Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-02
THE COURTS.
THE HABEAs CORPUS CASE OF
SOON LEE.
A Delayed Observation-Disclosures From
the Cslendar-Court Notes-New Suits
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Soon Lee, the Chinese girl who was
arrested in this city last Friday by Con-
stable Brissel, of Sacramento, on a war
rant issued in the latter place, for petty
larceny, and who was kept in Los Ange-
les by her friends on writ of habeas
corpus, came up before Judge Mckinley
yesterday on a motion to dismiss the
writ and allow the woman to be taken
away. The motion was argued at great
length and finally denied by the court.
The hearing of the writ proper will
come up today in the same department.
Soon Lee is charged with having stolen
$40 in money and some valuable iewelry
from Sacramento Chinaman.
DELAYED INFORMATION.
Judge Mckinley yesterday heard and
denied motion to dismiss the informa-
tion in the case of the People VS.. Chas.
Saunders, charged with grand larceny.
The motion was made on the grounds
that the information had not been filed
within the thirty days provided by
statue after the accused was held to
answer. Saunders made the same point
in an application for his release on
writ of habeas corpus several weeks ago
before Judge Smith, who held that
while the district attorney was lax in
his duty in not filing the information
within the specified time, his omission
did not in any way aid the case of the
defendant.
STRICKEN FROM THE CALENDAR.
The case of Ybarra VS.. the California
Central Railway company, a suit for
damages in the sum of $4,000 for the
the killing of woman on the railroad
tracks of the defendant company, was
formally dismissed yesterday in Judge
Wade's court. The case was brought
in the name of the heirs of the deceased,
who were minors, and a guardian ad
Item was appointed by the court to
prosecute the case, but he has since
gone to parts unknown and the suit has
been allowed to drag. Several attorneys
have been engaged by the plaintiff, but
they all threw up the case and yester-
day it was stricken from the cal
endar because the plaintiff was not
represented in court.
COURT NOTES.
In department two yesterday, Judge
Clark heard the testimony in the case of
George W. Tungate VS.. the Azusa Water,
Development and Irrigation company, a
suit to settle the title to water in the
San Gabriel river, claimed by the plaintiff
as riparian right attached to land in
the San Francisquito ranch.
The case of o. G. Weyse VS.. r. Weyse
was argued and submitted in Judge Van |
Dyke 8 court yesterday. The argument |
lasted three days.
Judge Shaw yesterday denied the mo-
ton of the district attorney to vacate the
writ of review issued in the cases of the !
Los Angeles Savings Bank and Trust |
company and other banks against the |
supervisors as board of equalization,
and gave the defendant five days to pre-
pare asbill of exceptions.
In the divorce case of M. Reyes vs. L.
D. Reyes, Judge Wade yesterday purged
the defendant from contempt in having
disobeyed the order of the court and re-
fused to pay alimony. Reyes excused
himself on the ground that he had been
ill, and unable to work and earn money.
The hearing of the case was continued. |
The appeal case of Rollin W. Grannis |
VS.. M. H. Gordon was on trial yester-
day before Judge Shaw and a jury. |
Grannis brought suit against Gordon in
Justice f. B. Reeds court at Calabasas
for 500 damages alleged to have been
suffered by him through the defendants |
going on to his land and plowing up
young fruit trees. He obtained judg- |
ment of $40 and Gordon appealed and |
was granted a new trial.
NEW SUITS.
Nose j. Thompson sues 1. W. He'll |
man ct al. for an accounting of the af
fairs Of the Cucamonga Homestead as
sociation.
Julius Blasues sues Mary E. Dennison
ct al. to forecloee a mortgage of $1,000 |
on the east "a feet of lot 4, central sub
division of the Carr tract.
Edward Bouton petitions for the ad-
mission to probate of the will of Mar
garet F. Bouton, who died in this city
on August IA, 1891, leaving real and per-
sonal property of the value of $4,000.
Susan Y. Gregg petitions for the adj
mission to probate OF the will of John
H. Gregg, who died in this county on
July 2, 1891, leaving real and personal
property of the value of $4,000.
POLICE COURTS.
Five drunks were assessed $5 each by
Justice Owens yesterday.
Ah Sing was fined $40 for conducting
lottery.
J. Mosem and Billy Rich were before