We do not understand that the Judge is required
to find a clerk or attorney on examinations for he then
only sits as a committing magistrate. The committee
of the accused to prison would have subjected the County to unnecessary expense. What Judge King
has done we have not yet learned but had we been
on the bench we should probably have let Warner
to bail had he got such security as would have
satisfied us of his behavior and appearance.
While there is a strong impression among the
people that Judge King, who is related by mar-
riage or otherwise to a large portion of Fillmore,
and that he and they are danish; we have never
seen aught that would convince us that Judge King
would judicially take any ground, but that which he
conceived to be just; but if he does otherwise it
certainly is your place as Bishop to see that he
as an Elder in Israel is put right.
The Statutes makes the crime of rape the
highest known to the law, except murder in the
first degree. It is therefore not at all
surprizing that the admission of the accused to
bail has produced a popular outburst of rage; and
if the people believe that their rulers would sanction
We do not understand that the Judge is required
to find a clerk or attorney on examinations for he then
only sits as a committing magistrate. The committee
of the accused to prison would have subjected the
County to unnecessary expense. What Judge King
has done we have not yet learned but had we been
on the bench we should probably have let Warner
to bail had he got such security as would have
satisfied us of his behavior and appearance.
While there is a strong impression among the
people that Judge King, who is related by marriage or otherwise to a large portion of Fillmore,
and that he and they are danish; we have never
seen aught that would convince us that Judge King
would judicially take any ground, but that which he
conceived to be just; but if he does otherwise it
certainly is your place as Bishop to see that he
as an Elder in Israel is put right.
The Statutes makes the crime of rape the
highest known to the law, except murder in the
first degree. It is therefore not at all
surprizing that the admission of the accused to
bail has produced a popular outburst of rage; and
if the people believe that their rulers would sanction