The San Francisco call., 1905-04-11
GOVERNOR PARDEE NAMES JUSTICES
FOR NEW COURT OF APPEALS.
GIVES PROMOTION TO SUPERIOR JUDGES
Special pIspatch to The Call.


SACRAMENTO, April 10.--In compli-
ance with the constitutional amend
ment adopted by the people at the gen.
eral election last November, Governor
Pardee tonight appointed the follow
Ing Appellate Justices:
First District-Ralph c. Harrison Of
San Francisco, presiding; Samuel p.
Hall of Oakland and J. A. Cooper of
San Francisco.
Second Wheaton A. Gray of
Visalia, presiding; George H Smith
and NJ. T. Allen of Los Angeles.
Third District-General N. P. Chip
man of Red Bluff, presiding; A. j.
Buckles of Solano and c. E. McLaugh-
lin of Plumas.
OF the newly appointed Justices of
the Court of Appeals, Harrison and
Cooper of San Francisco. Gray and
Smith of Los Angeles and Chapman of
Tehama are Supreme Court Commits
sioners.
counties of San Francisco, Marin, Con-
ira Costa, Alameda. San Mateo. Santa
Clara, Fresno, Santa Cruz, Monterey
and San Benito.
The Second District embraces the
counties OF Tufare, Kings, San Luis
sObispo, Kern, Inyo, Santa Barbara.
Ventura, Los Angeles. San Bernardino,
Orange, Riverside and San Diego.
The Third District embraces the
Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Te-
hama. Plumas, Mendocino. Lake, Co
lusa, Glenn, Butte, Sierra, Sutter,
Yuba, Nevada. Sonoma, Napa. Yolo,
Placer, Solano, Sacramento, FL Do
rado, San Joaquin, Amador, Gala
veras, Stanislaus, Mariposa, MADEIRA.
Merced. Tuolumne, Alpine and Mono.
The nine Justices appointed will hold
office until the first Monday of Janu-
ary, 1907 Their successors will be
elected at the general election of Mo-
vember 1906. District Courts of Ap-.
peal must hold their regular sessions
respectively at San Francisco, Los An
geles and Sacramento.
The salaries of the Justices Of the
Court of Appeals will be the same as
the salaries of the Justices of the SUI
preme Court.
The Supreme Court shall have power
to- order any cause pending before the
Supreme Court to be heard and deter
mined by a District Court Of Appeal,
and to order any cause pending before
a District Court of Appeal to be heard
and determined by the Supreme Court.
The order last mentioned may be made
before judgment has been pronounced
by District Court of Appeal. or with
in thirty. days after such Judgment
shall have become final therein. The
judgments of the District Courts of
Appeal shall become final therein upon
the expiration of thirty days after the
same shall have been pronounced.
The Legislature at it's last session
created three new Superior Courts in
Los Angeles The Governor appoints
w. p. James and Walter Bordwell of
Los Angeles and G. A. Gibbs of Pasa-
dena to these judgeships. Charles Mon
roe of Los Angeles Is appointed to fill
the vacancy caused by the promotion
of Judge Allen to the Court of Appeals.
In Shasta County there will be re-
gret that Judge Edward Sweeney was
not appointed to the Appellate Court,
but the announcement of the appoint
ment of Thomas B. Dozier to the new
Superior Court Of that county will give
general satisfaction.
The Call recently forecasted the ap-
pointment to the Court of Appeals Of
Superior Judge Buckles Of Solano and
the incumbent Supreme Court Commits
sioners.
Many Of the lawyers and politicians
of Alameda County entertained strong
would be named for the Court of Ap-
peals. Superior Judge Hall. who was
appointed was highly commended by
many eminent lawyers.
The Democrats appointed by the
Governor to the Court of Appeals are
Judge Mclaughlin of Plumas and
Court Commissioners James A Cooper
of Mendocino and George A. Smith of
Los Angeles.