The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1882-01-28
The District Court.

4 y
The District Court.
The five DAYS of last week were
\ mainly taken up in organizing the
court, empaneling the juries, and
\ in hearing arguments on motions be-
fore the court. The Cotopaxi mining
Eases of Saltiei ct al against Lamborn
+ef the d. & r. G. Il. R. and others
popped up three or four times day
for week, and seemed almost in
terninable in their complications,
but SO far no tangible results have
been reached further than to mystify
the Diatterstiil further to the un-
Initiated. s
There was a big fight last Saturday
over Coal Greek case. Philip Grif-
| eth against Wm. j.; Phillips. This
! case has been up here before in the
county court. The question involved
Evuiy a few dollars in money. but a
vast ameUnt Of personal feeling was
engendered and all Coal Creek was
stirred up over it from center to cir
leumferencc. After The panel was
inearE exhausted by objections, S fury
Tas finally sworn III and the racket
; began with Macon and Cox for the
plaintiff. and Major Lock and Joha
NJ Waldron for the defence. The
battle was fierce one and every
eacstion asked the witnesses was ar
xued before the court before the wit
ness WAS allowed TO answer. Finally
along towards evening, Mr.. Taldron, !
who has The reputation Of being one
OF Tie sriartcst law yels IN the state,
aex Ms npgnr In and borestz saie tisssi
&c 81 t1isousfr yfTe case. he novel I
for nonsnit and after keen fareii- /
sic battle he gained his point. The
majority or The Coal Creekers seemed |
to sysnpa,hize with his side of the
case and they wereloud in waldron's |
praise.
On hast Monday. Henry Clay Coy,
the bigamist. was arraigncd and
pleaded guilty to the charge, and
threw himself on the mercy Of the
court. He did not express any great
amonnt of'contrition for his vile con-
anct in biigh,isg the lives of two
women who had been so unfortuaate
IS to trust him in marriage, but !
rather claimed merit for the fact that
he had not avoided arrest, and that
since his arrest he had made up his |
mind to take his punishment Tor his
offence and did not wish to offer any
defence TO the charge. He looked |
and acted rather cheeky somewhat |
like vain fellow who thought he 4
had done something smart. The
Judge took very proper view of his
case, gave him severe lecture on
the Nervousness of his crime, in
hnghting the lives of two women. |
aud theu gave him the extreme PEN
atty of the law. two years in the
Hpeniieniiary with nominal fine of |
Sioo.
Robert McCnlmn, known as the
blanket thief, was also arraigned on |
the same day, and it appearing thatl
he had neither money or friends, the |
court appointed j. t. Cox to defend
him. After a private consultation |
with the prisoner Mr.. Cox learned |
there was very little TO base de-
fence upon as the evidence of guilt
in this particular case seemed very
Islear. The prisoner is a. splendid !
I physical specimen of young man.
about "a years of age, with a fine
open countenanoe and clear brown !
I.eyes, quite handsome in fact. Ifthis |
was his first oilense as claimed, IL
would be great pity to brand him
with conviet's stain for SO slight an
oileusc, Mr.. Cox succeeded in i'm
pressing this view upon Mr.. Hayt,
the District Attorney, who felt a
sympathy for the young man aud
consented TO accept a plea of guilty
to the charge OF petty larceny, where
upon the court sentenced him TO 50
days in the county jail and imposed
Il line of5Slo.s r.
I Afterthese cases were disposed OF, 4
IJsmes Ryan. charged WITH burglary.
OH Nelson's Jcwelvy4Store and steal
ling clcck valued at Si4s was ar
lralgned. This 6nforsunste man Is
|eithcr d crank Or weak minded. lis
seemed utterly indifferent as to what
they did with him. When asked W
tho ccnrt If he wanted = lswyer to
fdefund him, he said s,No. the Ia aVysrs
\ are alt humbuGs which rcnArk