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Show IMPORTANT RULING By the Territorial Supreme Court This Uornlog, AFI'ECriMI MIMMI L0CATIUXS. Ad Aipfl lij 1lii llrrrmlcr of lllg CultointoiJ lllnloit lllilrlcl ITIIIi Krpitt til Vrtn, An'o-lnlon of I'ODfM.nkt. Inlcrmt ml Itnportinra In rrgard lo Urn cliirulno((ffi(jr rccorJIng mlnlnx IocaIIoiii wm ulrtii by dm uJitr of tbu Buptnuu Court t Hi. Territory tliln morning, tlirouli Jiullco Minor. Tim ii wm tint of III' I'conlo of thnTrrrltoryof Utah, rf.iMmilcnt, ti. jAmt. T Montr, ortllAnt, brine an pa! Irora Jutlo Zauv'ii t-ottrU Tho d.rciultnt Monk wm cJiiflcteJ on an Indictment found nnuVr rrctlon STtHI U. I.., 1839, of a roliilrmranor III demanding and rrcrlrlnf Illegal fees for recording a mining location at recorder re-corder for trio Ittg Cottonwood mining dlilrlct. Jly the cuitom and lot-at laws of thlt mining dlttrlct, adontod hy the. mlnerf, the fiii forrrcortllnga mining location claim vm fixed at 93. The de fendant, txll.Tlng It. had a right to dwmand that aum for such tervlce uti tier the law, af h iiiideritond II, ro-queated ro-queated payment, and lio rect'lred It under proteitof the nrtka paying. Under thelawiof Congreri, laid the Court, reported In (J. I,, of Utah, 1849. p. 109, "The miner, of each mining Ulitrlct may laaku regulation! not In cor.lllct with the lawa of Hie Unlln.l HtalM, or ths law of the Htata ot Territory In which th. mining district la attuated, gorrrn Ingtlieloratlonand manner or record Ing, etc." Under tectlon 270d Compiled Com-piled I.'.t1SSS, 'Mining rrrordernaro allowed the kauia fe for HconJIug anil maVlugcoplea of record In their custody at are allowed hy law for the nurvlce. to county recorder." "and for receiving larger feet for such rrlcr. than tho.o herein provided, audi mlulng recorder atiall t deemi-d guilty of a mladrmeauor, and upon conviction t. auhject to the lienalllra frovldad for In aecilon 6IM, t:omiilleJ ,awi 1688. Under aectlou ill 12 of tlio eamoact the county recorder', fcts for Ihe.orvloe. performod Ly the defend, ant would be 73 cent.. Under till! date of facta, together with aomu othtri not couildered material to tula dlicunlon, couu ael for tho defendant clalmi that Monk received tho payment of th1 fee, bvllovlng at tho tlmo that he had the legal right to charge and receive It, and tuatcooMfuiutly he would not be criminally liable, eveu though the fee demanded waa In exo.m of that al lowed by law. that because of d.feu Uant'a gooil faith aud honeat belief la hli right to charge the lee. no crlml. nal Intent exlited In hli mind, aud without thla criminal Intent he could not h guilty of the cllenae chtrged. To imtaln thla view their llonora cited JO. 1.. lit, C; P'aulki v.. l'eoplo .19 Mich., 'Jdd; llnlry v.. Htate of 01, b, S.tr, Cutler vi. HlateSd N. J, Law lS. tiomeoftliu authorltlee leeuied to auttaln thla view, but upon a careful analyili would be found that the rule contended for applied largely tocaifa where th. party bad beeu honestly acting Uon A juppoi.d itata of facta that did not really aalat. A dlitlnc-tlon dlitlnc-tlon ihould be made when th. aot lought to ba puntihed aroie from a mlMiako of fact rathor than from a roll tak.of law, "Ouu who, while careful aud clrcumipect, Ii led Into u ralitake of fact, and dolug whit would be In no way reprehenilble, were they what lie aupiHjied them to lw, commit, what under the real facta Ii a vlolatlou of a criminal itatutc, la guilty of no crime." lUkiichacaioH criminal mind and Intent wen wanting. ( lllahop'. lulu-lory lulu-lory conitructlou, lee. 1S.) According to mott of the authorltlee, a mMake ot fact waa quite dlllereut In Iti ellVcti and oouitUuncvi, liotti civil aud criminal, from Ignorance or mli. taku ot law. Hence the rule that Ignorance or ml.takoln iolnt of fact U In marly all caioiof iup;uied ollonx'. aiulllclontiixcute." (1 lllahop C. 1,., 7 ed., lee. 301; !i lllihop (,'. Ii., 7 ml., ec. 400.) Hut till, rule wai held not to apply to a mlitake or Ignurancu of the Jaw; for, In general, every innoii wai pre-turned pre-turned to know the law ot the county whero he Uvea. "And In no camj could ouo enter a court of Juitlce to which he liaa lx.i aummoned In eltliur a civil or criminal proceeding with the koIo and naked deleaie that when he did thu thing compluluedof, liedid notkuow of the cxlilwfutsot the law which lie violated, uor that he believed the law to he dlllereut from what II really wai, nor eveu If be wiwmltled by tho advlie of counael, (I lllahop, C. I., aeo 09; 7 llckerlng81). Thu mriiiij.it authority cited by counael held that where thu law which had been lnfrluged uxili wa. aettled aud plain, thu maxim nilvlit bu applied with vigor. Ill thla caao the itatuto plainly fixed tho legal fee; nothing waa left to turnilin or uucerlaluty. Thu niluera of una mining uiatncl had no right to malu rulei contrary to the lawa of the United Htatr. or of thla Territory: and thu defendant waa hound to know what the law waa. To hold that each pernon called to accou nt for a violation of a penal atatutu had thu legal right to placu Ills own construction Um thu meaning of audi atatutu, and claim Immunity from punliliment for Iti vlolall.u It-cauiu It-cauiu aouie uaugu or cuvlom had grown up In vlolatlou ot the atatute which lie belloved to be law, would, 111 eilrct, nullify mid render uugatory many of the criminal etatutc. ot the Territory, mid rnud reach peraon whohadvlo lated the law the aole Judge of hi own glllll. (! lllahopa (. I,., aic VM; U. H. va. Ileynoldl 0.1 U. H., 107; IUI va, Com 1.1 llutli. Ky., 316; :l Hawyer 479; Htale vi. (loodunw, isi Maine it; Com va, Writ., 7 Metcalf 47;", l.lutolll va. Hliaw, 17 Mini., 410; I'eople va. Calhoun 3rd Wind, 4L'0.) In conclution their llonora held thero uaa nothing In thlt cam to bring It within uny exc tlon ruftrred lo by the appellant' couuael In Cutler va. Htato 3d N. J., 125. In Ihatcaautho defendant win ajudlclalolllcer. Under ull clriuimlancta thla cciirt now ruled that the conviction of Monk, the ni-I ni-I ellaut wit right, and iild tho lower court very properly couildered tint luvcatlgatliu clrcuniitancoi shown In the oj.e In fixing the amount of punishment. Tho udgment and ten. teucu Imposed waa theruforu atllriued. Juitlce. Anleriin and IltacVlmm concurred In Judge Miner', opinion. dTAYKI) iWt 1WKN1V HAVa. Hnlltirt ('reek Irrigation company va. ritllno HtocX compiuy itnl. In thla matter thu remittitur wa. nay. J for twenty day., on motion of the appellant. ap-pellant. A lMM.lUIAtl OAK. An appeal from Judge Mlner'a rami, Isaac Cnlllon, ntndmlnlatrator, nlaln. III! aud rtapondent, va. the Union Pacific Itailway company, ilefendant and appellant, waa then taken up. Attorney Van Colt for thorippullatii; Attorney I). Kvatia for thu reaomlent. The apical arltea nut nf an action for damage, for jicraonal Injurlia. In thu Territorial Huptcme Court yetti rd.y afternoon tho. case nf M. 11. Hack A Company v.. tho National Itmk nf Commerce of 1'rovn ramo on for nrgumant. Thu pUlntlir nllege.1 that on February SOth last, they had on deposit In the lank J3VI, and on that diy Issued their check for i'iVi. Payment waa rrtumi on the mound that the defendant had not Riinicleiit fiindabelonirlng lo phlntlfls In pay It. Thu plalntllTVi at oucu brought anil ti recover $i0.nu ilamnge. fur Injury to their bmllieM and credit. In answer tho defendant let up that on February :0lll he luaiml thu phlnllfl. t1 on a promissory note, ncul the n.xt day Hack, Moilarlty A Co., ift)raiid Junction, Junc-tion, analgneil. Tho defendant's bank, feeling unaafe.demandil of the plain- IIH'a aecurltv fur the l.l.lr. ai.illt I. al. Irged that the firm', agent authorlxed th. bank tn apnly fund, ondep, lt to tho plalnllllV credit to the payment of thu note. Afterward! thu check In qut'illon came In and payment wat refined an the ground that tho plain-tills plain-tills !m I notiiiniclint funds to pay II. Tins Jury returned a verdict fur lists plalutttTfoi 1730. Tuudrftiidniiti made a motion for anew lrial,whlcli was overruled over-ruled byJudcn lllxckhurn.and tho an-leal an-leal la from thla judgment. I'.limr II. Joins, nf Iowa, wa! admitted ad-mitted to practice, uiioii n certificate of aduilsatoii from thuiuprcmo court of Iowa. |
