Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-09-12

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To THs EDITOR OF THE HERALD: ON gen
ernl principles the public has such thor
ough distrust OF the trnthfulness OF any
charge made by Horace Bell In his P0rea-
pine sgalnst any public Official thatit l. sim
ply ridiculous to go into print 10 give him or
his charges a.y denial. / have for such
reason hitherto Ignored all the false accuse.
lions he has made against me as Justice OF
the Peace OF this township.
IN the iarcupine OF this date, however, Is
a specific arge Intended to place me before
the Republican delegates Ia be elected 10.
day as a corrupt official. The bill l have
presented to the county for each OF the six
months ending June 30th last are stated and
II is further charged that the bill Tor June
has been refused by the b ard of Supervi.
sors, and that will sue the couBty for the
same. This Is wilinlly false. The Board
has never refused to audit either that bill or
any other bill that have presented TO the
county, aud for the simple reason that every
bill / have presented has been expressly
authorizy d by law. Bell says Are the bills
honest, legal and JUST" and he answers his
this allegation is simply aud wilfully .alse,
Every bill was expressly authorized by law.
lhe law prescribes and fixes the fees OF JUS
tees OF the peace | am therefore autnJr'
lied to make out my bill in conformity with
the fee bills OF the statute. have done this
and IN no Instance exceeded it, The Board
of Supervisors called Deputy District Attor-
ney Knox heforeit togive counsel ON my bill
bill and the docket OF nv court and in
written report and also verbal statement to
the Board he informed the Board my bill
was in no respect in violation of the law.
The only charge tina has been made against
my bills Is that made out separate COM
plants when several were arrested tor the
same offense, instead of Joining the parties
all in one complaint. Tere is no provision
OF law that compels or requires me to do
this, hence | violated nIlaw In drawing sep.
arate complaints. The Porcupine says vio-
lated law. The Poreupine pretends to be a
lawte r. Therefore challenge II to produce
any law of this State that directs me to do
otherwise than have done. The POrcupine
cannot show that have violated my fee bill
or stature OF this State, or that l have in any
particular robbed the county. III a late issue
that paper stated l bad taken illegally
$4,000 during my tern OF office aud that both
the Dtstr.Ss rte,nuvJ aud Deputy District
Attorney Knox had been often times asked
to prosecute me for taking fees Illegally. 1
deny the charge In toto. The P0rcupine can
not point to single case wherein have
charged this county unlawfully. | chal-
lenge 1t to name the case and point out the
law violated. Bell knows his statement is
wholly and absolutely false. l have asked
the District Attorney and Deputy District
Attorney Knox l.. they knew of any C Sc
wherein l have violated the law, and they
both deny that they have any such knowl.
edge further Deputy District Attorney Knox
informs me that neither the editor of the
P0rcupine nor any one else has ever pointed
out to him any violation by me OF the law in
such case, or has asked him to prosecute me
therefor. The utter falsity OF the charges
against me as made by Bell In his paper
and reiterated for the last year is known to
every lawyer in the city who has chosen TO
ascertain the facts, aud 1t Is equally well
known to himself, Bell has undertaken to
dictate TO the Republicans of this county
that they shall not again renominate me, or
re elect me, and to accomplish his purpose,
no Il m fnllnNgpf
willful misrepresentation and Deliberate
Justification. II, RANNEY,
Justice OF the Peace Les Angeles County.
Los Angeles, September IL, 1886.