The Sierra citizen., 1854-11-04
Dovnieyle Sierra County California Saturday, November 1854
Information Wanted

Information Wanted ii'H
as the Editor of Sierra Citi7un Seems tc
censure the Last Grand Jury and refuse te
Publish their Report upon the Grounds
of its being an Illiterate production allied
ging through personal malase with intent
to do personal injury upon Several officers
Of the Law of this county this allegation
Made against the Grand Jury by the Citi
zen is FALSE and in reply We the members
of that Jury would Submit the following
interogitorys to the Expounding organ o.
the faction to whome it has the honor tc
be the advocate of Wis
lst What has become of the Peoples
Money pad by them as Taxes in this
county has it been Judiciously Disbursed
I'd Why is Sierra county Reported by
the State comptroller non paying county
Sd if the Public fund has been Judi
ciously and creditably disbursed why was
FJ McCann Esqr allowed one Thousand
dollars for acting as district attorney for
cne Terme of the court of Sessions when
there was an attorney Elected & Paid by
the people to attend to Prosecutions Was
he absent H. b. Cossitt the district attor-
ney on. Business for Sierra County at the
time was he also Drawing Salery did the
then court Of sessions Make an agreement
with T j McCann as to the Salery he was
to draw during that term of the court WAS
IT zoos is there Law for the above inter-
ogatory!! fr
|
4th Why was T. j. McCann allowed
! two hundred and fifty dollars for defending
Peter a.i1lIer county officer when arraynd
before Justice akin upon his own demand
for an investigation of his conduct as an
officer, is Peter Miller Pauper (*) Was
there any such investigation !! if SO is the
Same or notes pertaining to the Same on
the docket of that Justice
9th Why was Spear & Taylor attornies
allowed one hundred and fifty dollars for
defending OKief charged with Forgery is
oKief a Pauper
6 does the Law of California Permit
the Court of Sessions to allowe the distric,
attorney Back Salery when his Salery has
been Sett if So What right has the Court
of Sessions to pay two men for the Same
Services allowing each extra pay
/ 7th has the County Judge right upor
his own requisition to draw one hundred
dollars per month for room rent and twenty
dollars per month for Stationary, has the
Court Of Sessions authority to raise the
Salery Of the County Judge to three Thou
sand dollars pr annum
0th has Justice of the peace right te
have Clerk in Criminal Gases if moi
what did he Justice aiken) draw pay fol
Same ri
9th What fee was allowed F j McCanr
for mcrly receiving and paying over two
hundred and Sixty four dollars Hospita
fund was it not zoos
10 What right had the Court of Ses
sions to allowe w. j. Ford shift Pay fol
Serving Summons on persons for violating
the revenue Law when there was no Sum
mons Served
18th for What Purpose was Il j Smitl
paid two hundred and fifty dollars was i
for inspecting Public Buildings
18th did an attorney at Law hand ;
Pilly Juryman written verdict in tn,
case Whereas the people was against f .
McCann did that Juryman request til,
signing of that verdict censuring the Crane
Jury & did that Jury refuse to do SO
18th Can there be malfeieence in offic,
in this State G)
14th is the Sierra Citizen Public or
gan or private one ID
Is how many indictments was found b,
the Previous Grand Jury and squashed
| 16 how many indictments was found b.
the Grand Jury of which We were mem
bers and squashed ae m
II Will the commissioners appointed b,
the Present Court of Sessions Show fo
what Purpose each disbursement of tn
county fund was made
18th Will the Citizen Tell us this an,
| Tell us more SCI
Signed 81.
~ 3 QUINTON Foreman G Jury
w s T BALLOU Secty
DAVID HAMILTON
/ A S NUGENT
A WHELAN
i r. p. GREEN
a F.E YOUNG ra
The following notes were inserted, b
some one, with a pencil, in the places ind
Gated: -
| am, that!
| Can there be anything else ?"
i Or a hand organ?
Ans.-We have double barreled orga
| in the press room, with a most accon
plished musical performer, who sometime
gets excited and fairly rolls himself. w
are anxious to engage an accompanies
by the man "wot plays on re Jackass
We think We have got track of him, as "
learn that he has been recently engaged
great literary work, of which the aboy
is one of the proofsheets. This evenin
our organist will give grand overturn.
PROGRAMME-PART 1.
Billy Barlow. -. Mons. McWhackentos
- PART III.
Doxology.. -. ...... Signor Diaval
The above curiosity of literature Wa