...this token of confidence brings with it a great deal of labor and responsibility. It devolves uppn me duties similar to those of mayor of one of our...returned last evening from her trip to the south. She has captured, during her absence, Santa Barbara, San Pedro, and the Pueblo de los Angeles. Over these the...

...absolute disposal of questions affecting property ind personal liberty, never ought to be confided to oqe man. There is not a judge on any bench in England...returned last evening from her trip to the south. She has captured, during her absence, Santa Barbara, San Pedro, and the Pueblo de los Angeles. Over these the...

...tribunal. Such an absolute disposal of questions affecting property and personal liberty never ou;;ht to be confided to one man. There is not a judge on...so absolute as that of the .alcalde of Monterey." Colton held under a military commission, succeeding the purser of the COIUJTKS*, RM Price, and the...

...liberty never ought to be confided to one man. There is not a judge on any bench in England or tho United States whose power is so absolute as that of the alcalde of Monterey.' Coltou held under a military commission, succeeding the purser of the Congress, EM Price, and the surgeon,...

...an office of jurisdiction inferior only to a Supreme Court nowadays. As he says himself (p. 55), " There is not a judge on any bench in England or the United States whose power is so absolute," and Colton administered admirably. He was a man of integrity, great personal charm, great common sense,...

...of questions affecting property and personal liberty never ou^ht to be confided to one man. There ia not a judge on any bench in England or the United...is so absolute as that of the alcalde of Monterey." Colton held under a military commission, succeeding the purser of the Congresn, RM Price, and the curgeou,...

...breach of the peace, every case of crime, every business obligation, and every disputed land title within a space of three hundred miles. From every...is so absolute as that of the alcalde of Monterey." Mr. Colton's notions of his jurisdiction were far more exalted than the Mexican law of 1837 would seem...

...Monterey, has left us his interpretation of his powers : "It devolves upon me duties similar to those of a mayor of one of our cities, without any of those judicial...is so absolute as that of the alcalde of Monterey." To anyone at all familiar with the spirit of the typical American frontiersman, it will readily be...

...Monterey, has left us his interpretation of his powers: "It devolves upon me duties similar to those of a mayor of one of our cities, without any of those judicial...is so absolute as that of the alcalde of Monterey." To anyone at all familiar with the spirit of the typical American frontiersman, it will readily be...

...responsibility. "Such absolute disposal of questions affecting property and personal liberty," he observes, "never ought to be confided to one man. There is not...so absolute as that of the. Alcalde of Monterey." But he brought to his work in all its details an unflagging zeal and constant personal attention which...