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his occasional absence from court with the alleged cause
thereof. The superintendent should transmit monthly
a copy of each register, with his own remarks, to govern-
ment through the secretary in the judicial department,
for its particular attention to every breach of regularity
therein mentioned.
Par. 7. With a view to the same end, every person
who chooses should have a right to be present during
the trial of causes in any court: the courts, as is generally
the case at present, should be so constructed as to
afford facilities for a considerable number of persons
hearing and witnessing the whole proceedings : any one
who chose should be entitled to make notes of the same
and publish them, or cause them to be published, in any
manner he may think proper for general information,
subject to prosecution for intentional error or misreprenta-
tion that might be judicially proved against him before
a competent tribunal, and to incur such penalty as it
might award. This measure would tend to remove the
evil pointed out in answer to Query 7, No. 4.
49. Q What number of causes may be pending at one
time, and undisposed of in the district courts and courts
of appeal ?
A. This depends partly on the comparative degree
of industry and attention to business bestowed by the
judicial ofliciers, partly on the extent of the district, and
and amount of business within the jurisdiction of the
respective courts. However the average number of causes
pending may be ascertained by a reference to the registers
kept, which are not at present accessible to me. My
impression is that in some districts they are very
numerous. But to shew how much the vigilance and
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his occasional absence from court with the alleged cause
thereof. The superintendent should transmit monthly
a copy of each register, with his own remarks, to govern-
ment through the secretary in the judicial department,
for its particular attention to every breach of regularity
therein mentioned.
Par. 7. With a view to the same end, every person
who chooses should have a right to be present during
the trial of causes in any court: the courts, as is generally
the case at present, should be so constructed as to
afford facilities for a considerable number of persons
hearing and witnessing the whole proceedings : any one
who chose should be entitled to make notes of the same
and publish them, or cause them to be published, in any
manner he may think proper for general information,
subject to prosecution for intentional error or misreprenta-
tion that might be judicially proved against him before
a competent tribunal, and to incur such penalty as it
might award. This measure would tend to remove the
evil pointed out in answer to Query 7, No. 4.
49. Q What number of causes may be pending at one
time, and undisposed of in the district courts and courts
of appeal ?
A. This depends partly on the comparative degree
of industry and attention to business bestowed by the
judicial ofliciers, partly on the extent of the district, and
and amount of business within the jurisdiction of the
respective courts. However the average number of causes
pending may be ascertained by a reference to the registers
kept, which are not at present accessible to me. My
impression is that in some districts they are very
numerous. But to shew how much the vigilance and