Show first district court of the provisions of an n act entitled an act specifying a the times and places of holding district dietric t courts for the transaction of territorial business approved januar january y lion hon henry IL crosby associate justice of the supreme court for utah territory assigned to the first judicial district but who has never resided therein as required by the ninth section of the organic act opened his court at manti mantl on monday the third thira dinst as per report inthe in the absence from the territory of IL II IV W lawrence esq territorial Al marshai marshal the kenires venires for grand and traverse juries were directed to or placed in iti the hands of D candland esq of sanpete county one of mr lawrences laurences Lawren ces deputies for service who wh 0 for some cause causo not fully explained ayour by our informant fur for mant neglected to perform his duties by summoning the men required to constitute e said sald juries and returning a the papers to the court accompanied by his besic resignation secession fashion ne never nefer ver yer made his appearance in A manti lanti during the session of the court the judge as a matter of course was not well pleased with the proceedings t of the deputy and caused a warrant to be issued for mr Cand lands arrest returnable forthwith but it seems there was no proper officer at hand to make the arrest whereupon the warrant was mad returnable on fhe hirst birst day of the next term of court at which tim the neg lct ful tul officer may expect to be mulcted mulched to the full extent of the law for hla hib ne neglect lect elect of duty and consequent contempt of court the court unquestionably bad authority to cause causo the issuing ing of other ve re nirra but there was gs as five flye caes cases on tho the docket dockett tisa tiva of which vcr ver settled by the parties thereto two were dismissed dlf dig missed on oin motion in coh COB sequence e 0 of f some detect defect defection 1 in I n the papers pipers and aha ana theo the heran consequence or the long iong ong t 0 ad t would have to be traveled and tho the length of time it would take under the circumstances to reach the defendants purse purser was withdrawn by the the docket being thus clear edthe court adorned sf sis gis gie ardle aidle dis dif ater atter a session of two days A it is ia said by thike those professing to be weil well ini informed in 0 to 6 th the matter matt erht that it vias sias wa 1 1 the intention of the defendants fn an of 61 the cases in the event that thai on trial should be rendered against them to preal fereal a to the supreme court being confident that tuo tb doings of ludge judge crosby woul would 4 be held tg toa tog ba illegal 1 by that tribunal in an consee consequence af I 1 na of his bis noncompliance compliance non wilh with the laar la itt relation to lo residence 11 how now that question would ouid be determined by the supreme court oft on be being i ng taken there is 13 a matter of uncertainty but it seems a little strange that the federal judges sent to this territory who n no 0 doubt are well Il learned larned in the jaw law cannot manage ma n ame age to ho hoi boi 1 an 1 ap orm ome courts than they have hitherto done that would beyond eyona al be e deemed legal by the members bembe rs of the ahe bar and by a majority a of their own number fyhen when assembled assembler at the seat of government 11 we have no fault to find with the proceedings of the federal courts of f latevor la tenor with fhe e judeen and care lotif not if they all reside in thra this city during C their entire term of office but it there therb is any business for them to do in their respective districts re requiring quirin their thein personal attention it would woula be well fa for r the them M tl to coin comply with the requirements of the law in relation ti 0 n to the th e matter if their offices are sino sine cures and there is nothing for thein lo 10 do excepting during the term time of their courts the law requiring them to reside reside in their 1 r respective es districts ought to be repealed illat that their noncom noncompliance compliance non noh lla lia ce with it should noten not en danger el the rights or oe parties fo su suits 9 as aa it might b have done in hl the he t cases of cf th tho the transient tr an sie nt merchants or traders who brought suits against other like firms in the first district court at manti mantl if the cass cas s had not been disposed of without coming to trial |