Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-31
LAW IN EARLY DAYS.
Justice i'm California Twenty-Five
Years Age.

Years Age.
Sonora, Tuolumne county, had a
Justice Of the Peace in 1850, whose
docket ought to be preserved as mon
ulnent Of our pioneer Jurisprudence.
At the Centennial it would sweep all
the honors, as witness few entries
which We transcribe from the archives
of r. c. Barry ). P. and Coroner.
These are but samples culled at ram
dom from the records of his court; and
many persons now living will remem-
ber the tribunal and its judge.
NO. l0l.
Is craze where one James KnOwl-
ton brings suite again Jose for
felonousley, and surr-ptitiously, tax.
ing, s,eeling and robbing the said
James Knowlton late of San Francis.
CO. And Bucskin purs or sacks Of
goold dust of the valu of 400J dollars.
After hearing the evidense projuc-
ed in the case. demand of jose
whether in was going 10 plead gully
Orn0t. Jose answered me thus, you
ind out. For which INCIDENT. and
abominable contempt of coort fined
hin ounces, and adjudged him guilty,
| sentenced him to restore the g0Old
dust To the Court and TO receive well
lade OH 40 lashes Oh his bear back ,and
to pay the Costs of the Court.
Costs of Court ounces which Jose
not having r0oled that James Know
ton should pay. Deducted the amount
and returned the balailse to the OWN
er. james KDowlton.
Rich'd c Barry.
July 9th, 1851. J. P
L. II. Brown,
Constable.
NO. 5l6.
This is suit fore Mule Steeling in
which Jesus Ramirez is inlited for
steeling one black mare mule, brand
ed 0 with Il 5 in it from Sheriff .Werk
George swares the mule in question is
hisn and believe SO to on hearing
the Gaze found Jesus Ramirez guilty
of feloaniusiy and against the law
made and provided ami the dignity of
the people of Sonora steelin the atOre-
SADIE mare mule sentenced him to pay
The costs OF Court $40 and fined him
500 more as terror to a. evil doers.
JESUS Ramirez not having the mummy
10 pay with l rooled that Georg Werk
shouIe pay the costs Of coort; as well
as the fine, and in defalJ of payment
that the said one mare mule be sold
By the Unstable John Luney or 9TH
Ell officer 0t the Court to meet the eX-
pen.es of the Costs OF Coert, as also
the payment of the fine aforesaid.
Il. G. Barry,
Sonora, Aug 81, 1851 J.P.
john Lrhey,
Constable.
N. B. Barber the lawyer Of George
Werk ins0lently told me there were
no law for ME to rool SO | told him l
didn't care damn for his booklaw,
that was the law myself. He con-
tinued to jaw back told him to shut
up but he wouldn't | fined $50 and
committed him to goal for days Tor
contempt of Court in bringing my
roOlings and dississiOns into disreput-
ableness and as u warning to unrooly
persons not to contradict this Court.
NO. COG.
This was n suit between two Gam
beleors E. Krohe the Gamboleer WHO
sooed Sam Heed the gamboleer to re-
cover 30O0 dolers won at Ceards. At
ter much swarm one and another the
lawyers I'll. p. Barber and Leander
Quint argooed the case which after a
long time they got through with de-
cided that Barber was right whereup-
on Quint said please your hOnorI new
er can get Justice in your coort put
Iting out his finger and thum told
him the likes If him in my country
| often lost their fingers stealing corn or
chickens and that if had anything to
say he never shOOld have justice here
ordered him TO hold his tung and
shetup when he went out Of cOOrt he
began to grumble again ordered John
| Luney the constable to arrest him and
| bring him into coort before me which
he done and then fined him $25 for
| contempt of Court.
Costs of Court S1O0 which was paid.
Sonora r G Barry
September 10 1851 Justice Peace
John Luney
Constable
NJ. 0Jt.
Civil case No. 997 was for an action
to cause restil ution of property au for
"damagers,n and that it can be better
understood We copy the original SUM
| mons-viz;
State of Californy To the Sheriff or
| County Tuolumne any constable of
anioresaid County
Greeting.
You are commanded to summon Ma
berry ami Street 10 appear before me at
! my Otfiss OH the day of November a.
ser to complaint filed in this Court 10y
d Il Donnalid where in he charges
them with nucense by putting Il
privy on lot which they have jump
ell belonging to Pliff. as po,sessOr
right he now comes to claim his right
as an American citizen by claiming "a
| writ to dlspossess them to have res
titution according To law with appro-
pirate damagers for the imposition
now about to he carried out against
him by such nigh handed aud mercen-
AIRY arrowgunce OH the part OF the ac-
cused.
Sonora City, November 1851
/ r l. Barry
j. p.
Nov. s.
Parties came into Court-Arter hear
ing the facts adjudged that Maberry
and Street restore TO Donnale the
premises, and pay one ounce damma-
gers.
Costs of Court $50
r c Barry,
Justice Peace