Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-21
Court Held in the New Build
ing Yesterday.
The Features of the Quarters
for Judges and Bar.
The Cases Which We're Oh Trial
Yesterday.
The Schramm Minors-A Bfgamy Case.
Notes of Gases Acted Upon.
New Suits.

the first time yesterday. During the
past week the court rooms in the new
building have been full of workmen get
ting them into shape for occupation by
the end of the summer recess, next
Monday, and the apartments to be used
by department five were barely finished
yesterday when Judge Shaw moved in.
The court rooms, which are ali alike.
are handsomely finished and furnished
with antique oak, and the bench and
desks are OF elegant design. The judge
sits under low canopy on a platform
raised several feet from the floor, and in
front of his chair is desk sufficiently
long to accommodate four judges sitting
in banc. The center panel of the
judges desk is ornamented with
the words ''fiat justitia," art
istically carved out of solid oak.
The clerk is accommodated at large
''apron" desk also of oak, and the ba-
lift and reporter have handsomely de-
signed square tables of the same
material.
The space allotted to the bar is sup
piled with long oaken tables and takes
up about half of the court room. Back
of the rail are seventy open chairs and
in the gallery, which is at the side of
the room, there are accommodations for
about 15O more spectators. The jury
box is surrounded by a low railing and
sets Immediately in front of the jury
room, which is a small apartment sit
uated under the gallery. The reporter
is also furnished a small room next the
jury room.
Although furnished in the best pos
sible style, the court rooms could not
have been worse arranged if special
attention had been paid to that object.
As has been before stated the judges
bench is placed Immediately in front of
the windows and shuts off half of the
light of the room. The jury box, which
is movable piece of furniture, is placed
directly in front of the door OF the jury
room and tine urynlen must either
climb over the back rail of the box or
edge their way through narrow
alley. The spectators in the gallery
are directly over the jury, and it
would be an easy matter to drop note
into the box unperceived. Altogether
it seems as if the architects had devoted
all of their attention to making the
building look we'll on the outside, and
had left the interior to look out for
itself.
THE sCHRAMM MINORS.
Judge Shaw, sitting for Judge Clark,
yesterday heard the petition of Augusta
Schramm to be appointed guardian of
the persons and estate of her minor
children. The estate consists of claim
against the Southern Pacific company
for $3.50 for the killing of the petition
er's husband by locomotive while he
was driving across the track in wagon.
Suit was brought against the company
for damages, and the verdict went for
the defendant. On second trial Mrs.
Schramm was given $4,000 damages, and
the railroad appealed, but a compro-
mise was afterward effected for $2750.
CHARGED WITH PERJURY.
James Brown was brought in from
Winchester, San Diego county, yester
day, by United States deputy marshal
to answer to charge OF perjury pre-
ferred by Antonio Domenigoni. The al
legged crime was committed before Re-
ceiver G. w. Bryant OF the land Office
in a contest commenced b. Samuel
Denman against Domenigoni. Denman
flied on land which Domenigoni had
taken up, and in making proof that the
latter had abandoned it, called in Brown
to prove his case. The latter swore that
Domenigoni had deserted The claim, and
Domenigoni now claims that Brown swore
to what be knew was false. Brown was
arraigned before United States Commits
sioner Van Dyke yesterday and released
on $500 bonds.
COURT NOTES.
Henry Smiley was arraigned before
Judge Shaw yesterday, on a charge of
assault to murder. After the informa-
tion had been read to the defendant, he
decided to plead guilty. The court con-
tinued the time for sentence.
The term trial jurors who were notl
fed to appear in department one of the
superior court on Monday, August Oath,
were requested to report at that time in
the old court room of department one of
the Murietta block, New High street.
Judge Wade, whose court room in the
third story of the new court house will
not be completed for several months,
will occupy the old apartments of de-
partment one in the meantime. Judge
Smith, who has been holding court dur
ing the vacation, will not return to the
bench for several weeks. Judge Nc
Kinley will attend to the criminal busi
ness in department six in the mean
time.
August Kawalewsky, citizen of Ger
many, was naturalized yesterday by
Judge Shaw.
Louise Deininger is suing her hus-
band, Michael Henry Deininger, for
divorce.
NEW SUITS.
The Los Angeles National bank sues
Sidney Lacey to obtain judgment on a
promissory note for $500.
Marius Meyer sues Maria Huarte ct
al. to foreclose mortgage for 81 800.
The Farmers and Merchants bank OF
Los Angeles applies for writ OF review
to be directed to the city council of
Los Angeles to review an order of said
council, sitting as board of equaliza-
ton, by which $2S0,000 was added to
the solvent assessment of plaintiff.
Sophia Knecht petitions for the pro-
bate of the will of Gustav Knecht, who
died in this county on August IL, 1891,
leaving real and personal property not
to exceed $50, 900.
The Me mortal Baptist church OF Pasa-
dena asks leave to mortgage real estate
for $500.
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