The morning call., 1894-07-22
AN ANGRY DEPUTY
F. r. Bishop of San Jose
in Jail.
He Has an Unpleasant Experience of
the Vagaries of Police Court
Justice.

The vagaries of justice as represented in
the Police Courts may seem all right to a
legal mind, but to the ordinary observer
they are not only incomprehensiDle but
amusing.
F. r. Bishop. Deputy Sheriff from
Santa Clara County, had taste of it in
Judge Lows court Yesterday which will
lead to strained relations between the
officers of the law of that county and the
city and county Of San Francisco.
Bishop has been here for several days to
give evidence before the Federal Grand
Jury in connection with the railroad strike.
A bout o'clock yesterday morning he met
Edward Estrada in front of saloon on
the corner of Ellis and Stockton streets.
Estrada was arrested by Bishop in San
Jose some time ago on the charge of
burglary, which was afterward reduced to
petty larceny, and he was sentenced to
three months In jail.
They were soon in the midst of a wordy
war, caused by Estrada's uncomplimentary
remarks about Sheriff Bollinger. From
words they came to blows, and Bishop
backed awav to the middle of the street as
Estrada had friends around him.
These friends yelled to Estrada to ''do
him up" and when Estrada advanced upon
beat Estrada over the head with them.
The crowd gathered round them, and as
Bishop saw it was getting too warm for
him he showed his star. just then Po-
lieeman F. W. Smith appeared on the
scene and Bishop asked him to place Es-
trada under arrest on the charge of dis
turbing the peace.
Prison and Estrada got back at him by
preferring a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon against bin, and he was
also locked up
When the case against Estrada was
called in court and Judge Low had heard
the evidence he at once dismissed it.
Bishop, while giving his evidence, ap-
peared to forget that he was not in
Justices Court in Santa Clara County,
and his dictatorial manner irritated the
Judge.
After Estrada's case was dismissed At
torney Ben Naphtaly, who appeared for
him, moved that the case against Bishop
be dismissed and Prosecuting Attorney
Shackleford backed up the motion.
II don't PROPOSE" said the Judge, ito
let felony charge go like that. Proceed
with the case" Estrada and his witnesses
had left the courtroom, but the Judge had
them brought back. Bishop was not rep
resented by counsel, and after again hear
ing the evidence the Judge, TO his amaze
ment, held him 10 answer before the
Superior Court IN $4,000 bonds, and he was
hustled downstairs. An hour afterward
he was manacled and taken to the County
Jail.
This is one of the speediest cases on
record. The charge against Bishop was
made at O'Clock yesterday morning, and
in less than twelve hours he was tried and
found himself in the County Jail. He COM
planned bitterly that, although he was an
officer OF the law, he had been shown no
courtesy by the local police, and had been
railroaded to Jail on the testimony of a
sure-thIng gambler and thief and his
friends. he was a stranger, and no one
volunteer as witness in his behalf,
although, if the truth had been told by
Estrada's witnesses, it would have brought
out the fact that Estrada struck him first,
as the lump on his forehead would cor
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