PERSONAL REMINISCENCES
OF
EARLY DAYS IN CALIFORNIA
WITH
OTHER SKETCHES.
BY
STEPHEN J. FIELD.
Printed for a few friends.
Not published.
Copyright, 1880, by S. J. Field.
THE following sketches were taken down by a stenographer in the summer of 1877, at San Francisco, from the narrative of Judge Field. They are printed at the request of a few friends, to whom they have an interest which they could not excite in others.
INDEX
Why and how I came to California 7
First experiences in San Francisco.--Visit to Marysville, and elected First
Alcalde of that District 12
Experiences as Alcalde 29
The Turner Controversy 41
Running for the Legislature 56
The Turner Controversy continued 66
Life in the Legislature 73
Friendship for David C. Broderick 82
Legislation secured and beginning a new life 85
The Barbour Difficulty 100
Removal from Marysville.--Life on the Supreme Bench.--End of Judge Turner 115
Career on the Supreme Bench of California, as described by Judge Baldwin 126
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 137
Hostility to the Supreme Court after the Civil War.--The Scofield Resolution 172
The Moulin Vexation 200
The Hastings Malignity 207
APPENDIX. - Exhibits