The Clifton clarion., 1885-05-13
From SoIomonyllIc.

citizens assembled here from va
 rious parts of the county in at
 tendance on the District Court.
 Judge Fitzgerald has made a
 host of friends by his urbane
 manner and the expediency with
 which he disposes of judicial busi-
 ness His court has been contin-
 ually in session from eight in the
 morning until twelve at night,
 and he expects that the calendar
 will be completely cleared by
 Tuesday. It is doubtful if any
 term of court ever held here since
 the organization of the county
 has been conducted with less ex-
 pense to the people, considering
 the enormity of the criminal cal
 endar. The Judge has shown a
 disposition to conduct his busi-
 ness with an eye to economy, in
 all its details. He is an uncom-
 promising enemy to the law
 breaker, and at the same time very just and lenient in his i'm position of sentences, where there are any mitigating circumstances, or previous good behavior on the part of the convicted criminal.
 In the Hon. P. J. Bolan the County of Graham has a District Attorney who is alive to the wants of the people in the suppression of crime, as is evidenced by his success in securing conviction in seven cases out of ten already tried. This will have a much desired effect in the absolute de- struction of the lawless element who have been preying on the good citizens of Graham. When they find that an introduction to Judge Bolan will relegate them to the classic shades of 'El case de Ingalls," on the banks of the murky Colorado, they will be more circumspect in their devil try and hie themselves to a more congenlal cline.
 Our genial Sheriff, Ben Craw- ford, has his hands full at present, and by the manner in which he | and his deputies attend to the duties of the office, the people can rest assured that they have made no mistake in thelr selection.
 Amongst the members Of the bar in attendance are the Hon. H. R. Jeffords, Hon. Alex. Camp | bell, Hon. s. M. Franklin, Cameron | King, Murat Masterson, A. M | Patterson, Judges Thurman, Good win, Finley, Egan, Lydon and Hall, an array of legal talent sec ond to none in any county in the Territory.
 The civil docket has been dis posed of without much attempt at All the cases against the Arizona Copper Company have been settled satisfactorily, and the company's counsel, Camp bell and Egan, have left for their respective homes.
 The trial of Geo. H. Stevens resulted in his honorable acquit- tai, the jurJ being out only long enough to write their verdict. The Judge charged the jury in an manner on the law in the matter as to intent, etc. This is one of the indictments against the county officers for malfeasance, and is an exemplification of the great injustice that can be wrought | man by a prejudiced Grand Jury. How any body of intelli- gent men could indict a fellow :itizen on such fimsy evidence as was adduced in this case is past the comprehension of any reason able man, and is only additional proof of the necessity of the abo- ition of that relic of barbarism.
 The cases of s. ". Pomeroy and [. N. Stevens were nolle pros equid.
 Deputy Sheriff Crowley, of N illcox, with a posse of three nen-R. D. Lockwood, J. s. Bas- 3ett and Mir. Lefayre- arrived lere on Saturday from Rio Bonita n charge of Jack Constantine md yonng Markham, with sixty i've head of stolen cattle, the property of Henry Gill, of Sulphur Springs valley. The stock were run off last November by Geo. Williams and Doc Rodgers. The thieves were apprised that the officer was on their trall, and made their escape, but Crowley says he will have them behind the bars before many days, and that be will never let up until he breaks up that hot-bed of in