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Show B ., A itllllOSITCTlOX. H i The dispatches bring the Information I tint Michael Bheflur, who occupied the position of Chief Justlco of UUll j Uurlng the Hayni administration, In H f .' , clesJ, a hrt trouble being the lm- I meOlate cuie. The dlajatoh alto f oredltt Judge HhXTer with being the j author of the celebrate! "Anu Kill" opinion, which It mistake; thlt jar. Bj tlcular rtece of Judicial workmanship H in designed and executed up to a ! certain point 07 the late JuJe Mo Koan, ably iccondeJ bjr General Maxwell, Max-well, who acted until the callspsei,. the case at the plalntllPa irvclaki ami a Ills called In law. Judge Hhatler HjY. subsequently Rare a decision which Jj ' orerlurned the original- lie had B a rather tempestuous time of It In ft Utah. The bar liai rarely arrayed HI) lUtelf io bitterly and dolermlnedly Htf , against any one at it did In his Ht , case; petition for remoral were not H only drawn, algned and for. H warded, but a repreientatlon or the H legal fraternity went to Waahln&ton H and personally brought audi Influence B at they might to bear upon the l'rcst- C , .lent, but It did not prevail. Finally ia ' ' Ugdea wai made one of the alttlnK placet of the First dlttrlct court liy legislative enactment and thither the obeotlonable Jurlit waa dltpatcbeJ. lie eorrei for quite along time utter going there, seeming to bare been fortunate enough not to annoy the bar of thejunctlon city, at lent not to the eame extent he bad that of thla place. The aelecllon of Judge William Iilndaay for United Htatea aenator by the Democrat of the Kentucky legislature legis-lature uncoTora another face familiar to Utah people, that of tue lato Judge ltufuiK. Wllllami. He had aerred a term at chief Justice of the Kentucky court of appeals, and Judge Lindsay was nominated !t by the Democratic- contention to , aucoeed him, whereupon Judge Wil li llama ran aa an IndependentcanJIdate n for re-election and waa defeated. He then camo to Utah and established an otllce first bore, then at 0dea In company with Hon. K. H. lllcbardt, and succeeded In building up quite a large practice. He died few years ago. Thla Territory's Judicial and legal history Is a peculiar one and would ' make interesting reading If put to- 1 getuer in Yolum by aome one capable of doing It properly and who would glTeltallJuttaallwaa. We hare had aomo strange rulings, aome peculiar procedure, and hate furnished the world with mora points of precedent and new llnea of practice than aoy other community of similar age la the ,1 country, "Tho Supreme Court of the if United Btatei for the Territory of Utah" and "Tho United States vs. a J Certain I'ieoo of Troperty" aro only Instaucea wherein w have contrlbut- t ed.to tho prevailing practice of the f law, and the ameudmenta to and changes from previously recognized philosophy an too numerous to bu mentioned. Truly, Utah has a varied and far-reaching experience, viewing Kj I It la whatever light we may. |
