The herald., 1896-01-10
OF SAN BERNARDINO
Road Overseer johnson of Victor in
Trouble
Result Of an Investigation Into a Carload of
Household 0oods-Local
News Matters

| SAN BERNARDINo, Jan. 9.-J. M. John
son of Victor is under arrest upon indct-
ment of the grand jury. The Indictment
was returned yesterday afternoon, and
johnson was arrested and lodged in Jail
this morning.
Johnson is road overseer in Supervisor
Turner's district, and the charge against
him in detail is that he has been over
charging the county for his services. The
charge is twofold, in that he is accused of
charging more per day than he should re-
ceive, and that he charged for work which
was not done.
1t has been known for several weeks
that the case was being investigated, but
no indictment had been returned, and it
was thought tie matter had been dropped
until the jury came in yesterday afternoon
and made the return of the indictment.
The specific bill of Johnson's upon which
the indictment is founded is that of June,
1895. During that month johnson and
his men were working on the Arrowhead
road, and his claim filed with the board of
supervisors shows that he charged for work
from June 9TH t, June 3Oth-twenty-three
days a. So per days Is. The full amount
of the claim W for $246.4 the balance
being for expenses incurred as shown by
vouchers attached.
The Indictment alleges two things: That
Johnson charged IS per day when he knew
he was entitled to but So, and that in fact
he did not put in twenty-three days work.
The claim was made out in regular form
and sworn TO, and on this johnson will
be tried for perjury. The witnesses ex-
amined by the grand jury were E: IL.
Thomas, j. c. Turner, A. M. Ham, John
Meeks, Charles A. Allen, II. j. RetIar,
laratpiah a VinceDt and Thor R,)llDu
STILL ANOTHER CUT
The board of supervisors and the dis
tri, attorney have just begun to put into
effect new regulation with reference to
bills of constables, and these long suffer-
ing officers once more see the effect of the
knife OH their bills A recent decision of
the supreme court is to the effect that when
a constable makes an arrest wi hout war
rant, as he of course has the right to do, he
can draw no mileage for bringing his pris-
oner to court That is to say. if in the
large townships a Unstable IN kaS an ar
rest wi hout warrant ten miles away
from the place where he Justices court is
located, he can collect no mileage for
bringing the prisoner to court
AS soon as he arrives there and swears
out he complaint the warrant is placed in
his hands and he gets the usual fee for
serving 1t, but The new regulation cutting
tlll iliodSS iutth5S q ViH leouStWh ~ siO
bills of const Able5 fro n the C c)untry, and
particularly in the first supervisoral
district, where the judicial townships are
miles in extent.
ARE TAKING PRECAUTIONS
The board of supervisors do not intend
to leave any loophole by which the action
with reference to the horticultural commits.
sim may be overturned. At the meeting
of the board today the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The term of office of H. B.
Muscott and DR.. J. ii. Piers n as horticul-
tural commissioners has expired by lini a.
tion: therefore, he it
Resolved, I hat this board hereby declares
said offices vacant
The supervisors claim that they have q
right to take this action, and that it effect