San Mateo County Gazette Redwood City, San Mateo County, California Saturday Morning, July 14, 1860, Vol. 2 No. 15 COURT OF SESSIONS- July Term. - Present, Hon. B.F. Fox, Judge, J.P. Ames and J.W. Turner, Associates. The Grand Jury were impaneled on Thursday July 5th, J. McCormick and Juan LeHara who were under bonds to appear, were discharged, by the Court, no bill having been found by the Grand Jury. Paul Godarez was assigned upon a charge of grand larceny. A verdict of guilt was rendered, and sentence of three years in State prison passed by the Court. Juan Perez was convicted of "assault with a deadly weapon, with intent to inflict great bodily injury," and was sentenced to imprisonment for two years in State prison. In the case of the People vs. Langan et als., for assault, a nolle prosequi was entered as to Thomas and John Langan, and the trial of Honora Langan was continued till next term. The court then adjourned for the term, after having been in session five days. RESIGNATION. - Paul Godarez, who was convicted at the recent term of the Court of Sessions, of grand larceny, and sentenced to the State prison for three years, on leaving for his new home requested that his sweetheart might be informed of the fact, and that as he was engaged by the State for three years, he would not be able to fulfill his promise of marriage; that he relinquished his claim, hoping she might find solace in the affections of a less unfortunate suitor. Paul is a philosopher and a time-saver. In one breath he resigned himself to his fate and his love to another. SUDDEN DEATH. - Braxton Ritchart who has for some time past been living in the Canada Raymundo, died suddenly on Thursday last. He was apparently in excellent health the previous day, and was working in the field with a reaping machine. He was about twenty-three years old, and from Crawford county, Missouri. COUNTY COURT. - Hon. B.F. Fox, Judge. - H. Templeton vs. S.P. McKeen et als. Suit for trespass - Jury disagreed, and were discharged, and the case was continued till next term. Robinson vs. Underwood - suit for damages - Verdict for plaintiff $70. Stay of proceedings for ten days was granted. People vs. John Langan. Assault and battery. Verdict not guilty. Court adjourned for the term. On Thursday of last week J.W. Turner was appointed Associate Justice of Court of Sessions, for the term, vice, W.A. Clark, resigned. NOTES ABOUT TOWN. - Bub says he has been about this burg and has collected "items." Large piles of lumber are on the wharves, ready for shipment, and the prices are very low. Littlejohn is painting his house the color the Mose moved to paint "der machine." The new grist-mill is progressing, and is to be one of the best buildings, if not the best in Redwood City. Brittan's traveling market supplies goods very cheap, and the Captain is an accommodating gentleman. The bridge across Redwood creek is still in the same place. The liquor trade is dull, owing to the adjournment of the Courts. The late additions to the populations are as well as could be expected, the prospective ditto. (this is rather obscure. ED.) The Pierce-ing appeals to the hard-hearted Grand Jury were disregarded - the "goose question" remains as yet undecided. Blackberries are abundant in the hills and are duly gathered. An office is being erected at Mills & Franklin's lumber yard, and a new saddler's shop on Bridge street. The town pump has been repaired. Shuffles is a very nice game, and threatens to supercede billiards. There is a man in town who made $878,000 in the show business, and retired. A fine crop of cord-wood has been raised on a place just out of town, and just opposite said farm, a few cords of mustard are on hand for sale. A "short-carder" has left town - quite a loss ! Can spare a few more. Fine cigars are a drug in the market. The courthouse is a useful building. It is church, ballroom, hall of justice, political meeting room, concert and exhibition room, and loafer's headquarters. The robed priest, the politician, the judge, and the mountebank, all in their turn address the audience from the same rostrum. On dit, that a magician was "sold" on the shawl trick, Thursday night. FOUND DROWNED. - On Tuesday last the body of an unknown man was found partly covered with sand, lying on the ocean beach near the ranch of Francisco Sanchez, in this county. Justice Turner being called upon proceeded to the place and held an inquest on the body, when a verdict was rendered in accordance with the facts. Deceased was a white man, about five feet eight inches high, was dressed in fisherman's costume, and was supposed to be drowned out at sea, and washed ashore. The body was much decayed, the flesh having been separated from almost the entire skull. THE FARCE AT SAN RAFAEL. - Our reporter has furnished us with a synopsis of the proceedings at San Rafael, at the so-called trial of Judge Terry. The Court was opened with the due number of "Oh Yes'es" at nine o'clock, when James H. Hardy, Esq., late of Sacramento, where he was distinguished for small wit and as the bully defender of a Chief Justice, who has since gone to the highest Court from Trial, took his seat as Judge. The Court having been opened in due form, the clerk was required to call the day's calendar. The first case was that of "The People of California vs. David S. Terry." It was notorious that the offence was that of dueling, and that every witness for the prosecution was to come from San Francisco, yet a pliant Judge and a willing District Attorney hurried the calling of the case, and at an hour unknown in Judicial usage on the Pacific, submitted to the Jury a case so important, that the attention of the people of the whole State is directed to it, without evidence and with a virtual direction to find a verdict of acquittal. At 11 o'clock A.M. yesterday, the witnesses summoned on behalf of the prosecution reached the town only to find that the court to which they were subpoenaed had been adjourned for over an hour and that the defendant had been fully acquitted by a jury without a hearing. Our reporter has furnished us with a number of points which we refrain from setting out at the present time, confident that enough has already been stated to arouse public indignation against the tribunal which has enacted this most miserable travestie of justice. - Morning Call. To see other old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com