Show THE tife CHARGE charae TO THE GRAND JURY IN THE SECOND DISTRICT recent chargo charge to the gran grand d jurdin jury juny in the second district cort court by the judge of the same was a remarkable document it showed that the mantle of violent prejudices amounting to rabid fanaticism so tenaciously worn by the late laie chief justice had hal fallen since the sudden official decapitation of the last named gentleman upon n the present judge of the second district and was worn blits new possessor with the false pride and little brief authority arrogance of its former owner now that conference is well over it may not bo be amiss to devote a little time and a little space to a review of some of the curious points made in this curious charge meantime en cn passant w we e may observe utah has not produced any ariy cases which will rank with the causes cete dres bres of historic renown she certainly is a field in which originate a more than average share of the curiosities of legal literature in the shape of extraordinary and not infrequently novel charges opinions rulings decisions and judicial explanations of and i eions tsofi s upon the law in after times some disraeli of the bar will find a fertile field in the jurisprudence and judicial mpr practice of utah for material in colle collecting ati ng the curiosities of legal literature the utah contributions to such a work would afford the readers as much fun as a roaring farce to confirmed theatre goers because they would see chiefly the comic ridiculous and absurd aspects of those contributions the judge begins by lecturing lec lecturing turin 9 the grand jury about honestly doing their duty implying that he is i s half afraid they will not it is the duty of a judge to state and expound the law to a jury as coworkers w 0 akers with him in t the he administration of the law but we do not u understand der stand that a judge has any richt right to lecture and scold a j jury ury any more than th they ey have a right to lecture and scold him in our view they aregust are just as authoritative and independent in their sphere as lie is in his and it is no more his business to hector them and suggest that they are arp or are likely to be and dishonest in the discharge of their duties than they have the right to treat him in that ungentlemanly manner all such conduct on the part of a judge we have been accustom accustomed eol pol to hear spoken of as presumptive atad aBd extrajudicial to use the mildest terms the judge says the people all over the union are looking to see whether the people here are friends to hw iw and order that is good if the tile people of the united states really want to see a peaceable law abiding order loving people utah should be the grand focus of observation it should be the great cynosure for the tho aggregated gaze of the nation it should be the observed of all observers in our opinion lob iob there is not a territory or state in the union where tb the e people are more famous for those very qualities and most excellent qualities they are too moreover the tiie better tho the laws the greater the desire to obey them here in utah just here on the threshold of the subject we find that we can spare no more space today to day to devote to complimenting brother boreman and therefore we must bid hamaud him and aud the subject temporarily adieu |