Raynors HCA 2015-05
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Book, “TRIAL OF DAVID S. TERRY BY THE COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE, SAN FRANCISCO,” San Francisco: R.C. Moore's & Co., 1856. 75pp. Gathered signatures, string-tied as issued. A bit of light tanning and staining to the exterior leaves. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. "Most famous Vigilante trial" - Howes. Terry was charged with violently resisting the officers of the Committee of Vigilance, attacking four citizens of Stockton or San Francisco, assaulting with a deadly weapon a police officer of the Committee, and resistance of a writ of habeas corpus. "In 1855 [Terry] accepted the nomination of the Know-Nothing party for the office of associate justice of the California supreme court and was elected to that place when the new party, in an astonishing political upset, swept the state. In 1856 he rashly went to San Francisco to aid in organizing resistance to the Vigilantes" - DAB. It was during this trip to San Francisco that Terry was arrested for his most serious offense, that of seriously wounding a Committee officer. He was immediately taken into custody, but released when Sterling Hopkins recovered after several weeks. He resumed his place on the state supreme court and became chief justice in 1857. In 1859, Terry fought a famous duel with Senator David Broderick, in which Broderick was killed. Terry himself was killed after he assaulted U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Field.
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