(Doctº en inglés) Says it is the general wish of the people that two competent judges learned in the law be appointed for the court of First Instance to take cognizance of all civil causes; that the first alcalde [Leavenworth] is utterly incompetent, complaints against him that he disregards the plainest provisions of law, arrogates powers not belonging to him, extorts enormous sums of money, is extorted in the name of fees, violates international law by interfering with the internal discipline of foreign merchant vessels, denies the sacred right of appeal in the most important causes; the execution of his sentences would prove the total ruin of the injured party — Prefect Hawes's formal indictment of the SF alcalde system
| Date | 1849-09-17 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Horace Hawes (Prefect) |
| To | Gob. Riley |
| Place | San Francisco |
| Series | Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents |
| Tomo | Unbound |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 322 |
| Scan leaf | n324–325 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Horace Hawes (Prefect) to Gob. Riley, San Francisco, 1849-09-17, 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-d454.html