Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco April 2, 1874, No. 5889 (Estate of Black)

Gentlemen of the Jury:

Referring to a few of the facts developed by the testimony, as to which there is no controversy, we find that about the year 1832 James Black, the decedent, came to California and settled in what is now Marin County. He was of Scotch parentage, and had been a sailor. He was an unlettered man. He soon married, and a daughter was born to him.