They were already corrupt having come mostly from Europe or East seeking fortune:
Solomon HeydenfeldtJanuary 1852–January 1857
Hugh C. Murray*October 1851–September 1857
Nathaniel BennettDecember 1849–October 1851
Henry A. Lyons*December 1849–March 1852
Serranus Clinton Hastings*January 1850–January 1852
First Chief Justice & First Attorney General:
" In his statement Hastings attested that “until the investigations of this committee” he had been “entirely ignorant” of the “outrages” committed by Walter Jarboe and the other members of the Eel River Rangers.[23] However, the same investigation resulted in several mentions of Hastings as being an organizer and financer of Jarboe's Rangers and requesting U.S. military and California government help to suppress the Yukis. In the archives is also a letter from Jarboe to Hastings saying he (Jarboe) planned to attack a group of 500 Indians"
Second:
Henry Augustus Lyons[1] (October 5, 1809 – July 27, 1872) was the second Chief Justice of California, appointed to the court by the California State Legislature at the formation of the state. He was the first Jewish justice on the court.[2][3]
"Lyons left his family to travel to California during the Gold Rush, ultimately settling in the Sonora area.[5] In 1849, he ran for State Senate.[13] In 1849, he sought a seat on the newly formed state Supreme Court."
Bennett:
"On June 27, 1818, Bennett was born in Clinton, New York,
"In 1835, he studied at Hamilton College for one year, and then completed his degree at Yale University."
" On October 3, 1851, he resigned from the court,[18] having accepted "financial inducements" from a group of influential land owners who were hoping the court would reverse his decision in Woodworth v. Fulton (1850) 1 Cal. 295."
No need to belabor the point although "Clinton" popping up is an interesting coincidence
Edit; New to me: Alexander Wells , 7th Justice His Daughter : "Gertrude Van Cortlandt Wells (1849–1944), who married Schuyler Hamilton, Jr. (1853–1907), the son of Schuyler Hamilton and grandson of Alexander Hamilton, in 1877. ... she married the Baron Raoul Nicholas de Graffenried.[11] He was the son of Baron Emanuel de Graffenried, Ambassador from Switzerland to Austria, and his wife, Baroness Gabrielle de Barco, lady-in-waiting to the Empress of Austria, assassinated at Geneva, while traveling the Swiss Alps "
They were already corrupt having come mostly from Europe or East seeking fortune:
Solomon HeydenfeldtJanuary 1852–January 1857
Hugh C. Murray*October 1851–September 1857
Nathaniel BennettDecember 1849–October 1851
Henry A. Lyons*December 1849–March 1852
Serranus Clinton Hastings*January 1850–January 1852
First Chief Justice & First Attorney General:
" In his statement Hastings attested that “until the investigations of this committee” he had been “entirely ignorant” of the “outrages” committed by Walter Jarboe and the other members of the Eel River Rangers.[23] However, the same investigation resulted in several mentions of Hastings as being an organizer and financer of Jarboe's Rangers and requesting U.S. military and California government help to suppress the Yukis. In the archives is also a letter from Jarboe to Hastings saying he (Jarboe) planned to attack a group of 500 Indians"
Second:
Henry Augustus Lyons[1] (October 5, 1809 – July 27, 1872) was the second Chief Justice of California, appointed to the court by the California State Legislature at the formation of the state. He was the first Jewish justice on the court.[2][3]
"Lyons left his family to travel to California during the Gold Rush, ultimately settling in the Sonora area.[5] In 1849, he ran for State Senate.[13] In 1849, he sought a seat on the newly formed state Supreme Court."
Bennett:
"On June 27, 1818, Bennett was born in Clinton, New York,
"In 1835, he studied at Hamilton College for one year, and then completed his degree at Yale University."
" On October 3, 1851, he resigned from the court,[18] having accepted "financial inducements" from a group of influential land owners who were hoping the court would reverse his decision in Woodworth v. Fulton (1850) 1 Cal. 295."
No need to belabor the point although "Clinton" popping up is an interesting coincidence