Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-08-28
Faefs TO be Remembered.

ask the honest and intelligent citizens of this
judicial District, 10 remember the unpiincipei and
corrupt course ofJos T. n Lewis, who now demands
to be clothed with the pure robes of judicial auther-
1 ity.
Let it be remembered that Lewis annually enters
the Legislature with pundering bill and asks that
body to increase the burden Of taxation upon the
citizens OF the county and district for the advance
ment of his own private schemes
Letit be remembered that he endeavored TO
punder the county out of fifty thousand dollars for
his toll-bridge before he had commenced its erec-
4 ton
Let it be remembered that Lewis after having
failed to plunge the county in debt for his bridge
he entered the succeeding Legislature with another
plunderng bill taxing the citizens of the district
forty thousand dollars for the purpose of building
road to his tolbridge, and that he has confessed
| the fraud and srepresention which he emnloyed
| to procure its passage.
Let it be remembered that Lewis as Probate Judge
of the county, endeavored to set aside the Admins
traitors sale of the Carlton Estate after he had in.
formed the nblic Administrator that the sale was
good one, and that the property had brought its
full value
Let it be remembered that the action of Lewis in
the Carlton estate matter, forced the Public Admin
strator lthe Rev. Mr.. Hobart) express his belief
that Lewis was a corrupt Judge
| Let it be remembered that the lawyers who asked
Judge Lewis to set this sale aside are now his warm
supporters, and that they had claim covering
portion of the Carlton estate to advance as soon a>
the sale should be set aside and that they sought
the aid of Lewis as Probate Judge TO disturb the
solemn siumbers of the dead. and defraud the estate
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! ty by charging and receiving pay for office rent,
while occupying the Court House at Bidwell and
that about that time he expressed serious intentions
of resgning his position County Judge, and re-
turning To his home in Virginia.
Let it be RENE mbered that Lewis pre- sented a plum
dering charge against the county of three thousand
dollars for the Plaza, claim that not heard of
until after the co Iny buildings were erected, and
that Lewis endeavored to compel the county to pay
this plunderng charge, by granting parties pelmis
sion to build upon the public 'quare
/ Let it be remembered that Lewis, after he was
elected the position Of County Judge was engaged
in sreculating in county scrip,and had employed
! in buyin it up for him at thirty and forty cent, on
! the dollar, and remember that the law prohibits
county officers from specuating in county warrants
Ask ID. A. Brown, Esq, what amount of county war
rants he purchased for Judge JOS Z. n Lewis and
at what rates.
| 1t it be remembered that Lewis, while holding
the Office Of County Judge. has prosecuted Illegal
and fraudulent suits against citizens eecting
them from their possessions and appropriating their
Improvements, and that he has not succeeded in
sustaining single suit that has been carried to the
Supreme Court, but has con tnued bringing his plum
dering suits with the expectation of forcing parties
to compromise and buy his pretended title who
we're unable to carry suits to the Supreme Court.
Let it be remembered that these illegal and frau
dulent suits, brought by this dishonest and incom-
petent County Judge has invovede til Clerk and
Sheriff of Butte county in suits for images to the
amount Of twelve thousand dollars.
Let it be remembered that Judge Lewis is spec
u,ator in rascally Mexican grants, and that one of
his tools recently visited Francisco for the pur
pose of obtaining the agency of the Huber grant
which is suppoe ed all the arabic land lying
between the Ioncut and Orove.
Let it be remembered that that the land grabbing
propensity of Judge Lewis induced him to fence in
and claim Chinatown. jump all the vacant lots in
Oroville and endeayor to fitch n lot from Major
Graham, who ndgnantly hustled his august person
therelrom, notwithstanding the dignifed assertion
of Judge Lewis at the time-'Gcd Almighty never
made men enough to crowd me - Did the raising
of his coat tail by the Majors boot, display a self
cooking revolver hung to the stern of this honest
and dignifed County Judge
Let it be remembered that Lewis demands the po-
sition of District Judge for the purpose of enabling
him to carry out his plunderng schemes against the
county and district under the form and semblance
of law
Lett be remembered that this corrupt and plum
dering Judge JOS. f.. n Lewis, endeavored to oh /
tain the position of District Judge by PURCHASING
votes for himself by protiers of official prefermeHt
and offers of CASH.
Let it be remembered that that he offered, in his
own proper person. to pay Mr.. Kelly in MONEY for /
his vote and 5y sending other persons to him with
instruc tons to offer him ANY consideration Mr.. X
might demand for his vote.
tit be remembered that notwithstanding the |
charges of corruption against the Democratic con-
yention made by Judg, Lewis venal press and SUI
borned tools they have ailed to sustain their false
charges and that nothing in their catalogue equals
the corruption of their plundering Chiefs at
tempt to purchase upon the judicial bench of
this District.
Let it be remembered that he has neglected his
daty as County Judge, by leaving the Courts Of the
County unhed while he was travelling over the
District buying men and papers to his support.
Let il be remembered that he used his influence
70 preyent the District Court for Butte county from
holding its regular August term and postponed call