Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-05
ALL COURTS ARE
OPEN ONCE MORE
REGULAR BUSINESS BEGINS AS
HOLIDAYS CLOSE
Attorneys Return to Long Neglected
Lsbors Like sehoolboys After
Long Observation-Disclosures
Rearranged

Like school boys returning to their
work after the summer vacations, the
scores of attorneys of Los Angeles
slowly wended their way to the court
house yesterday morning and reluc-
tantly climbed the stairs to department
of the superior court, where the
judges sat en- banc to fix the date of
trial Of all cases held UP by the legal
holidays.
Although the attorneys had been com
planning that the holidays were causing
their ruin they all looked spruce enough
yesterday and to man wore fine new
suits of summer materials.
In long rows in department. they
awaited their turns for the setting of
cases they are interested in, while the
judges frowned down on them. But
the work went along rapidly and with
out hitch, and by noon yesterday the
heavy work of rearranging the calendar
had been finished. It Is expected that
this morning the first civil cases since
April IS will be tried in the Los Angeles
county superior courts
All Attorneys Ready
In department. 1 of the superior court
yesterday the work began early, for
the criminal calendar was heavy and
many cases were awaiting trial. Most
of the cases were reset and with the
assistance of the attorneys, who in
nearly every instance were ready the
court managed to arrange it's calendar
in short time.
The trial of William Harvey was the
first on the calendar, and the young
man demanded jury hearing. He was
charged with having sold a railroad
ticket which 1t was alleged had been
stolen by someone else.
1t was announced yesterday morning
that Judge James of department Of
the superior court would help out in
trying criminal cases, beginning next
week, and many cases were set for
hearing in both departments. The dis
trict attorney filed a number of COM
plants yesterday which had been held
over from the former calendar, and
these were all set down for trial.
In the case of John Bland, the young
man was only too anxious to plead
guilty to charge of simple assault
because he had formerly been charged
with felony. He was given a sentence
of sixty days in the county Jail, which
along with his long incarceration before
and during the holidays was considered
ample. punishment by the court.
Asks More, Time
Attorney LIE Compte Davis, repre-
senting j. B. Losee. the Long Beach
trustee who Is charged with having ac-
cepted bribe, asked little time for
his client yesterday, and the case was
set for trial June 49,
The bill of exceptions in the case of
Morris Buck, who is condemned and
has been sentenced to be hanged for
the murder of Mrs. Cloe Garfield, was
filed in department 1 of the superior
court yesterday and the papers served
on the district attorney. In the mean
time the warden of the state peniten-
tiary has received notice of the appeal
and Buck will be kept there until the
supreme court has haG an opportunity
to look into the case.
In the justices courts the cases Of
Mrs. Welch. accused of assault with
deadly weapon; Wallace Wideman, ac-
cused of having attempted to brihe a
witness in the Scott case, and Louis
Epps were all set for trial during the
coming week.
More than seventy-five cases were
filed yesterday and hundreds of legal
motions granted.