Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History . er, one of the counsel in the case. He corrected the lawyers namesas printed on the 12th, giving Parbut, McDowell and Judge Merritt, forthe defendants, and Weller, Butts and Wallace, for the prosecution, andhe indignantly refuted the insinuation that W. T. Wallace, the districtattorney, acted in any dishonorable manner in the conduct of the trial. 37 The friends of Sheriff Roach made a vigorous protest against thesecharges. The S. F. Herald, July 30, published resolutions adopted at ameeting of citizens held at Monterey on the 24th which e
Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History . er, one of the counsel in the case. He corrected the lawyers namesas printed on the 12th, giving Parbut, McDowell and Judge Merritt, forthe defendants, and Weller, Butts and Wallace, for the prosecution, andhe indignantly refuted the insinuation that W. T. Wallace, the districtattorney, acted in any dishonorable manner in the conduct of the trial. 37 The friends of Sheriff Roach made a vigorous protest against thesecharges. The S. F. Herald, July 30, published resolutions adopted at ameeting of citizens held at Monterey on the 24th which expressed theutmost confidence in Roach \s honesty and characterized Stuarts state-ment as criminally and maliciously false, and the Alta California, July 19,printed a letter from the mayor, P. A. Roach (no relation of the sheriff)which gave some details of the trial, upheld Roachs integrity in thefulfillment of his duty, and asked the citizens of San Francisco not tobelieve a felons accusation against an honest man until some betterproof be I I I 1 i A San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851 237 [July 8, 1851] promise of $2000—from each party—and swore both waysreed one hundred dollars—Jim Carsons held out for guilty andthe Eleven others for [not] guilty. Abt $13000 for the whole amtrecovered—$1000. for expenees of the Court and the balancedivided between persons who paid their lawyers fees—Randallgot the half of the 12 thousand Dolls. Morgan Tom Quick38 &Ryan were m jail at the time of the trial—Parbut told me to godown and let them out of jail—went down and busted the jailopen—Went to the Southern Mines after seeing all friends offand walked to Mission of San Juan, then took stage for SanJose From San Jose found a tidy horse and started for the mines—got surrounded byT some Mexicans near the Joaquin and hadmy horse taken from me—Went back some eleven or twelve milesto Livermores Pass—gave them my watch & chain for my libertyand started fo
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