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R. V. Newsham — Silver City merchant and justice of the peace

He had a store at the crossing but, having no customers, moved up to Silver City with his goods [2]. Years later, Newsham was involved in a mining dispute over the Copper Point mine: Redding had proffered to do work for Newsham whenever requested, but no request was made [1][4]. By 1890, he was referred to as Justice Newsham when he impaneled a jury to investigate a dead body found in Santo Domingo gulch [3].

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  1. for and obtained a temporary injunction, re-… (1890)
    for and obtained a temporary injunction, re- straining Redding from working the mine. Upon the hearing the injunction was dissolved, the court holding that the tender of said agreement to do certain work was not
  2. Years afterwards R… (1891)
    Years afterwards R. V. Newsham, who, after leaving the service in the famous Cali- fornia column, became post-trader at Fort Cum- mings, had a store at the crossing, but having no customers, he moved up to Silve
  3. Pinos Altos had a sensation yesterday… (1891)
    Pinos Altos had a sensation yesterday. A dead body was reported as having been found in Santo Domingo gulch, and Justice Newsham impanneled a jury and proceeded to the scene. Full particulars could not be obtain
  4. Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-02-28 (1890)
    on said hear- ing, that Redding had proffered to do the work for Newsham whenever requested, and that no request had ever been made. The dissolution of the injunction settled the controversy in Red- ding's f
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