The San Francisco call., 1908-03-25
proceedings.

81 decision handed down late yes
terdaF afternoon the appellate court
denied the habeas corpus application
o. Abe Ruef for release but IL 81 OF
the lls indictments pending against
hi-n bail was reduced from s5.soe and
sie.see On each charge 10 SIS eaeh.
TIE eject Of the courts decision is
merely 10 reduce the total OF Ruefs
bail from sLIT5.e0e 70 sSs5.oeo. OF q
reduction Of not qui,e fourth.
That is. IN 3 cases where reindict-
mests or supplementary charges only
were made against the fallen boss the
court held that 70 ask <he fun amount
OF ban would be excessive. and ruled
sccordingsv. In these cases also no
objection was made by the district at
soraer- And 50 Ruef is brought only
ssSe. eee nearer freedom
coURT SCORES CRATER
Throughout the decision OF the court
IS couched in conservative language.
and Il is more favorable 70 the cause
OF the prosecution than any that that
tribunal has yet rendered
In singing words the justices scored
The crime Of bribery with which Ruef
was charged on each OF the rs indict-
-nents. Moreover. in refusing 10 grant
his plea for release they declared that
his very wealth would make more prob
able an attempt on his part TO become
= fugitive from justice were he given
liberty and in denying his request for a
reduction OF bail on All the charges they
set forth that il was without precedent
for higher court in the state OF Cali
1ornia % decrease the amount that has
been 6xed By = judge OF the superior
court Tor any onense
Erbery." SAID the justices. in its
effect upon the public welfare is OF the
utmost gravity. The bribery OF Iegisla-
tive officers co-rupts the very founda-
tion Of government and affects every
citizen OF the commonwealth
The haste with which the court de-
cided that extortion was no crime in
its famous ruling on the status Of some
OF the charges against Ruef and
sohmisz was strikingly absent from the
decision yesterday.
Ruefs plea for a writ OF hsbeas cor
pus was flied by his attorneys March
1s- II was not until eight days after
ward that the decision denying the sp-
Plicstion was made public.
The duplicate indictments from num-
bers 1lss 10 1892. inclusive. on which
Ruefs bail. fixed al $4,000 on each
charge, was reduced TO s.. were those
IN which he was involved with the fight
trust The other Indictments on which
bail was lowered from $4,000 10 IS
were cases in which he was accused OF
having bribed the supervisors in the
various public service corporation deals.
DENY RUFF RELEASE
Following Is the full text OF the or
der issued By the court for reduction
Of ban IN the 81 cases:
Tss sppIicztion of Abraham Ruef upoD h,he,.
corpus. fcr reelection In The amount a. h,s,
required q hin under certain Indictments .now
pending against him IN the superior court a.
the city and county of san Francisco. hsvinr
been be-etofors heard and duly considered. II Is
nov ordered that as 70 the cases designated as
Nos. So % So, inclusive, and Nos- s27 to SO.
both inclusive. said application be and The
same Is 6enied. and as 70 said cases the xsso
xrft is discharged
IL is further ordered that a. to the cases
designated IN said superior court By the num-
bers so 70 SIS. both inclusive. and IIsz 10
1Ie2, both Inclusive. said Ruef Be admitted to
hail IN The sun Of s. for each lndictuent
With TO sufficient securities. 70 be spprored BY
a Judge o. the superior court o. the city and