday Sixteen complaints were issued during the year charging defendants defendants defendants defend defend- ants with Involuntary manslaughter In n connection with traffic accidents Defendants In eleven cleven of these cases casca were held for trial at tho the preliminary preliminary nary hearings Two vo of or the cases are still pending before committing magistrates and nd three have be dismissed for lack of ot evidence COMPLAINTS SEGREGATED Nineteen felony complaints were werd Issued charging Ing defendants with persistent violation of tho the prohibit tion law for possession of or in in- liquor 25 for manufacture ture o of liquor 14 for transportation of ot liquor 10 for tor sale of liquor and 78 for driving an auto while under the Influence of or liquor A total o oU liquor destruction orders were wera prepared in tho the county attorneys attorney's office during the year and presented pre pre- to the tho Third district cour courts which In turn ordered the sheri to carry out the destructions Writing of or tho the cost of oJ criminal prosecution in Salt Lako Lake count the country attorney says It Is estimated that each cas cas' cas handled by this office costs th the tha county for Othe o os the tho prosecutors prosecutor's office and forces alone Tho The costs of ot each cas y when it reaches the courts may be b Increased b by a variety of 0 things thing for instance tile the number of wit nesses subpoenaed whether hod case Is tried or the defendant pleads plead guilty to the charge the number of ot days tho trial or hearing hearing- last and whether a a. Jury is impaneled t thear jf hear th the tho evidence JURY COSTS MORE We Ve estimate that a a. case ift tried only before the judge woul f cost about 8 8 and if ir tried before s i jur jury would cost about 20 The report states that 91 per cent ent of ot the meanor cas cases filed flied and tried ra rathe x the county prosecutor and his a as aai resulted in convictions In fifteen of or the criminal cas handled during the year ear the coun COUT county ty attorney was called upon to iz b is issue sue extradition papers to assist lot i. having the tho defendants returned from flom other states to the Jurisdiction o of local courts Legal Lesal opinions were given t tot heads of ot other departments ln- ln eluding the count county commission which is tho the governing body of ot the county to guide them in the 4 tion of or their duties and the e ex expenditure exi of or during th year car states tho the report I |