Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-07


matters then in the hands of Campbell,
Houghton & Silent, were by those gen.
tlemeh withdrawn from, at the wish OF
Mr.. McLachlan, and he (Mr. McLach-
LAM took charge of the business, where
upon the board paid Campbell,
Houshton & Silent for such services as
they had rendered the county up to the
time of Mr.. McLachlan's entering upon
the discharge of the duties of said
office.
"a. E. DAVIS,
''S. M. PERRY,
"H. G. HUBBARD,
"E. A. FORESTER.
"Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 5th day of November, 1892.
[sEALl "T. H. WARD, County Clerk.
''By HENRY s. KNAPP, Deputy"
THAT $4,000 OFFICE.
Mr.. Dillon makes desperate effort to
make out that mine has been an extrav-
agant administration. To do this he
uniustly charges up to me the services
of deputy sheriff and the cost of a
special detective in making an exam
Martin. He could with as good reason
charge me with the expense of the grand
jury, as to include those items in the
expense Of my Office.
DEPUTIES.
If Mr.. Dillon had again reported the
record correctly, he would have said that
the total amount paid the deputies in
my office since the passage of the law OF
1891, is not increased one dollar over
that paid prior to the passage OF that
law, as he incorrectly states. And after
he is more familiar with the California
law, he will tell the people that the case
of Dougherty vs.. Austin does not apply
to county of this class.
CRIMINAL CASES.
Mr.. Dillon now states that when he
stated
During his term of Office to date, Mr..
McLachlan and his ten assfstants have
had the management OF 276 criminal
cases, big and little, being less than 13
cases per month, and less than two
cases per deputy per month";"
"criminal cases, drunk and disorderly." I"
If Mr.. Dillon ever gets to be district
attorney he will learn that the city at
torney attends to the "drunks" under
the city ordinance, and that he will not
have that kind of work to do.
The following certificates from the
clerk of the superior court of Los Auge-
les county and the three inferior courts
of the city of Los Angeles show how
grossly misleading and incorrect that
statement is, and that instead of my
having the management OF 276 crimi-
nal cases, big and little" 1 have had the
management OF 1929 cases in the city of
Los Angeles alone, and this number does
not include several hundred other crimi-
nal cases that 1 have had the manage
ment of in the various justice courts
throughout the county outside the city
OF Los Angeles. Lack of time prevents
me getting the certificates of these vari-
GUS justices outside the city of Los An
geles.
so. w. H. Crane, deputy county clerk
of Los Angeles county, State of Cali
fornIa, and clerk of department oue OF
the gu perior court OF said county, do
hereby certify that James McLachlan,
district attorney within and for said
county, since his incumbency as district
attorney, has had the management OF
357 criminal cases in the superior court
OF said county, and AZ habeas corpus
cases, and 1913 insane examinations,
making total of 592 cases in said su-
peror court; and this does not include
any examinations of juvenile offenders
for the reform school, of which there
have been So in the superior court, most
of which have been attended to by pre-.
pairing complaints or personal prosecu-
tiOn by the district attorney's office.
Nv. H. CRANE,
"Deputy County Clerk"
CASES IN JUSTICE sTANroN's COURT.
Los ANGELES, Nov. 8, 1892.
81 hereby certify that James McLach-
Ian, district attorney of Los Angeles
county, has had the management of
1926 cases in my court since entering
upon the duties of his Office, on the 5th
of January, 1891. L. STANTON.
"Justice OF the peace, Los Angeles
township"
"Los ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 8, 1892.
II hereby certify that James McLach-
Ian, district attorney of Los Angeles
county, has had the management of
1911 criminal cases since he entered
upon the duties of his office on the 7th
day of January, 1891, in the police and
justices court OF Los Angeles city.
"MADIsoN 7. OWENS,
"Justice of the peace and ex-ohicio po-
lice judge in and for Los Angeles city,
And the foregoing cases do not include
any "drunks and disorderlies," as Mr.
Dillon might suppose.
THOSE RAILROAD TAX CASES.
NJ D:llon Ian ,,o;.4. -.
senting the facts with reference to the
railroad tax cases.
He imagines that 1 have been dilatory
in the management Of these cases, and
fails to state, what the record shows,
that l have never asked for a cnntipu
uance in these cases, and that lead all
the other district attorneys in the state,
and that have won every point thus
far.
The following certificate from County
Clerk Ward ought to put the matter at
rest:
WHAT COUNTY CLERK WARD SAYS ABOUT
THE RAILROAD TAX CASES.
"Los ANGELES, CAL, Nov. 3, 1892.
81, L. H. Ward, county clerk and ex-
oficio clerk of the superior court of Los
Angeles county do hereby certify that
in the cases of Los Angeles county vs.
the Southern Pacific Railroad company,
for taxes, every ruling made in those
cases by the court to date, as shown by
the records OF our superior court, has
been made in favor of the district at
torney and the county, and against the
railroad company, the court holding
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