Show LAWLESS COURTS ju judge zano TJ S 1 io some ac 1110 toy two fleeks alvs it il was waa certain Lr liin 1 U 1 8 boners ot of cot it salt L lake tap county veto so asu sit mati cally robbins robbing the people b bv chaldin excessive and ani illegal lefi it i t aliu b it came wore bufore them ind ami an all vas as ordo tied by bv chief justice zane A k committee com mitlee ol of three aile ae selected elected by the court aliel noting U S attorney varian and lawyers anil marshall I rhall fohir ilys days acro taken up lip in ill ex alie records of those conn com their former anil and All other othor matters having 1 beiring be irini on their cases arid and on the tha strength of a depoi t brou brous it lt in by bv tint that alio ceif birtice ju tice requested of the officials olTi cial in quel tim flown all that report ni whirl fastened tho thi crimes of aill and extortion upon those federal officers beyond 11 the 0 shadow of a doubt liny prove interesting intire inter eting lait re reiding iding to it certain U S 9 commissioner of chis this city will who has doubtless doul lles been guilty guilt of hir ar grealer creater I 1 1 l 0 printies aties as we ve shall lit in good onto linio show 1111 11 wo wa reproduce A synod i it of the bul ievins thai I 1 good goad will lond lit a pip till lip r ads ada liia his ini rending fate between tile the lines armong amon other caw 4 reported was that of the people vs hobbs in the dc paid the ilia court and th asni pla inin 5 but tile the cate vaa v aa s nevar docketed no complaint wnm to bu be frill not wi no m ni piri rant int MA ejov ealr r issued no arrest over ever made the aso also I 1 reports 0 we ve f arther find from the evid cree that coin mart martin in permitted tile bringing of civil in hid lii court upon tho the understanding that tile the plaintiffs acre riot expected and aal should not lie be is ie quiren to pay costs of courts unless and until tile tho same were collected from the fill defendants particularly was waa ill this Is so fo with one Alexanderi blev v ho brought a number of cases before him apall tile the arrangement th ehst t costi ocic biele not to to hu be ps pa il ucb cunha unha si co frons froni the defendants sibley was the collector for the cooperative co operative association anti anil had t i harre lierpo of same of its collections lie brought collection mils lulls before the concini isinger binl and served the in tile the 6 tine line charging and allol iTer ivilo ariell the coats were collected fd aiom ilia defendant the um sum of ta 2 in the report we ve further fill find from the evidence that reed ft collee tois hid had nib lub manti martially ally tile the with martin and were permitted to arid and did bring civil suit before him with tile tho understanding tint thit the coils mere ere to bo be paid only conly when co collected from tile those these rolleston rol c elect lect lecton lira broucht a large number of cases in which as private process aror as gertr eer Tr were permitted to berve the summonses and when the costs herff collected 2 were paid to the them m it in bases 1 lit in about twenty one casas add 3 in two caseb tho rho et armittee lind find in aeverill in s COMIn isaiO nere charged tirier fa iier day in civil cases m here t 11 nievis of the peare and ciurej cia iiii fro i arill hm ba b and little less than rol colbry bry if tile tho rood food i I 1 to community cono only kne knew w how pate 4 they had been v corked ill till 8 iafe e 0 a y u N rz shinami as county tai chiy would demand an investigation of his hia official career u title it la is vein eta stench in tile the nostrils rila of all honest men in other cases it was found that costs were requited of the defer defendent dent before tile so called coult conits would allow it change of venue in other words it i payment of 0 of f co coats to was made mad a condition upon poll w which tile the change was waa gran grantell teil toils is a no lie worse than ref refueling to withdraw a crial crinini nal nai complaint corn plaint unless all costs are pid paid by ti I 1 P complaining com wit witness nebs and till been tile I 1 hinline inline ul in 0 of I 1 a commissioner in thi this city athin A the hie past few days the report charges still further it appears from the evidence that commissioner tillos ioner moyer solicited accounts t for or CO collecting I 1 and in onu one instance offered to buy accounts for collection if the price could bo arrange arranged d satisfactorily it appear appeal and wo do not fin find d that tise intention was to bring the suits ruita on all accounts so so obtained in ilia li a own owl court but he did bring bulls on collections and practiced in the courts of other commis sion cra yet how m would it have be been lad they a commissioner t brig taking and accounts for collection land and after handling them for months finally turning them over to a 1 ti brosi partner in business to a hue bue upon i in 11 his hia ow own n court before the committee zsa also finds that of total tola nu icher of 03 3 civil cases brought t befaro tile the commissioner as ag aforesaid 41 ere brought by one firm of attorneys tor arid one of i m holl ans also it a Commis commissioner ioner slid and before whom commissioner mover brought ca cases caes es and practiced that as it a general rule no costs coals have been paid in those cases except as collected bulloc cd fj aiom ant tile defendants and that or more are arc yet PC lendins indin ution upon t alio he docket of the commissioner unsettled settled vi anti and lit in which tho the c coalt lave have riot nol been paid p iid we e dolim it unimportant in par ingance in tance t to a determine whether there uita lo 10 9 agreement between tlc alc 10 leowni I 1 and ami this firm finn of attl to torreas torreys tor orneys reys it is a 1 fact in other cases such auch an agreement was had and therl ther bacina it lo 10 have liten godit it in these thes parties ki hing the purpose just as effectively as ai if there lad had buen been an ox ON press presa a the committed reports further that the lie had leen been claiming clai mins locket dIet fees fecs under a federal statute which was waa repealed in issn and th tint it where they charged per biern fees fc e in default ci beg seg they exceeded their hounds bounds that payment of service fees fee to fr private in iv ideala was il lecil and it oleo io finds that where fail to pay over any fino fine within thirty day dayi i atter alter its collection they are guilty cuilty of 0 improper practice 1 say vo f e are tho the opinion that alere is nu no authority of ur tar for thu the ux tax im 1 of tests tle in caimi ni nal cases cages upon tile the dismissal dirin issal of the charges swinie flit there rc nor tile the fixing of costs against the complaining bitne ates in cittee of felony when examina esi mina ions ate aie held by the consi nitting in nor at all except as provided by bv tile statutes in cases where a defendant stifen dant charged with an offense within tho jurisdiction of the magistrate is tried teiei anti and acquitted arid and the prosecution ii re arsu u lilly anly adjudged to ba unfounded and and yet yat right hero in losin login los log in city within the past meek a 1 co or r has refused to allow a c ni isi plaint to be withdrawn n a rne case of airale eim plo assault unless the complaining ulio ho had ben been induced to make the charge pay sin an alleged cost bill of 11 no ilow how on earth the eves could have been so eo rau chor liow how the court could have plied piled them up so fast f ast lefore before any thing thin at all was done in the case no one but an in committee might discover we think that the practice 1 n I soliciting account lb for collection by the car commissioners ners No whet hether lier as judicial officers or attorney is 13 improper and in this particular it is hard to separate the personality of tile the ju jude e from the attorney tor torney ticy I 1 flat the permitting of oe suite suit as a n rule J t to be brought in their 4 by commissioners or justice of the nith the understanding und trat andins that the cotts are not to bo be paid by the plaintiffs and only as they aio collected from ill the defendants defendant sin in execution is 6 scandalous ant and lias has it a direct tendency to corrupt the ail ad ministration of justice and to opp oppress ess defendants e mink the practice atice of permitting private collectors 11 who to I 1 bring brin suits upon ji a accounts eco tints before the lie commissioners or justices Ju of tile the peace to become the procesa servers of aliee e courts has also a aka ako TI tio sim o ln cisek dite loees in our jud judgement gement ablate of affairs that derri demands ands an immediate remedy we direct attention to the fact kivat aie fifty fight eight commissioners ners of this court koiv ri w in this territory ax ilot of whom are in this city these officers do not give bonds and are inno in no to tile people whose affairs they so largely at administer minister it would seem beem that fiat thero there is 13 it a struggle for beleen some at least ol of judicial judici jl officers cerk I 1 ind ill fit eliat 1 t they rival each I 1 other oilier in their endeavors to secure business for their respective chui coui curits ts add to all the injustice and illegality above the blackmail ail flail bribery arid and pursue your in investigations lations further gentlemen oi of the committee other localities than salt liiko lake city are cursed with such officials anti it dhigh sa timo they mere disposed of simple resignations will nut lie be punishment to lit the crime in some of tho cases case and delay may ile be disastrous to tile lie cause of justice if ju judo e zane lias has the walfate of the whole plo ople at heart he will riot not confine his operations to sit salt lake city alone but will be more g general beneral lit in ilia his vork ork of reform and the people of this section may have cause to bless him |