Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-08-04
JUICE Norton and The Supreme Court.

JUICE Norton and the Supreme Court.
As many Of the opposition p pers have
'xpr ssed desire to know who Judgs.
Nrtoa $, we We endeavor. in The
Iall wing sketch TO answer the question
ri'Hy and vi ex ress our b lief al the
same time that the eople of this State
rill give more satisfactory rep y on the
9TH September, IS the people of the
Union dih tt the enquiries of he Wings
in leeer' nc, o jam X Polk. Judge
Norton is the nomine, of the Democratic
patty If this State for the Judge of the
Supreme Court-ful term. He is one
OF the p on ers f Caii.ornia, having ar
rived here in 1S4s. We believe h. is a
native of the Empire S ate. He studied
law uudrr Judge ingalls,. and was ad-
miit' d /" practice in the Supreme Court
IF the Sia'e of New York in lSl4.--
The exa '1natlo's then required f,r "d-
mission to practice before that tribunal
were very rigid and were conduct by
t at able and high minded jur.st CHI f
Jus ice Bronson
Judge Norton continued the practice
of tine law, associated with Ge er.l
Mat 'cr, IF Troy, until lS4S. He then
arcepted the appointment Of First Lieu
tenant, to fill the vacancy in the rrli-
ment # Cal f,rnia V"Iuni. ers, and ar
rivuh in the summer of that year at
Mont rey On thr oclanation of p ace,
Jude Mort comnenc d the pract ce
Of his prof ssion, an cundurt ted the fist
jury triI ever had in San Francis o.
On the f st discovery at the gold fields,
he, in comp NJ with his old ,ompani lis
in arms, q lbcit, Lemon, and 9th RS,
spent some time in the dggings, un il
heal h compel d Lin to return to
S n Fr nciscp.
On the lst Of Aug st, lS49, Ju'ge
Norton was elect. d member of e
Convention 10 firm til S ate Consttu-
ton, at Monterey, by nealy an uu 'ni-
nous vote In the Convention he was
elected ChaiI man If the committee of
twenty to draft Constitution, ard took
an at We and prominent part in the pro
C, eoiugs f that body. Af.,r Its ad-
journme t, unit Io5l, he p actlc d law
in 5 Fra cisco ass ,cated with the
Hon. Edward No ton, the learned and
ghly respected JUICE over the Twelfth
DIS let Cout.
Iu 1851 Judge Norton was appointed
By the Gosernor, Jud le of the Superior
q uri, to I'LL tHe vara cy caused by the
Fcsignatio Of judge ShattucK, and al
the ,xplla ioA Of ms term of Office he
, removed to Los Angel s. In 1888 h =
VS. elected Judge of that county, but
resi- !ntd few months ago t. resum. the
Practice IF his profession.
The larg vot' given in he State c n
ventiun to Jl ICE \ o ton, was t on y
tmplim ntAry TO tn indv, dual, but
also 0 the pioneers + this Sat-, and
dcu'.,l rs much gratif.i ,hs feel ngs of
IA hardy and enterpri ine band Of men.
/ F. ON lh & st we k after his ar ival in
Cal 70 Tia by way If C"pe Horn, the
Judge made up his mind to make this
/ land his iu ure home, ami he has never
ince b en- sid the limi S of the State.
! Ju ise Norton IS a gentleman Of re-
mai kalls eener sitv and thi> CHI ract r
isiic has h thyrto, an pc chaps ways
WI prevent hi " from amas NJ fortune
AMI acquiring ranches through our lovely
! valleys with ,alIle upon thousand hills
II wcver, he has done better than this
BY integrity, his learning, his abili y
aud md strious labiis !; by his flank,
manly aud co ,'te''us bearing, lie has
gain d the r si'ect Of every community
in which he has lie
I In politics ths Julse his aways been
an niiw .rln. national Democ at. He
is IL W in he pr me and viy'r of II, m
/ ho and WITH his liberal d lcation and
! di. nifty nj cliaracter, have no do. bit
/ th lie vi b.. an ornam mt to the bench
From his lonr resider ce in Caifo mia,
and iron his well known sterlin2 on IL
ties "a nan and his arn,ng rs law
y r, we believe thai he will IN kc an ex-
ce len' AID impartial Judg one that wi |
d. CT dit t" thr position and justify the
x1ec atoms of The p ople.-S. J. Rep.