| Show BETTER LET IT DIE dle WP WE published last evening a communication from mant mantl in regard to the ac tion of the supreme court of this ter citory in the hopt case the writer writer takes issue with sentiments expressed in some communications to the salt lake herald and considers that the judges judes acted conscientiously iu in their course and had to abbt aft in a case I 1 without a landmark or heaven mark to io ald aid them no guide no established ed precedent for the like never happened before in the history of this COU count 11 rys Y i s 11 jurisprudence W K R is entitled to his ills opinion of course but we think he has scarcely given the matter sufficient lelent considers con sidera tion to make his bis opinion of value there were several law marks to guide the court if there were nona none of the kind und that he mentions we will say in passing that in purview our view liis his objections to expressions in the herald ought to have been presented to the herald in preference to any other paper unless the 11 li herald erald 11 refused to notice his communication ills his kopini oa 01 seems to be drawn from the argument of the court that the tho ho hopfe t case wis WAS removed from under thelo theio their jurisdiction ol by writ atrit of error that would be all very well if it covered the real ground of the criticism adverse to the court but it only touches the outer edge olit of it the court not only refused the stay of 0 proceedings after aften the writ of error was obtained but before it was vas yas applied for and while the case was under their jurisdiction in que one instance they refused the stay because he appeal had not been taken in the other they denied it because the appeal had been taken all that could be said for the court was forcia forcibly y but vainly orfed urged by district actor attorney ey Dick dickson son soa V W K jl has not helped h I 1 their heir cause a particle bior or if their action ion lon after the appeal was taken be defended the defence necessarily condemns ans their action before the appeal and if their refusal to grant the stay previous evious to the appeal be defended it reflects upon their action after the appeal the matter is now nearly neatly a dead issue better let ibbe it become totally defunct the more the judges fudges are apologized conashe for the longer will their remarkable course e provoke criticism can see where the he blu biu blunder rider ilder was and to the bar it is as plain as the simplest principle in law or loic logic I 1 |
