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Show a JUitiMncriimi, (juiMiON. The 7rl!ud recently contained an article (contributed) In which It was eought lobuahowii thatjutttiesof the 1 ence lu this Tertltoty have no authority author-ity or Jurisdiction as committing magistrates mag-istrates In caiesatlslng under the lawn of the United B atrs. Why they have no such Jurisdiction Is not etatid. Mentlou of tho fact that the Organic Act and nubiequeut legislation ,lvu them no such power Is msde, but that proves nothing, Huch enactments do not withhold such power and the pre-auni pre-auni lion therefore remulus that they hold all the authority that Justices of tho I ace usually hold except wherein they ato expressly curtailed thereof, No law siiolflcallj defines their jurisdiction juris-diction To say that If an ofluuder against tho lane of tho United bitatea la trought before a ui-lieu ui-lieu of tho jeaoe and rtijulrod lo give n bond for bis a.rarnnce uliewhire If Indloted will not be blodlng, Is not only to statu an absurdity absurd-ity tut logo contrary to eetabllihed fads, Thiru have bcun eoveral casts ill this Territory wherein such authority author-ity line bien ixoioleed, thu Inst one that occurs to us being that cf John l'ckurt for counterfeiting, the defendant defend-ant being brought befoto Justlrn Uiotgo I). I'yi or at tl e Clt) Hall and ly htm held to answer lo the i,riiid Jurj, aud theriuretloii of Jutledlctlou wns never thought of. This was romu four years nfo. If the Justliei ever had such power which liny did both us a niatttr of fact aud of law they bold It allll because It Ims not belli taken away. Thu ouly mention of llieni In euoh connection In any lOLgntslonnl enactment of Into years le lo make United Htntes roinmlitlonors equil to tbim as committing mngletrattsuudct reitltuil.il laws by thu I'dUnd bill, nn I making thu c?ruaittsloners njuul ti them In all rcspeota by thu hd muuds-Tuckeruct. Tlietoltand eaii bo no quoitluu as to the lurtidlctlon of Justices of His pracoas preliminary Judk.ua In any kind of criminal cute, ualljuul or local ave where either Is specially c mnilt ted by law or ruto to torno pnitlcular functionary, and none such aro under discussion even If they obtain at all In this Territory, It follow that, as a jurisdictional riucstlou, Judge Judd U right and bit ctltlo Is wrong; at n matter of policy he Is right and bis crltloli wrong, beciuio If Justices of the peace do not do their duty and ther peoplu near him do not strengthen his hands, tho grand Jury or a romnile-eloner romnile-eloner can still act and the cdlum will be on those responsible for the dereliction. |
