Before the California Judicial Council was voted in by the state legislature, the local judge was a justice of the peace and was known to the people as a JP. He would be a local man elected to office by the voters of the district. He was supposed to handle all minor legal matters. In addition, he was often called on to settle many matters among people that were too small to take to a lawyer but were of very real importance to the people concerned. He had a constable at his side and an outside man to serve papers and occasionally arrest someone.
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