The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-23

Such is the itemized bill of General A
- Hart presented and filed as a part OF
he p'asdings in his action against Dan
e " Burns, and this bill. notwithstand-
az the vast amount of labor its various
tens convey to the disinterested peruser,
las been settled by the colonel in court
y his own making, presided over by Rail
'rrl representative J. b. Wright, for the
um II $500. The bill in itself is a mas
e-rece, an itemized demand of which
n- man on the credit end must be I'M
uly proud. II is said that even Burns
appreciates the shocking suggestveness
u the paper-suggesti in that il por-
rays that the people at one time be-
ieyed some one crooked, and made things
.a-har tropical for that some one-and il
he politician Of Mexico had things to do
over again he would not call for an item
zed demand He would content himself
NTH generalities.
When Burns made Q demand for the
tented bill he doubtless failed to an
icipate the briliancy with which list
i the misdeeds. or rather crimes, charged
o. him. in a few, 3 very few, days would
appear on paper When he thought Cen
.ral Harris suit was going 10 trlal-that
was before he discovered that he coulu
manufacture court, issue summons ana
-1r+ Hart in-he made another bad
Is.
iemand being made at no later date than
December 10 last, before Superior Court
Judge Dunno Perhaps he was Of the
opinion that he could more easily
aauGle a jury than q Judge; no one
accuses him Of holding the opinion that
De could impress twelve good men and
rue" that he was simply the eXempliil-
cation OF injured innocence. an honest
nan fallen victim TO the wrath Of ma
Icious public, and his purse the goal of
1 LAWYER OF uSuriOus lnChnauOnS. But
Inc case didn't 20 10 trial Wright of the
railroad was discovered and the day and
ne thousands saved.
In order TO gain a fair idea Of the labors
1f General Hart II Is out necessary 10
peruse the itemiZed bill, and when it is
Considered that Burns was guilty on each
count il is manifest that the demand was
aot only reasonable but one far below
mat the honest crook would have been
willing 20 pay when ne found that, IN
iced, ne had been saved from a term in
stripes. The complaint gives a better
ldea Of the labor required, the allega-
lions on the first item being as follows;
Between the month OF October 1854 and
the 10Th day Of January. 1888, at the special
instance and request OF the defendant. ne
plaintiff performed professional services for
the defendant IN Two certain actions IN the
Police Court OF the city OF sacramento,
county OF Sacramento and state Of Cali
fornia il which defendant was charged
with the crime of embezzlemeut. also in
Of the county OF Sacramento, state afore-
said in each OF which the defendant was
charged with the crime OF embezzlement.
alleged 20 have been committed by him in
the misaPpropriation Of public funds coming
into mis- possession while he was Secretary
Of State Of the State Of California; also in
q civil action began in the Superior Court
of the State OF California, in and for the
city and county OF san Francisco, and sub
sequently transferred 10 the Superior Court
in and for the county Of Hole, State alore-
said which later action was prosecuted by
III
the defendant and his official bondsmen to
recover the sum Of S3l,l34 "a Of the money
belonging to the State alleged to have been
received by the defendant while he was
Secretary OF State of the State OF California
and also TO recover 25 per cent Of said
amount in addition thereto as damages.
and also to recover interest on said amount
al the rate Of 10 per cent per annum from
the 18th day Of November, 1854 which said
sums for which said action was prosecuted:
amounted, in the aggregate, at the time OF
the commencement Of this action, to more
than $4,000.
On each Of the following items the
same allegations are made and as the ma
jority of these charges were heard before
the Superior Court, the work of the de-
Tense was even greater than the initial
case, numbered on the Sacramento rec
ords and as set forth on the bill, as
case 507. Burns was served with copy
of the complaint and. then in the follow
ing terms made his denial to the allega-
tons regarding the first item:
on the eth DAY OF Octooer 1881 an ac-
city Of Sacramento, County Of Sacramento,
state Of California. against this defendant,
in which action this defendant was charged
with the crime Of felony. hat thereupon
the plaintiff herein voluntarily and gratu
tiously and without solicitation on the part
OF defendant offered and rendered TO this
defendant his services as an attorney at
law in said action. and voluntarily and
gratuitously and without solicitation on the
part Of this defendant offered and under
took 70 appear for and represent this de-
PENDANT In said action, and to do and per
form any and every act and thing in and
about the defense Of said action as an at
torney at law on behalf Of this defendant
necessary TO be done and performed without
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