Arizona silver belt., 1888-06-16
DELAYED JCsTstE.

r corrtv nnon motion of the prosecu f tion continued the case of the Terri l tory vs Edwin Tewksbury ct al. fo tbe term. Counsel for defendants op
 nosed the motion and pressed for trial t Same entry in the case of the Terri D tory ys. Thomas Graham ct al.
 It will remain query in mos , minds, why, nfter six months, tn Territory was not ready for trial there being no apparent reason fol the delay unless the absence of tn, District Attorney, as delegate to tn, , National Democratic Nominating Cen , yentlon, can be urged as a reason fol defsrring the trials for six month. r longer. and necessltating reappear aace of accused and witnesses in [ northern climate, at great expense
 during the most indictment season e
 tue year.
 Persons accused of crime are pre-
 sumed to be innocent until found
 guilty by jury of their peers, and are entitled to speedy trial, and it i; not even the spirit of criminal juris. prudenee.to continue cases against ac- cused persons under tbs, e{fet of a grand jury, ad infnitun tBout af- fording them the opportunity of es- tablishing their innocence.
 The Pleasant valley cases were ori. ginally set for trial on June 4th, and or the motion of the District Attor- ney, J. t. Herndon, were deferred to the 18th inst; and the fact of their postponement would not have been known to the principals and witnesses had not Mir. Haigler written to the District Attorney, asking the exact date when it would be necessary for those subpenaed to be in Prescott, and had not MT. Haigler also taken tine trouble to notsfy all parties inter ested.
 Most of the accused and witnesses, numbering 30 to 35, were to have met at Haigler's on the 18th lnst, intend ing to start in body, on that day, fer Prescott, and doubtless made the fruitless journey, as no notice of continuance of the cases had been re- ceived in Pleasant valley up to the 11th; and therefore through the cul- pablo neglect of the District Attorney, these people were subjected to the hardship of leaving tine range in the midst of the roundup, and compelled to make an unnecessary journey of 150 miles, entaihng loss of at least ten or twelve days in time, and to many their wages during that inter val. fh5 cost of the trip to each can not be less than $50 and may greatly exceed that sum, and in the cases of many of those subpenaed who are poor men. this is a serious exaction, and which some are unable to meet and, therefore, are compciled to deny themselves the peceSsarE- food and shelter in order to comply with the courts mandate.
 Mrs. Rose, widow of the late Al. Rose, victim of the Pleasant valley fight, is one of the witnesses, and she is required to travel 150 miles, 11O miles by trail, on horseback, over very rough country, leaving her two young children behind in the care of a lady who volunteered to take care of them during her absence.
 James TeWkSbury, one of the defsn- dants, is in a precarious condition, suffering with quick consumption, but although not able to stand the fatig2e of such journey, he nevertheless es- saved to go, and after great effort he reached Haigler's ranch, twelve miles from his own place, and in going that distance he was forced to stop and rest several times. It was thought doubt ful if he could proceed farther.
 These cases will again be called for the third time, November 9th, and it IS not improbable a further contlnu- ance will be granted, ard that being the case it would be better for all par ties concerned-the Territory as well as the accused--that a nolle prosequi should be entered, rather than con time the cases beyond the year upon which they, by the 5th of November, will have appeared upon the docket. The expense already incurred and the uncertainty of conviction seems to render such course advisable.
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 The Citizen published the follcaing 4 L.