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H. A. Lyons, (b) ... H. O. Murray ... S. Heydenfeldt, (c)
A. Anderson .... . Alexander Wells, (c) ...
E. H. Sharp.
H. C. Murray. A. Anderson. f Alexander Wells, (b) S. Heydenfeldt. P. K. Woodside.
CALIFORNIA.
S. J. Field. W. W. Cope. Edward Norton.
E. B. Crocker, (c)
David Bagley. C. J. Hillyer, C. H. Tuttle.
1865.
1866-7.
John Currey ......
Chief. Lorenzo Sawyer .. ... ... 1870.
Associates ..
Associate. Augustus L. Rhoades .. .. 1872
Associates ..
Associates ...
Lorenzo Sawyer .... Augustus L. Rhoades ... Oscar L. Shafter ..
Lorenzo Sawyer ..... .. Augustus L. Rhoades ... Oscar L. Shafter .... Oscar L. Shafter ..... Silas W. Sanderson ..... Wm. G. Wood (e)
66 .Royal T. Sprague (f) ...... 1878.
Clerk ... .. George Seckel (g) .1871.
Judge's Salary per annum .. $6,000.
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Associates ..
David S. Terry. Peter H Burnett, (a) S. J. Field. (c)
E. H. Sharp ...
Reporter ....
H. C. Murray ....
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(a) Resigned October, 1851. H. C. Murray appointed to vacancy ; elected November, 1852, for unexpired term to January, 1856 ; re-elected September, 1855, for full term ; died 18th September, 1857. S. J. Field appointed and served on that term till 1st Janu- ary, 1858. Peter H. Burnett, serving on S. Heydenfeldt's term, which expired January, 1858, was appointed on Murray's term; and acted till 2d October, 1858, when Joseph G. Baldwin, who had been elected by the people, qualified. He served till the expiration of the term, January 1, 1862. Edward Norton elected his successor for a full term.
(b) Resigned April, 1852. A. Anderson appointed to vacancy. Alexander Wells elected in 1852 for the unexpired term to January, 1854, and again elected September, 1853, for full term. Judge Wells died October 31, 1854. Chas. H. Bryan appointed to vacancy, and continued until October, 1855, David S. Terry having been elected for the unexpired term. Terry resigned September 20, 1859. W. W. Cope, who had been elected to succeed Judge Terry, was appointed to the vacancy, which expired January 1, 1860. W. W. Cope commenced January 1, 1860, for the full term.
(c) Elected September, 1851, as successor to Judge Hastings, for the term of six years from January 1, 1852. After the resignation of Judge Lyons, Heydenfeldt was the senior on the Bench, and in point of fact was Chief Justice. However, the records do not show that he ever acted as such. The Legislature of 1862 gave him leave of ab- sence for six months, and authorized the Governor to appoint to supply the temporary vacancy. Alexander Wells was appointed. The legality of this appointment was con- tested before the Supreme Court. Being only two Judges eligible to sit on the case, each one holding a different opinion in the matter, of course the question could not be determined. Judge Heydenfeldt, in the meantime, returned, and entered upon the duties of the office. He resigned January 13, 1857. Peter H. Burnett appointed to vacancy. January 1, 1858, S. J. Field qualified for full term. Resigned, 1863. E. B. Crocker appointed, and was on the Bench the April term of that year. Upon the resignation of Judge Field, W. W. Cope became Chief Justice. He acted in that capacity and Judge Norton and E. B. Crocker Associates, until the amendments of the Constitution were ratified and took effect.
(d) Was elected under the new Constitution; drew the short term, and was Chief Justice till January, 1866. Re-elected for full term, to commence December 2, 1867.
(e) W. D. Harriman resigned August 3, 1867, and Wm. G. Wood was appointed by the Governor the same day.
(f) Elected Judicial election October, 1867; term commence January 1, 1868.
(g) The Legislature of 1865-6 made the Clerk of Supreme Court a salaried office, and fixed the salary at $4,000. The fees of the Clerk of the Supreme Court are paid into the General Fund of the State. Each case is charged $20.
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Judicial Districts and Judges.
COUNTIES. JUDGE.
DISTRICT.
1st District-Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis
Obispo and Santa Barbara .Pablo de la Guerra.
2d District-Tehama, Butte, Plumas and Lassen. Warren T. Sexton. 3d District-Alameda, Monterey, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz. Sam'l B. McKee. 4th District-Northern part of San Francisco. E. D. Sawyer.
5th District-San Joaquin, Tuolumne, Mono and Alpine. Jos. M. Cavis.
6th District-Sacramento and Yolo .. Jno. H. McKune. 7th District-Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Lake. .J. B. Southard. 8th District-Klamath, Del Norte and Humboldt .. ... Walter S. Brock.
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9th District-Shasta, Siskiyou and Trinity E. Garter.
10th District-Sutter, Yuba, Colusa and Sierra. Isaac S. Belcher.
11th District-El Dorado, Amador and Calaveras. S. W. Brockway. 12th District-Southern part of San Francisco and San Mateo Orville C. Pratt.
13th District-Fresno, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus and Tulare. Alexander Deering.
14th District-Nevada and Placer .Thos. B. McFarland. 15th District-San Francisco and Contra Costa. S. H. Dwinelle.
16th District-Alpine, Inyo, Kern and Mono. Theron Reed.
Legislatures of California.
MEMBERS .- The Constitution of California provides that the number of Members of the Assembly shall not exceed eighty, and that of the Senators shall not be less than one-third, nor more than one half of the Assembly. The Apportionment Act of 1853 fixed the number of Senators not to exceed thirty-three, and the Members of the As- sembly at eighty ; total, one hundred and thirteen. The terms of the Senators were, until the Amendment of the Constitution, 1863, two years, one half of which expired. each year ; of the Members of Assembly one year. Under the amended Constitution the Senators' term is four, and Assemblymen two years. The apportionment of 1861 fixes the number of Senators at 40, and Assemblymen, 80.
First Session .- Convened December 15th, 1849, at San Jose, and adjourned after a ses- sion of one hundred and twenty-nine days, on the 22d of April, 1850. Number of mem- bers : Senate, 16; Assembly, 36 ; total, 52. I. F. Howe was Secretary of the Senate ; T. J. Austin, Sergeant-at-Arms ; T. J. White, Speaker of the House ; E. H. Sharp, Chief Clerk, and S. N. Houston, Sergeant-at-Arms-during the Session White resigned, and the Hon. John Bigler was elected to fill the vacancy.
Second Session .- Convened at San Jose, January 6th, 1851, and adjourned after a ses- sion of one hundred and sixteen days, on the Ist of May, 1851. Number of members : Senate, 16; Assembly, 36 ; total, 52. I. F. Howe, Secretary of the Senate ; Clark Burnham, Sergeant-at-Arms ; John Bigler, Speaker of the House ; George O. McMullin, Clerk ; and W. W. Gift, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Third Session .- Convened at Vallejo, January 5th, 1852 ; removed to Sacramento, January 12th, 1852, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and twenty-one days, on the 4th of May, 1852. Number of Members : Senate, 27; Assembly, 62 ; total, 89. A. C. Bradford, Secretary of the Senate ; Clark Burnham, Sergeant-at-Arms ; R. P. Ham- mond, Speaker of the House ; Blanton McAlpin, Clerk ; and C. C. Hornsby, Sergeant- at-Arms.
Fourth Session-Convened at Vallejo, January 3d, 1853 ; removed to Benicia Febru- ary 4th, 1853, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and thirty-seven days, on the 19th of May, 1853. Number of members : Senate, 27 ; Assembly, 63 ; total, 90. A. C. Bradford, Secretary of the Senate'; G. W. Tenbrock, Sergeant-at-Arms; Isaac B. Wall, Speaker of the House ; Blanton McAlpin, Clerk, and George W. Coffee, Sergeant- at-Arms.
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Fifth Session .- Convened at Benicia, January 2d, 1854; removed to Sacramento Feb- ruary 25th, 1854, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and thirty-four days, on the 15th of May, 1854. Number of members : Senate, 34; Assembly, 80 ; total, 114. John Y. Lind, Secretary of the Senate ; W. H. Harvey, Sergeant-at-Arms ; Chas. S. Fairfax, Speaker of the House; Blanton McAlpin, Clerk ; and George H. Blake, Sergeant-at-Arms.
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NOTE .- The First Senatorial District was represented in the Senate of 1864 by two members, making the number of Senators of that session one more than was provided for by the apportionment of 1853.
Sixth Session .- Convened at Sacramento, January 5th, 1855, and adjourned after & session of one hundred and six days, on the 21st of April, 1855. Number of members : Senate, 33 ; Assembly, 80 ; total, 113. W. A. Cornwall, Secretary of the Senate ; J. T. Knox, Sergeant-at-Arms; W. W. Stow, Speaker of the House ; J. M. Anderson, Clerk ; and Blanton McAlpin, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Seventh Session .- Convened at Sacramento, January 7th, 1856, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and six days, on the 21st of April, 1856. Number of members : Senate, 33 ; Assembly, 80; total, 113. Wm. Bausman, Secretary of the Senate ; J. W. Ross, Sergeant-at-Arms; J. T. Farley; Speaker of the House ; J. M. Anderson, Clerk ; and E. Gates, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Eighth Session .- Convened at Sacramento, January 5th, 1857, and after a session of ninety-five days, adjourned on the 9th day of April, 1857. Number of members : Sen- ate, 33 ; Assembly, 80; total, 113. George S. Evans, Secretary of the Senate ; Alex- ander, Sergeant-at-Arms ; E. F. Beatty, Speaker of the House ; William Campbell, Clerk ; and Silas Brown, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Ninth Session .- Convened at Sacramento, January 4th, 1858, and after a session of one hundred and fourteen days, adjourned on the 26th day of April, 1858. Number of members : Senate, 33; Assembly, 80 ; total, 113. T. N. Cazneau, Secretary of the Senate ; J. W. Hawkins, Sergeant-at-Arms ; N. E. Whitesides, Speaker of the House ; J. W. Scobey, Clerk ; and James F. Quin, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Tenth Session .- Convened at Sacramento, January 3d, 1859, and after a session of one hundred and seven days, adjourned on the 19th day of April, 1859. Number of members : Senate, 33 ; Assembly, 80 ; total, 113. E. C. Palmer, Secretary of the Sen- ate ; J. W. Hawkins, Sergeant-at-Arms ; W. C. Stratton, Speaker of the House ; C. Gil- man, Clerk ; and James Moore, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Eleventh Session .- Convened at Sacramento, January 2d, 1860, and after a session of one hundred and two days, adjourned on the 13th day of April, 1860. Number of members : Senate, 33 ; Assembly, 80 ; total, 113. J. R. Beard, Secretary of the Senate; W. H. Bell, Sergeant-at-Arms ; Phil Moore, Speaker of the House ; J. M. Anderson, Clerk ; and C. W. Tozer, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Twelfth Session .- Convened at Sacramento, January 7th, 1861, and after a session of one hundred and four days, adjourned on the 20th day of April, 1861. Number of members : Senate, 33 ; Assembly, 80 ; total, 113. C. W. Tozer, Secretary of the Sen- ate; W. F. Williamson, Sergeant-at-Arms ; R. Burnell, Speaker of the House ; J. M. An- derson, Clerk ; and M. Gray, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Thirteenth Session .- Convened at Sacramento, January 6th, 1862, and adjourned to San Francisco on the 22d day of January, 1862, and after a session of one hundred and thirty days, adjourned on the 15th day of May, 1862. Number of members : Senate, 40 ; Assembly, 80 ; total, 120. Thomas Hill, Secretary of the Senate ; A. C. Turner, Sergeant-at-Arms ; George Barstow, Speaker of the House ; J. Sedgwick, Clerk; and H. J. Clayton, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Fourteenth Session .- Convened at Sacramento, January 5th, 1863, and after a session of one hundred and thirteen days, adjourned on the 27th day of April, 1863. Number of members : Senate, 40 ; Assembly, 80 ; total, 120. John White, Secretary of the Senate ; George I. Lytle, Sergeant-at-Arms ; T. N. Machin, Speaker of the House ; H. G. Wor- thington, Clerk ; and Thomas Egar, Sergeant-at-Arms.
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Fifteenth Session .- Convened at Sacramento, December 7th, 1863, and after a session of one hundred and twenty days, adjourned on the 4th day of April, 1864. Number of members : Senate, 40 ; Assembly, 80 ; total, 120. C. Westmorland, Secretary of the Senate ; J. Helmsley, Sergeant-at-Arms ; W. H. Sears, Speaker of the House ; O. C. Wheeler, Clerk ; and W. Rider, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Sixteenth Session .- Convened at Sacramento, December 4th, 1865, remained in seg- sion one hundred and twenty days, adjourned on the 2d day of April, 1866. Number of members : Senate, 40 ; Assembly, 80 ; total 120. John White, Secretary of the Senate; John Moran, Sergeant-at-Arms ; John Yule, Speaker of the House ; M. Boruck, Clerk ; and B. Dore, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Seventeenth Session .- Convened at Sacramento, December 2d, 1867-In session, and will likely continue as long as the law permits. Number of members : Senate, 40 ; Assembly, 80 ; total, 120.
Salary of State Officers.
Governor, elected for four years.
.$7,000 per annum.
Lieutenant-Governor, elected for four years. 4,000 66
Secretary of State, elected for four years.
4,000 "
Controller, elected for four years
4,000 "
Treasurer, elected for four years. 4,000
Attorney-General, elected for four years.
4,000
Surveyor-General, elected for four years.
3,000
Superintendent Public Instruction, elected for four years
3,000
Adjutant-General, appointed by the Governor, for two years.
3,000
Librarian, by appointment.
2,500
Deputy Librarian, by appointment.
1,800
Supreme Court, Clerk.
4,000
State Printer
Fees.
State Elections.
The term of the present State officers commenced the 2d day of December (being the first Monday), 1867, and will expire the first Monday in December, 1871.
The General Election for Sate and County officers, is held on the first Wednesday in . September ; for State officers, every fourth year ; for County, every second year. The Judicial Election, for the various judicial officers of the State and Counties, is held on the third Wednesday in October, every second year, commencing with 1863. The pro- vision of the Constitution requiring the special judicial election, has been under con- sideration, and the voters at the last General election expressed their willingness to change it so that the judicial officers may be elected at the General election in Septem- ber, and thereby save the unnecessary expense of one election.
State Boards.
Board of Examiners .- This Board examines all demands against the State, and upon its order the amount due, or supposed to be due, is paid. It is composed of his Excel-
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lency H. H. Haight, Secretary of State H. L. Nichols, and the Attorney General Jo. Hamilton.
The Board of War Examiners .- The Adjutant General, Surveyor General and the At- torney General.
The Board of Military Auditors .- The duties of the Board are to consider claims growing out of military matters and things appertaining thereto. The members are the Commander-in-Chief of the State, Adjutant General and Surveyor General.
Board of Stamp Commissioners .- Governor H. H. Haight, Treasurer Antonio F. Coro- nel and Attorney General Jo. Hamilton.
Board of Trustees of State Library .- Attorney General Jo. Hamilton, J. W. Winans, H. W. Harkness, C. G. W. French, W. C. Belcher.
State Prison Directors .- Governor H. H. Haight, William Holden and H. L. Nichols.
[For Appointees, see Appendix.]
Senators and Representatives in Congress.
From the Organization of the State, to the first of January, 1866.
SENATORS. William M. Gwin, John C. Fremont.
REPRESENTATIVES.
E. Gilbert, G. W. Wright.
Gwin and Fremont were elected Senators by the first Legislature, and took their seats after the admission of California into the Union, the 19th of September, 1850. Fre- mont drew the short term, which expired on the fourth of March, 1851. The Legisla- ture of that year failed to elect his successor. Gilbert and Wright's term also expired 4th of March, 1851. Joseph W. McCorkle and Edward Marshall were elected Represen- tatives, and to succeed Wright and Gilbert. The Legislature of 1852 elected John B. Weller U. S. Senator, to succeed J. C. Fremont. Term commenced 4th March, 1851, and expired 4th March, 1857. In 1852, Milton S. Latham and James A. McDougall were elected Representatives to succeed McCorkle and Marshall, whose term of office expired 4th of March, 1853. In 1854, J. W. Denver and P. H. Herbert were elected to succeed Latham and McDougall, whose term expired the 4th of March, 1865. Senator Wm. M. Gwin's term expired the 4th of March, 1855, but the Legislature failed to elect his successor. The Legislature of 1856, known as the Know Nothing Legislature, also failed to elect a U. S. Senator, therefore J. B. Weller was alone in the Senate one whole session and a part of another. In 1856, Joseph C. Mckibben and Charles L. Scott were elected successors to Denver and Herbert, whose term expired the 4th of March, 1857. The Legislature of 1857 re-elected Wm. M. Gwin, United States Senator, and also elected David C. Broderick to succeed John B. Weller, whose term expired the 4th of March, 1857. The Legislature of 1858 changed the time of electing Representatives to Con- gress, making it the same day upon which the Governor and Members of the Legislature were elected. In 1859 John C. Burch and Charles L. Scott were elected to succeed Scott and Mckibben, whose term expired the 4th of March, 1859. In September, 1859, David C. Broderick fell on the field in mortal combat with David S. Terry, which made a vacancy, and Governor Weller appointed H. P. Haun, of Yuba, on the 3d of Novem- ber, 1859, to fill the vacancy until the Legislature elected his successor. The Legisla- ture of 1860 elected Milton S. Matham on the 13th of January, for the balance of David C. Broderick's term. The Legislature of 1861 elected James A. McDougal to succeed
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Wm. M. Gwin, whose term expired the 4th of March, 1861. At the general election, 1861, A. A. Sargent, T. G. Phelps and F. F. Low were elected Representatives to suc- ceed C. L. Scott and John C. Burch, whose term expired on the 4th of March, 1861. California, under the old apportionment, was only entitled to two Representatives. Mr. Low was elected that she might be ready in case the new apportionment increased her number. He was admitted. The Legislature of 1863 elected John Conness as suc- cessor to Milton S. Latham, whose term of office expired 4th of March, 1863. At the general election, 1863, Cornelius Cole, Thos. B. Shannon and Wm. Higbey were elected Representatives to succeed Phelps, Sargent and Low, whose term expired the 4th of March, 1863. The Legislature of 1863-'4 changed the time of electing Representatives, appointing 1864, and every two years thereafter. In 1864 Wm. Higby re-elected, also D. C. McRuer and J. T. Bidwell were elected, whose term commenced 4th of March, 1865, and expired 1867. On the 16th December, 1865, Cornelius Cole was elected U. S. Senator to succeed James A. McDougall. The Legislature of 1865-'6 changed the time of electing Congressmen, so that it should be at the general election of 1867. William Higby was re-elected in the Third District, S. B. Axtell was elected in the First, and James A. Johnson was elected in the Second District. Their term will be considered as commencing on the 4th of March, 1867, and will expire on the 4th of March, 1869. The Senator elected by the Legislature of 1867, to succeed John Conness-see Appen- dix.
Recapitulation.
SENATORS.
W. M. Gwin.
Term from 1849 to 1855.
J. C. Fremont.
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66 1851 to 1857.
David C. Broderick.
1857 to 1859.
W. M. Gwin
66 1857 to 1861.
H. P. Haun, by appointment.
December 1859 to 1860. 1863.
Milton S. Latham, Jan., 1860, on Broderick's term, expired ...
J. A. McDougall
Term from 1861 to 1867.
John Conness
1863 to 1869.
Cornelius Cole.
1867 to 1873.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Ist .- E. Gilbert.
. From 1849 to 4th March, 1851.
1849 4
1851.
Geo. W. Wright
J. W. McCorkle.
1851 4
1853.
Edward Marshall
1851 4
1853.
Milton S. Latham
1853 "
1855.
John A. McDougall
1853 4 66 1855.
J. W. Denver.
66 1855 4
1857
Phil. H. Herbert.
1855 4
1857.
Charles L. Scott.
1857 4
1859.
Joseph C. Mckibben
1857 4
66 1859.
Charles L. Scott.
1859 “ ¥ 1861.
John C. Burch
1859 “
1861.
A. A. Sargent
1861 «
1863.
T. G. Phelps.
66 1861 "
1863.
F. F. Low
1861 .
1863.
Thomas B. Shannon
1863 4
1865.
William Higby
1863 “
1865.
66 1849 to .1851.
John B. Weller
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Cornelius Cole.
From 1863 to March 4, 1865.
Wm. Higby.
1865 4
1867.
D. C. McRuer
1865 "
¥ 1867.
J. T. Bidwell.
" 1865 “ ¥ 1867.
S. B. Axtell.
1867 4
1869.
Wm. Higby
1867 4
66 1869.
James A. Johnson
60 1867 4 66 1869.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
The gold-hunters who came to California in 1849 found her territory under the man- ner of the Mexican law. The national jurisdiction had been changed, but, for want of time, no local laws had been substituted for the loose and vague Mexican system in practice before California was ceded to the United States. The gold fever being intense, and continually increasing, but little time could be snatched from its requirements to deliberate upon or even think of wise laws or proper government. Each party seemed to regard himself a sojourner " but for a day," after which a speedy re-union with his friends in the " East " whence he came. The line of action was marked by industry and energy nicely blended with honesty and confidence, while that justice supposed to be dealt out by Courts proceeded from the Bench of Alcaldes, whose jurisdiction was without bounds and whose cognizance was withont limit. Whether Alcaldes had any statutes for their guide or whether they made the law to suit the case that came before them is quite immaterial, since the result was all that interested the parties litigant, for there was no appeal from their decision or escape from their decrees, unless, however, the victim could " beat " the execution. In this condition was Sacramento district, comprising all the territory lying east of the Sacramento and north of the San Joaquin rivers. The latter part of August, 1849, General B. Riley, Acting Military Governor of the Territory of California, appointed James S. Thomas as Judge of the Court of First Instant, with civil jurisdiction. He also appointed W. E. Shannon Judge of the Court of First Instant, with criminal jurisdiction. On the 2d of September, 1849, Thomas entered upon the duties of his office. A suit was instituted for the recovery of money. The summons was made returnable the same day at 4 o'clock, at which time judgment was entered and execution ordered, which gives some idea of the rapidity that business, even of a judicial character, was transacted at that early period of Sacramento's history. It is not done so promptly now. On the 3d day of September Judge Thomas appointed J. P. Rogers, Clerk of his Court. The latter gentleman served in that capacity till the 19th of November following and resigned, whereupon James R. Lawrence was appointed. He continued till the 27th of December, at which time Presley Dunlap was appointed to the position. Judge Shannon opened his Court for criminal business in September, 1849.
. R. A. Wilson was appointed Clerk, and S. C. Hastings acted as Prosecuting Attorney. D. B. Hanner, who had been elected Sheriff by the people, in their primary capacity, the Ist day of August preceding, attended both the Civil and Criminal Courts. The first case before Judge Shannon was a prosecution against a party for stealing a cow from Samuel Norris. During the trial, defendant's counsel objected to the proceeding, be- cause it was not in conformity with that constitutional provision guaranteeing to every party accused of high crime, that before he can be put upon trial he must have been indicted by a grand jury of his countrymen. The Court held that, inasmuch as the de- fendant did not raise the question in the beginning of the case he was deemed as waving
. his right, and that the trial must proceed. The defendant was found guilty and fined $200 00 and costs, which amounted to $515-rather costly beef. About December 1,
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1849, R. A. Wilson succeeded to the Bench, vice Shannon, deceased. On January 11, 1850, he appointed A. J. McCall Clerk of his Court for Sacramento, and on January 26th he appointed Stephen J. Field (who is the present Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, for the Pacific district), as Clerk of his Court, to reside at Marysville. During the time Sacramento was flooded that Winter, Wilson held his Court at Marysville. The two Courts alluded to did the judicial business of the district, both civil and criminal, until the organization of the judiciary under the State Constitution, which occurred May 20, 1850. The first election law appointed the 1st Monday in Octo- ber as the day for holding the election for State officers, denominating that the General election. The Ist Monday in April was designated for the election of County officers and was called the County election. The Legislature of 1851 repealed the clause rela- tive to the county election, and provided the county election be held at the same time of the General election. The time for holding the General election was also changed from the 1st Monday in October to the 1st Wednesday in September, providing that the year the Presidential election occurs the General election for the State shall be the same day set apart for that. This statute remains in force Jet.
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