On trials by jury: referring to his decision in the case agt Pedro Badillo, says he tried & sentenced him without a jury, because in a former case of a man accused of selling liquor to the Indians (contrary to Gov's prohibition) he called a jury of 6 men, half foreigners & half Californians — there were two witnesses who clearly proved the theft, & yet his countrymen would not find him guilty; called another jury in same manner, ended like the first; so refusing to trust agt their own countrymen; eventually he sentenced the culprit to the lowest penalty but afterwards remitted part of the sentence
| Date | 1848-04-17 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Alcalde White |
| To | Gov. Mason |
| Place | San José |
| Series | Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents |
| Tomo | Unbound |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 122 |
| Scan leaf | n122 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Alcalde White to Gov. Mason, San José, 1848-04-17, Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents, Unbound, —, Archives of California, C-A 63, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca63/ca63-d222.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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