Spans n561-n563. Heading “Representacion de los jueces Lugo y Leandry”, marked in the margin with a small “o” rather than the usual “+”, and transcribed by Savage VERBATIM at length. The two Los Angeles jueces de paz tell prefect Tapia they are being publicly attacked: honorable citizens have warned them that “se hace una áspera crítica de nuestra administracion; profiriendo que usamos de arbitrariedades y mal manejo, y amenazándonos con una caida vergonzosa”. They trace it to “un principio de venganzas personales”, say the malcontents are using the Governor's own threatening reply as a shield, and ask Tapia to lay before the Governor “el estado en que se encuentra la Admon de Justicia, por tenernos atadas las manos la murmuracion y la amenaza”, refusing to believe the first magistrate would, “obsequiando las voces de los anarquistas”, strike at men he himself approved as judges; their aim is “cortar abusos é ir conteniendo los vicios del... la ociosidad y el crimen”. They offer to resign and return “al seno de nuestras familias”, closing: “si acaso se nos convence de arbitrarios ó injustos, estamos prontos á sufrir el castigo y vilipendio.” Of first importance Alcalde Rule document.
| Date | 1840-02-24 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Juan B. Leandry = Felipe Lugo á Tapia |
| Place | Angeles |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Benicia |
| Tomo | Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.s 577-79-80. |
| Savage copy page | stamp 561 · ink 64. |
| Scan leaf | n561–n563 |
| Document type | judicial |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Juan B. Leandry = Felipe Lugo á Tapia, Angeles, 1840-02-24, Departmental State Papers, Benicia, Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI, p.s 577-79-80., Archives of California, C-A 42, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca42/ca42-d1612.html