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California vs Abraham Ruef 1910
California vs Abraham Ruef 1910
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Description
Heading: (California - San Francisco)
Author:
Title: The People of the State of California vs Abraham Ruef
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Phillips and Van Orden Co.
Date Published: 1910
Description:


[10], 261, [3], xxxv pp. (4to) green wrappers printed in black.



Abraham Ruef gained notoriety as the corrupt political boss behind the administration of Mayor Eugene Schmitz of San Francisco during the period before and after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. In 1907, a number of San Francisco supervisors confessed before a grand jury to "receiving money from Ruef in connection with the Home Telephone, overhead trolley, prize fight monopoly, and gas rates deals." The grand jury returned 65 indictments against Ruef for bribery of the supervisors. Scarce transcript of his appeal to the California Supreme Court.

Condition
Light wear, soiling to wrappers; scattered marginalia, mostly in pencil; very good.
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California vs Abraham Ruef 1910

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