Portraits of Pioneers
Judge Theron Reed

Under the original constitution of California, the chief tribunals in the different 
counties were the district courts.  The county courts had but a part of the 
jurisdiction now held by the Superior Courts.

When Inyo was created it became part of the judicial district containing also Alpine, 
Mono and Kern counties.  Judge Theron Reed resident of Bakersfield, was the judge; 
was re-elected in 1867, and again in 1873.  The adoption of the new constitution 
abolished the office he held, beginning with 1880, the end of his elective term.

He was highly educated in the law, and ranked among the ablest magistrates in the 
State.  His Journeys to this part of the bailiwick were arduous, involving some 
hundreds of miles Of staging by the time he visited all his county seats.

At the end of his term of office he moved to San Francisco, where he remained for 
three years, then to Amador, then back to San Francisco.  He left the city in 1896, 
going to Yreka, where he abandoned practice and conducted an assay office until 
shortly before his death.  He died last March aged 77 years.

The Inyo Register
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, August 26, 1909 - Front Page

Transcribed by Pat Houser for Inyo County GenWeb, December 30, 2004