Arizona republican., 1906-04-01
CHANGED 4 NAME
 IN SUPREME COURT
4 Motion by Assistant District Attor.
 ney Bullard.

Just before the adjournment of the supreme court yesterday Assistant District Attorney Bullard presented a motion which was heard with surprise by some of the members of the bar as well perhaps by some of the membeTs of the bencn.
 He desired that his name might ap- pear on the rolls of the court as George Purdy Bullard. This motion was made with special reference to case No. SS9 of the district court of this county
 Mir. Bullard said in explanation that his name mad really never been any thing else bus that he had been known as Purdy Relyea and under that name had been admitted to the practice of the law in this territory and in Cali fornia.
 MT. Bullard explained that his fath- CT and mother were divorced when he was four years of age. and about the time he was ten years old his mother married one C. D. Relyea. Through tFe habit. custom and adoption frequent in such cases ne took the surname Of his step-father and went by that name until he reached manhood and was -.l- rolled a member of the bar under that name.
 But his name was changed on the | rolls at Yuma on October s. 1894. by an order made by Judge Baker. a | copy of wlich order MT. Bullard made part of his motion.
 1 The following is a copy of the order: ! ''The above entitled matter coming on regularly to be heard in open court 1 the testimony of Purdy ReIyea. the applicant in the above-entitled matter | being taken herein, and il appearing herein that the applicants true and | lawful name is George Purdy BuIla. d. l but that through habit. custom, and ! adoption he has since the age of ter | years been called by the surname of his step-father. C. D. Relyea. and il further appearing that the applicant l has been admitted to practice in law i in the supreme court of the territory i of Arizona and of tle state of Cali i fornia. and that the applicant is de- : sirous of formally and legally resum- 1 ing his true and legal name. that he may avoid annoying and perplexing situations. which might arise if the re- suming of his true name was not of record. And all and singular. the law and tne evidence being taken into l consideration. it is ordered. adjudged | and decreed that the name of the ap-
 plicant, Purdy Relyea. be changed of l record to the name of George Purdy l Eullard."
 Mir. Bullard subsequently, explained
 why he wanted this order put on the
 record of the supreme court. The m9-
 tion was granted.
 Case No. SSs. to which reference ..as
 been made, is the case of the terri
 tory against R. E. Daggs. l. had coiat
 to the notice of MT BulIard that La-E
 hints had been spread throughout th,
 county that ie was not what he seem
 ed to be; that he was a person with a
 past; that he had not always beof
 George Purdy Bullard. The hearers o,
 these rumO-s might infer. if the, l chose. that he was a fugitive fron 1 Justice somewhere. That somewhar. ! Sheriffs were groping about blindIy.
 Nr. Bullard further traced thes.
 stories about his name to Attorney A
 J. Daggs and he learned that Mir DagGs had secured certified copy o the above order. though for what put pose is not made clear.