Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches

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Title: Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other
Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted
Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the
State
Author: Stephen Field; George C. Gorham
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PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS IN
CALIFORNIA, WITH OTHER SKETCHES.
BY
STEPHEN J. FIELD.

TO WHICH IS ADDED THE STORY OF HIS ATTEMPTED
ASSASSINATION BY A FORMER ASSOCIATE ON THE
SUPREME BENCH OF THE STATE.
BY
HON. GEORGE C. GORHAM.

PRINTED FOR A FEW FRIENDS.
NOT PUBLISHED.
Copyright, 1893, by STEPHEN J. FIELD.

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The following sketches were taken down by a stenographer in the
summer of 1877, at San Francisco, from the narrative of Judge Field.
They are printed at the request of a few friends, to whom they have an
interest which they could not excite in others.

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PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF EARLY DAYS IN
CALIFORNIA, WITH OTHER SKETCHES.
INDEX.
Why and how I came to California.
First experiences in San Francisco.--Visit to Marysville, and elected
First Alcalde of that District.
Experiences as Alcalde.
The Turner Controversy.
Running for the Legislature.
The Turner Controversy continued.

Life in the Legislature.
Friendship for David C. Broderick.
Legislation secured and beginning a new life.
The Barbour Difficulty.
Removal from Marysville.--Life on the Supreme Bench.--End of Judge
Turner.
Career on the Supreme Bench of California, as described by Judge
Baldwin.
THE ANNOYANCES OF MY JUDICIAL LIFE.
Rosy views of judicial life gradually vanishing.--Unsettled land titles of
the State.--Asserted ownership by the State of gold and silver found in
the soil.--Present of a Torpedo.
Hostility to the Supreme Court after the Civil War.--The Scofield
Resolution.
The Moulin Vexation.
The Hastings Malignity.
APPENDIX.
Ex. A.--Notice of departure from New York for California, November
13, 1849.
Ex. B.--Aid at election of Alcalde by Wm. H. Parks.--A sketch of my
opponent.
Ex. C.--Oath of office as Alcalde.
Ex. D.--Order of District Court imprisoning and fining me for alleged
contempt of court; also Order expelling Messrs. Goodwin and Mulford
and myself from the Bar; and Order imprisoning and fining Judge Haun
for releasing me from imprisonment upon a writ of habeas corpus, and
directing that the order to imprison me be enforced.
Ex. E.--Record of Proceedings in the Court of Sessions, when attempt
was made to arrest its presiding Judge; and the testimony of the Clerk
of the District Court in reference to its proceedings relating to myself
and Judge Haun.
Ex. F.--Petition of Citizens of Marysville to the Governor to suspend
Judge Turner from office 249.
Ex. G.--Letters of Ira A. Eaton and A.M. Winn.
Ex. H, No. I.--Letters from Surviving Members of the Legislature of
1851, who voted to indefinitely postpone the proceedings for the
impeachment of Judge Turner.

Ex. H, No. II.--Letter of Judge Mott on the difficulty with Judge
Barbour.
Ex. I.--Letter of L. Martin, the friend of Judge Barbour in his street
attack.
Ex. J.--Sections 4, 5, and 7 of the act of July 1, 1864, to expedite the
settlement of titles to lands in California; and the act of March 8, 1866,
to quiet the title to certain lands in San Francisco.
Ex. K.--Letter of Judge Lake giving an account of the Torpedo.
Ex. L.--Extract from the Report of the Register and Receiver of the
Land-Office in the matter of the contests for lands on the Soscol Ranch

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THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR. JUSTICE FIELD
INDEX.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF JUSTICE FIELD BY A
FORMER ASSOCIATE ON THE STATE SUPREME BENCH

CHAPTER I
The Sharon-Hill-Terry Litigation.

CHAPTER II
Proceedings in the Superior Court of the State.

CHAPTER III
Proceedings in the United States Circuit Court.
[Transcriber's note: there is no
Chapter IV
]

CHAPTER V

Decision of the Case in the Federal Court.

CHAPTER VI
The Marriage of Terry and Miss Hill.

CHAPTER VII
The Bill of Revivor.

CHAPTER VIII
The Terrys Imprisoned for