Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-14
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SACRAMENTO, Jan. 13.-In Com.
mittee of the Whole the article on
the Judiciary was finished. A pro-
vision was inserted prohibiting
Judges of Courts of Record to prac-
tice law. The qualification of age,
in the clause relating to eligibility
for offices of the Supreme Court and
Superior Judge, was removed. Sec
ton twenty-three, providing that
O Grand Jury shall be composed of
twelve jurors and that the concur
renee of nine shall be necessary to
find an indictment, was stricke en-
out, as a clause in the Bill of Rights
covers that subject.
Campbell offered new section
providing that separate ballot box
es and separate tickets should be
used In the election of Judges. Re.
jected.
The article on the right of suf-
frage was taken up, Blackmer's
amendment giving women the
right to vote, pending.
Trial.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 13th.-A. E..
Clark was placed on trial in the
Sixth District Court at 10 A. M. to-
day, as the third conspirator in the
Tullis murder tragedy. G.. r. Jones
opened the case fer the people and
stated that it would be claimed that
Clark was a partner with Troy
Dye in the saloon business and was
cognizant of the conspiracy to kill
Tullis. Clark in court is cool and
collected. The interest in these
cases has not abated. The court
room was crowded as usual and
great numbers failed to get in.
Anderson was brought into
Court and his day of sentence fixed
for the oath inst.
The trial of Clark ia to be re-
sumed at 8 A. NJ. Tuesday.
supreme Court saandamus,
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13th.-The
Supreme Court to-day issued
mandamus commanding Judge
Daingerfield, Of the Twelfth Dis.
trict Court, to compel J. G. Flood
to testify before the Notary in the
case of Burko vs.. Flood ct AL, or
to show cause in twenty days why
he should not make him do so.
This is in the suit to which the
Pacific Wood and Lumber and
Flume Company is party defend
ant for the recovery of four million
dollars.
decisions by the san Frnnc,eco
Cour;s.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13.-Judge
Wheeler this morning, in the
Nineteenth Dirtsict Court, gave
Judgment for S5, 300 in favor of San
francisco city and county and
against the San Francisco Gas
Light Company. This was an ac-
tion to recover judgment for taxes
on personal property.
In tie case of Mahoney vs. the
Board of Supervisors of san Fran
cisco, an action to compel the Su-
pervisors to take action with refer.
ence to cendemning the Laguna de
Ia Merced Property, tho Supreme
Court to-day dismissed the petition
and Intervention and denied the
writ.
The decision rendered by Judge
Thornton ON Friday in the case Of
the People vs. f. McCreliish, 10 O
very important one to the tax-pay-
ers Of the city. 1t is one of several
hundred suits brought in the
23d District Court by Fisher
Ames as special counsel for the
city to recover delinquent taxes for
the years 1928 and 1884, aggre-
eating fully $50, 900 in amount. The
actions were commenced some
three years ago, under special
statute of 1856, authorizing the
city to commence such suits and
prescribing the form of complaint.
The main point of the defense was
that the tax was illegal for the
reason that the Board of Super.
visors had levied for several funds
not authorized by law, and there
fore the whole levy was vitiated.
Judgment was rendered in favor of
the city for the amount of the tax,
together with IL per cent. in
terest thereon, 5 per cent.
penalty and costs of suit.
The decision by Judge Thorn
ton Is the first by any District
Court direct to the point touching
the question of the legality Of these
taxes, and 1t is the first timo this
question has been before the Court
In an action brought by the city
against delinquent tax-pavers.
This is regarded as a test case and
will probably go to the Supreme
Court, but all the questions in
volved in tax matters have been
brought up, so that 1t can be made
test case. Mr.. Ames is preparing
to commence large number Of
actions against other parties to
collect similar taxes, the right of
the city to recover having been af-