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 by Stephen Johnson Field;George Congdon Gorham
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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. |
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