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JENKINS, John
"The first legal executions in Plumas Co,,,.(Calif,)...
John Jenkins who was indicted by the grand jury on 6-21-
— 659-for the murder of Ste rthy on Lightts ranch, |
Indian Valley, May 25, 1859, On 7+15 he was brought to
trial before Judge Peter Van Clief, then sitting on the
district bench, We D. Sawyer, district attorney, app eared
for tie people, while Tom Cox and Alexander Baldwin def-
ended the prisoner, On the second day of trial the jury
rendered a verdict of guilty of murder in the Ist degree,
__The_sentenve_of death was pronounced 7-23 and the day of
execution fixed for 9-16, The case was appealed to the
supreme court and the judgement confirmed, Jenkins was
—arein—sentencedatthe-October_term_and_on KKK Oct.—
1859 he suffered the extreme penalty of the law...in Hang-
man's wavane, near Quincy; in the presence of a Large

JENKINS, John
"The first legal executions in Plumas Co.,,.(Calif.)...
John Jenkins who was indicted by the grand jury on 6-21-
1859 for the mrder-of Sterling McCarthy on Light's ranch,
| Indian Valley, May 25, 1859, On 7-15 he was brought to
trial before Judge Peter Van Clief, then sitting on the
| district bench, 1. D. Sawyer, district attorney, appeared
| for tie people, while Tom Cox and Alexander Haldwin def-_
ended the prisoner, On the second day of trial the jury |
rendered a verdict of guilty of murder in the Ist degree,
The sentence of death was pronounced 7-23 and the day of
execution fixed for 9-16, The case was appealed to the
supreme court and the judgement confirmed, Jenkins was
avain-sentenced-at the October term_and_on KK Oct. 28,
1859 he suffered the extreme penalty of the law...in Hang-
s 9 near Quincy, in the presence of a Large

JENKINS. John
"The first legal executions in Plumas Co,..(Calif.).e.
John Jenkins who was indicted by the grand jury on 6-21-

1859-for-the-murder-of-Sterling McCarthy-on Lightts ranch,|
Indian Valley, May 25, 1859, On 7-15 he was brought to
trial before Judge Peter Van Clief, then sitting on th

| “district bench, 17, -D.-§ y district attorney, app
for tie people, while Tom Cox’and Alexander laldwin def
ended the prisoner, On the second day of trial the jury
rendered a verdict of guilty of murder in the Ist degree,
‘The sentense of death was jes soncinced 723 a8 Lae day_of
execution fixed for 9-16, case was 0 the

| suprete court and the “jolienest coutiened, Santee was

agein-sentenced-at-the-October-term-and_on 1006 Oct. 28, |

1859 he suffered the extreme penalty of the law..,in Hang-|
man's wavine, near Ouiney; in the presence of a large