The San Francisco call., 1898-06-08
RECORDS OF
 CONSTABLES Grand Jurors Start on a
 New Trail.
RIVAL JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
ONE INvADEs THE DOMAIN OF
 THE OTHER.
Testimony to Show That an Excess of Mileage Was Charged on
 at Least Two
 Occasions.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 90S Broadway, June [.
 The Grand Jury has been at work all day on the affairs of Justices and con- stables. Some of the evidence given before 1t evidently needs explanation. Expert Denshee was at work for a long while on the records of Justice Gifts court, and it has been expected all along that some thing sensational would result. Since At torney Kinard commenced his opposition to the payment of certain fees before the Superv1sors many facts have been brought forward to show that a petty and very undignified fight Is being waged between the Justices and constables of Oakland and Brooklyn townships
 Attorney Kinard has two men, E. A. carr and J. Ramsey. whose testimony was given to the Grand Jury to-day. These men declare that they were arrested at sixteenth street depot and that the con- stables swore to charges for mileage from Highlands, which is many miles further away. It Is also alleged that these two men were arrested inside the city limits, ana that consequently Justice Gift ille- ea!iy charged fees for trying their cases.
 The records in Justice Gifts office show that Carr and Ramsey were arrested May Si Tor Vagrancy. The warrant shows that they were arrested outside of the corpo- rate limits of the city of Oakland They PASoNSO Sulily ana were sentenced to three days apiece in the County Jail, and Judge Gift says that everything is per fectly clear and legal
 Attorney Kinard went to the County Jail Saturday with another gentleman who administered an oath to them. the nature or which no one seems to know ana since their release Mir Kinard says ne IS keeping them so that they can give all the testimony necessary to the Grand Jury. On the other hand, the constables or Justice Gifts court declare they have a grievance because of the amount of GrlmlnaI business taken to the court in Brooklyn Township The cases of Stacey Rogers of Berkeley, charged with murder: of young man named Fraser of Berke. ley, charged with felony, and another crlmlnal case. have been ordered by the District Attorney to the Brooklyn court ana there tried, thus greatly increasing the mileage or witnesses and putting them 10 great inconvenience. Justice Lawrence II IS stated, has an office close to the county building and entirely outside of HIS township, where he performs as many marriages and does as much business a. s can De steered his way. One of the con stables or Brooklyn Township, C. s. Vel aon, mas his office on Washington street. ID the heart of Oakland, and it is claimed that much of the business that should he oone by the constables of Oakland Town snlP IS done by the Brooklyn consta ble.
 Many other petty charges are being hung rom one camp to the other and If IS very evident that justice Is for the time Delng completely subordinated to politics Whlie the amenity that is supposed to exist between professional men and office tHol@uers t @ has long since vanished, if indeed 1stration. e e'OiiiIA