Fairfields Pioneer History of Lassen County California Containing Everything
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In the published accounts of what was done here at this time they call the men who held this trial a vigilance committee, but it was nothing of the kind. It might be called a People's, or Citizen's, Court. It was a gathering of men in a country where there was no law excepting what they made themselves, and they were trying to do justice and punish criminals. They went about it in an orderly way. John L. Cary of Placerville was appointed judge and John H. Neale of Honey Lake and Dr. B. L. King ...of Eagle valley were associate judges. Elliott was appointed sheriff and Gilpin was his deputy. A jury was regularly impaneled, and the witnesses were all put under oath. P. And S. Say: "The judges, jurors, and spectators sat in the court-room, armed with guns and revolvers. " The other prisoners were tried before the cases of Edwards and Lucky Bill were brought up. Candy was found innocent of any crime and was discharged. With him it was the case of "Old [139] HISTOBY OF LASSEN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Dog Tray" — he was caught in bad company.
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