Show A LAWYERS MEMORIAL tile following is a copy of the latest memorial straying around town with the view of goading congress to legislate proscriptively for itah ertah to the hor hon the senate and house of in congress assembled sem bled your tour Memoria lists members of the bar or of utah respectfully represent that the evils heretofore complained of arising from obstacles to bained the ie administration of law in this territory still continue without relief but aggravated by the increase of causes without remedy in the utter contusion confusion and obstruction into which the administration offus tice has fallen here on account of the vices and defects of local legislation as well as on account of questions of jurisdiction persons accused of crime cannot be brought to trial and civil causes involving 0 e arty worth millions of dol koperta rr a r rs are pending with no means of bringing them to determination for years no grand or petit jury has been emean aled in this territory not subject to challenge for fatal defects under these circum circumstances sL ances anees all law cases in the district courts in the territory involving issues of fact stand adjourned awaiting the tile means of p procuring g lawful juries but the probate courts which in this territory contrary to law and to the usage of such courts in all the other territories ignore the decisions of the superior court courts are assuming to try all grades of crime these evils have been repeatedly and most earnestly brought to the notice of the local legislature the late lato at biennial session of that body has adjourned within the last few days without alu alT affording any means of relief and no remedy can now bo be expected from that quarter and the only recourse now left to your and all other I 1 persons in this territory interested in the administration of the law Is to a appeal peal to your honorable body f for or tt the passage of such necessary enactments as will enable the courts to administer the law without confusion and embarrassment your memoria lists further represent that it is not true as repeatedly represented by persons interested in having this anomalous condition of affairs continued in this territory that congressional legislation is demanded only by adventurers and lawyers for promoting litigation the material interests of this territory demand legislation the fact cannot be disguised that practically life and property in utah are without the protection of the civil government so far as courts might give that protection wherefore your memoria lists pray your honorable body to enact at an early day such provisions provision s 0 of f the bills now pending before you in n relation to the execution of the laws of utah as may be deemed best calculated to remedy the evils complained of 1 IT I B rosborough Ros nos Rosboro boroush geo E H Wb whitney itney sam saini 1 l A merritt Merrl merri tt f C W bennett robert N alaskin S do wolf thomas marshal marshai C if gorpan J jonathan han C koy roy le ie sol P McCun lT wc liall amp win P appleby jno R mcbride ja jai II if beatty W W woods C K gilchrist gilch gitch afat J C na M A carter geo venable tenable smith frank talford Tt iford lford W W gee albert bagran reuben 11 AV perl reri perley W I 1 conuis J khy |