Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-05
The Judge Flatly Contradicts
the Chief.
That List of Chinese Cases
Apparently Erroneous.
Chief Glass Does Not Stand by the
Published List,
The Judge Says that Chief Glass Had
Nothing on which to Base His State
ment-The Chief Says He Believed
the Statement But Fails to Sus-
q tain the Matter.

Judge Smiths Indignation at the in
situation made by Chief OF Police Glass
last Sunday that the superior court is
allowing Chinese appeal cases to hang
fire and remain on the calandar undis-
posed OF for needless lengths of time
has not perceptibly diminished. Yes
terday it found vent in the following
letter to the HERALD which explains the
the worthy jurist's feelings pretty thor
oughly:
EDITORS HERALD: An article ap-
peared in the Monday morning issue of
the HERALD claimed to have been in
spired by Chief OF Police Glass charging
the superior court with retarding the
course of justice, by failing to properly
dispose of appeal cases, and charging
that some forty-three Chinese cases had
been tied mp in the superior court.
1T seems almost incredible that Chief
Glass or any one would make such a
statement as that contained in the arti-
Gle, when there was nothing to base it
upon All appeals in criminal cases
from police magistrates and justices
come directly to department one, over
which preside, and register or record
of all cases is kept by the clerk of that
department, and such register can be
seen at any time in department one. I
merely desire to correct the false inn
preston sent broadcast over the country
by that article.
'"There is potsin this department or
in any department of the superior court
of this county single Chinese case to
which the article in question will apply.
tFor facts, come and inspect the
record. Respectfully,
"B. N. SMITH, Judge Dept. i"
The Daily Journal has taken up the
cudgels for the superior court against
Chief Glass. and has made a careful
search of the records with the following
result:
In detail the first four cases cited as
pending disposition in the superior court
were never brought up on appeal, and
there is no evidence of their existence
in the records of the county clerk.
''The fifth was appealed, transferred
to department six and dismissed twenty
four days after the appeal was filed.
The sixth was never appealed.
The seventh, eighth: ninth and tenth
cases are identical with the eleventh,
twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth,
which were appealed as one cause. One
defendant pleaded guilty, was fined $40,
paid his fine and was discharged. The
other three defendants were found not
guilty and were discharged. All four
were disposed of thirty days after appeal
was taken. . Is.
"The fifteenth case cited, with the
sixteenth, were appealed, a new trial
granted and the defendants were found
guilty of conducting dice game. They
appealed to the supreme court, March
10th, of rhis year, and their cause is still
under consideration by the supreme
judges. no decision having been reached.
''The seventeenth, eighteenth and
nineteenth cases referred to were never
appealed. :,
The next fifteen cases were parallel
to those of Wong Wang and All Ung,
which were appealed to the supreme
court. When a decision is rendered
that decision will dispose of the fifteen.
The continuance taken in these was to
avoid needless expense to the county.
''The thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth
cases referred to were never heard from
in the superior court, there being no ap-
peal taken.
"The thirty-seventh and thirty-e;ghth
cases were similar in nature to those
appealed to the supreme court, and
were continued until decision could
be had.
"The thirty-ninth case was not ap-
realed,
''The fortieth and forty-frst were
against the same defendant, Only one
appeal was taken and this was dis
missed.
"The forty-second-th last of this
phenomenal list-was appealed and the
papers were received yesterday by the
clerk of department one. The cause
was set for hearing on Thursday of this
week, which is certainly early enough
to satisfy any reasonable person."
1 In an interview yesterday Chief Glass
said that the statement of appeal cases
pending, which he gave to the press
Sunday, was made out by Court Bailiff
Appel from the police court records, and
he believed it to be correct when he
gave it out for publication. He does
not understand the statement made by
the officers of department one of the
superior court to the effect that many of
the cases in the list have never been ap-
pealed.. They are certaiuly marked ap-
pealed on the police court minutes, and
if they are not pending in the superior
courts he would like to- know where
they are. The chief admits that few
of the cases in the list might have been
disposed of without the knowledge of
the police, but he believes the record of
the final disposition of the cases, as kept
by the police court bailiff. is in the main
correct. The chief disclaims any inten-
ton OF casting any reflection on the
methods of. any of the superior judges.
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